Pork Grease Fantasies

Three pages; pencilled 1983 with Kalynn Campbell; inked 1995.
© 1996 Robert Triptow

Until the late 1960s, Bill & Nada’s Cafe was the only all-night restaurant in Salt Lake City. It catered to rednecks and Mormon families during the day and to the dregs of society after the bars closed at night. This cartoon was based on conversations overheard there and on legends that circulate to this day about— about— Well, whatever you do, don’t eat the soup.