Palm Springs Lite

It’s Finally Here! A Cartoon Book That Takes A light-hearted look at The Palm Springs Lifestyle! It has Drama! It has Humor! It has Satire! Palm Springs Lite

Somebody once said, humor, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. Well, if that’s true, and I believe it is, “Palm Springs Lite” is the Picasso of satirical humor. In a world in which we sometimes are forced to see only the dark side of life, Didier Bloch and Cynthia Meckl-Sloan have given us the tools to smile, chuckle and outright laugh at our everyday life in the beautiful and enviable desert of the Coachella Valley. When I was writing for “Dynasty,” “Dallas”, “Falcon Crest” and the like, I always marveled at how our audience could sit back and detach themselves from the exagger-ated lifestyles of the J.R. Ewings, Alexis Carringtons, and Angela Channings of these bigger-than-life shows and come back to us every week, wanting more. Until I realized that I wasn’t giving our audience enough credit for having not only a sense of drama, but a sense of humor as well. “Palm Springs Lite” requires a similar perspective. Some of us will leaf through the pages and say, “Hey, I know somebody like that,” or “That’s me!” Or...“I’ve never met anybody like that, but it’s funny!” Whatever your reaction, including, “You gotta be kidding!” I firmly believe you will enjoy the focused “lite” on our life and lifestyles here in the beautiful and extraordinary Coachella Valley. So, go ahead, don’t be shy or tentative. Take the pages by the horns and laugh out loud at the slices of “Lite” in this very enjoyable book.Wishing You All Good Reading...and Many Lafs! Frank Furino Writer, Director, Playwright Los Angeles

Cynthia Meckl-Sloan Self-taught cartoonist, Cynthia Meckl-Sloan, started drawing cartoons when she was eight years old, and was strongly influenced by the illustrations and humor in Mad Magazine. “I used to study the cartoons because I wanted to draw caricatures like that,” she explains. Since then, she has transformed her humor into cartoons and greeting card illustrations. Also, Cynthia has authored a humorous play entitled “Omlet”, based on Hamlet, and has composed satirical poetry in the Mad magazine style. Cynthia is an English Professor and is currently working on a Doctorate. Didier Bloch Born in Switzerland and raised in Paris, Didier traveled to Canada and Tahiti after attending hotel school in Lausanne, Switzerland. In 1993, he opened his restaurant, Cafe des Beaux-Arts, in Palm Desert, California. He is married to Christine, an artist, and is the father of three children. He is the co-author of a play that premiered in Hollywood on October, 2013, called “Marilyn, Madness & Me”. Didier was also the coach of the U.S. Petanque team for the World Championship in 2012 that competed in Marseille, France.