Quote of the Day

"Stanley once remarked that it was only possible to be a satirist briefly nowadays, as reality soon outstripped you."

--Christiane Kubrick on Dr. Strangelove director (and her husband) Stanley Kubrick.

From: Stanley Kubrick : a life in pictures. Little, Brown, 2002.

Morty the Blog, Not a Boaring Place

Just to show this won't be all comix all the time, I'll relate this local news. In answer to my query, the City of McCleary informs me that no, I cannot keep a wild tusked boar running loose in my totally fenced 3/4 of an acre yard.

Grays Harbor County, where I live, has been home to wild Russian boars for a few decades. Instead of going out and killing them, which the State encourages, I say we take them in and befriend them.

Sure they are an invasive species. That makes them strangers. Therefore as a stranger, as Shakespeare would say, we should give them welcome.

McCleary, where I live, is known for the annual Bear Festival, where citizens celebrate the community by eating bear stew and holding a parade. By changing just a couple letters, we could forget the consumption of hot stew in July (how crazy is that anyway?) and have a big parade of boars. Then our town could have a welcome sign that says, "Welcome to McCleary - Home of the Boar Festival!"

Now that would liven things up a bit.

Steve shows us that he is a norm

Upcoming Morty Appearance

Exhibit Opening

Thank You, Sarah

for setting up this blog. I'm sure I never would've gotten around to creating one myself. The Morty news for August is that I have revived Morty Comix with issue #2196, Aug. 14, 2010. The title was initially brought back as part of an art auction to raise money for the Olympia Film Society, but I think I'll just keep cranking out these little monsters.