Didn’t know your favorite old folks were BYU alumni? Well, their creator, nationally syndicated Pickles cartoonist Brian Crane (BA ’73), is a grad. As with many of his strips, this how-Earl-met-Opal backstory is largely autobiographical, based on Crane’s own experience courting his wife, Diana Long Crane (BS ’73), while a student at BYU.Throughout 2019 BYU Magazine will be sharing campus stories through the drawings of artistic alumni—cartoonists, graphic novelists, and others. Want to pitch your own artistic BYU best pickles.
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