Sean Delonas (NY Post Monkey Cartoonist) has written a kids' book!

[NYCGirl]

http://gawker.com/5157189/hopefully-this-huge-controversy-wont-hurt-sean-delonas-childrens-book

Lost in all this controversy over NY Post cartoonist Sean Delonas' ham-handed monkey bigot hackery is this: will this national uproar hurt the sales of Delonas' kiddie book? That would be the real tragedy.

Delonas' real crime is that he's just not funny. Yes, he's clearly a garden-variety ignorant white dude bigot with an incredibly deep-seated fear of somebody calling him gay; but if he were funny, he'd be able to get away with that to a much greater extent. He's not funny, so he just looks pitiful, protected by other soft, paunchy ignorant white dude bigots like Col Allan, all with sour faces and too much self-justification, like so many sad old newspaper barflies.

But you don't have to be funny to write children's books! So Delonas did just that, with Scuttle's Big Wish. Currently #392,359 on Amazon! His son helped him with the plot, according to a 2006 review:

MORE AT LINK, INCLUDING LOVELY PIC OF DELONAS AND THIS CARTOON (NOT fron kids' book):

[AndrewP]

1. The kids book is about Toby, the African Watermellon man.

It's about eating fruits and vegetables. There isn't anything racist about it.

[TexasProgresive]

3. I hope you think that you're funny

maybe you and Delonas can form a comedy club of two - alternating one on stage and the other the audience.

From Amazon.com
"Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Based on the King Midas story, Scuttle's Big Wish tells the story of a mouse who loves cheese above all else-or so he thinks. When a magical golden beetle gives him a wish, he asks that everything he touches turns to cheese. The result is hilarious and touching."
http://www.amazon.com/Scuttles-Big-Wish-Sean-Delonas/dp/0060726458/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235141539&sr=8-1

[AndrewP]

4. I truly don't apologize to you

[AspenRose]

2. That's disgusting.

Why does he have a job?

[NYCGirl]

5. It's the NY POST! That's why. NT