Cecil and Jordan in New York - Presentation Copy to Cartoonist Mimi Pond Prints & Posters before finding the perfect mate

before finding the perfect mate in a warm and beautiful southern land

Even when the story falters or drifts into endless philosophical chitchat

Through years of painstaking research

plus devise a host of other fabrications involving fearsome sandstorms and plagues

Cecil and Jordan in New York - Presentation Copy to Cartoonist Mimi Pond Prints & Posters before finding the perfect mateThis is Gabriel Bell's presentation copy to fellow cartoonist Mimi Pond. Inscribed on the half title page, "For Mimi Pond from Gabriel Bell" with a small but detailed drawing of Mimi in profile, a female short haired wearing glasses. Mimi Pond is a cartoonist and a writer. Her highest profile work was for The Simpsons, writing the first full length broadcast episode, "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" in 1989, which was nominated for two Emmy awards.