The Franklin Pierce Song

Frank listened to a silver penguin

He told him what it was all about

He talked of pink fish that wore green hats

He said he heard it from a trout

Then Pierce was elected President

But the penguin's words only brought pain

Frank let Kansas get bloody

And his single term went down the drain

$25 Sale - Original Art - Morty Comix # 2173 ; Midnight Fiction Calendar

Original art

Morty Comix # 2173, 4 pages on 30 x 23 cm. light bond paper. One edge torn from spiral binding. Drawn in 1999, felt tip on nonphoto blue pencil.

Midnight Fiction Calendar, August 2008 page. 1 page on 30.5 x 21 cm. heaver stock paper than above drawings. One edge torn from spiral binding. Drawn in 2007, felt tip on nonphoto blue pencil. There is a second penguin that evaded the scanner. It is drawn entirely in nonphoto blue and is on the top of the page.

All five pages sold as a set for only 25 bucks

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Steve Willis
PO Box 390
McCleary, WA 98557-0390

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Penguins

Midnight Fiction 2008 Desk Calendar

Richard Krauss of Portland, Oregon pulled me out of semi-retirement when he asked me to contribute to this fun project.

I was peacefully minding my own business like the true Norm that I am, just making an average living with my own two hands [and here as Steve lifts his hands his fingers sort of wiggle back and forth while a "deedle-deedle-deedle" sound effect takes place, as if made by a xylophone] and along comes this opportunity to present the world with an image placed in my cranium by cosmic forces.

And who, I ask you, can resist the chance to draw a penguin in the desert sands? Not me. I just woke up and knew I had to do it.

Midnight Fiction released this as loose leaves in a CD case. As you can see by the contributor list, I was in good company.

The penguin was based on a pet penguin that used to hang out at my house. I have posted a photo of him with Dreamer the cat. Unless you have lived with a penguin, it is difficult to explain how evil they really are. Fortunately he just picked up and left shortly after seeing my drawing for this project.

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Dreamer at the window, with a penguin! This reminds me so much of the old local kid's show, "Three Cats and Penguin."