Paper cartoon serialized for longest period ends

Paper cartoon serialized for longest period ends

TOKYO, Japan - Kimihiko Tsukuda (file photo), a 77-year-old cartoonist, has decided to give up work as Parkinson's disease has left him unable to paint with a brush. His serialized ''Honobono-Kun'' cartoon carried in a Japanese newspaper for a record-breaking period reached 15,451 installments at the end of its run on March 8.

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