Morty In Box

Designed and built by John Crosby, ca. 1987.

John was the bookbinder at The Evergreen State College Library. When I worked there in the capacity of Acting Head of Cataloging, John constructed this In Box. The material on the edges is made of buckram, the fabric you see covering most hardback books.

I first met John in 1986 during my interview process. They shoved me into a room with about 30 people, all firing questions at me as I was struggling to maintain a professional image. Then in the middle of all this, there's this fellow who got an evil grin and dramatically pulled out one of my comix with Morty on the cover. "What can you tell us about ... this?" he asked, clearly enjoying himself as the mischievous character I later got to know. So much for my professional image.

That was the first time I met John. And I got hired in spite of the comic. Or maybe because of it.

John created all sorts of creative artistic pieces. This In Box is one of my favorites of his.