Chris O’Halloran from the Irish Comics News web site contacted me recently about contributing to ICN’s series, ‘Art Picks’, in which comic book creators talk about work that has influenced and inspired them. You can see my choices up on their web site now. One of the things I talk about is how illustrated books formed my interest in artwork, not just comic books. But I didn’t even get a chance to talk about cartoon strips, which were still appearing in newspapers back in the day. When I lived in the USA I loved the tradition of the Sunday Funnies – i.e. full-colour cartoons with extra panels that was its…