Today’s news that the Hostess Brands company is closing down reminded me of an Ink Spill post from mid-January of this year, when the company filed for bankruptcy. Back then I posted this New Yorker cartoon of mine from the issue of September 5, 1983, and wrote:
For the record: I love Twinkies. Should they disappear, we will all be the poorer for it.
The New York Times is reporting tonight that there is “a push to save the Twinkie.” So perhaps a happy ending for the Twinkie, the Ring Ding, and another personal favorite, the Sno Ball.