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January 1, 2000
Behind the Curtain
Subj: Leadership cartoon
Date: 99-10-19 16:24:28 EDT
From: rsuggs56@yahoo.com (Rob Suggs)
To: kmiller@ChristianityToday.com (Kevin Miller) Try to pretend I haven't forsaken cartooning for as long as it took Jacob to earn a wife. Be casual. Don't make any sudden moves. I'll try not to go skittering back into the forest. This took courage on my part, a life-or-death grappling with my fear of rejection. For five long years I labored over this caption, fine-tuning it, straining for months on a single adverbial clause. It had to be perfect; it had to be no less than the greatest LEADERSHIP cartoon ever published. I spent months closeted away, with my wife leaving a cup of water and a single slice of diet bread by the door. I missed my child's bar mitzvah (okay, I made that part up). Demons raged over my tormented soul as I fought delirium. Only The Caption mattered. The Caption. The Caption. Day, night, seasons—these things had no meaning for me. Like Michelangelo, like Edison, like Bob Tilton before me, I had to do what no man dared do before. Now I have emerged. Here is my … my masterpiece. The single gag I was placed on this earth to create. What do you think? Does this sound like LEADERSHIP material? [Caption seen on this page was attached.] Take your time. I'm almost certain not to do anything drastic should rejection rear its ugly head. From: Kevin Miller
To: Rob Suggs I've forwarded your cartoon idea to Marshall Shelley, who's now handling those responsibilities. From: Rob Suggs
To: Kevin Miller I sit awaiting the verdict of the Master of Ministerial Merriment. I stare at the starry sky. I hear each tick of the clock, an existential self-contained unit of time, dividing the moments leading to personal ...
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