Morty the Dog: October 2013

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Morty Comix # 2662 was sent to Buzz Buzzizyk in Butler, Pennsylvania. He made a draft "bootleg" copy (above) to practice color and dialogue enhancement before enhancing the original. The final version was sent to the Kindlin' Quarterly folks in Columbus, Ohio.

It is fitting this issue should be posted today, on Halloween.

As usual, Borpo Deets lurks.

Maria Antonia Sings Bacharach

Baby, It's You

Postcard - Montreal, Quebec

"Montreal, P.Q., Canada. Night view of Dorchester Street, looking east."

ca. 1970?

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Morty Comix # 2660 - Updated

Morty Comix # 2660 was sent to Buzz Buzzizyk in Butler, Pennsylvania. Before he added color and text to the original, he made a draft bootleg copy (pictured above). So what happened to the final version? Even I don't know. As usual, Borpo Deets lurks in the background of this piece.

Smith Sings Bacharach

Baby, It's You

Postcard - Victoria, British Columbia

"Parliament Buildings, Victoria BC"

Handwritten on back of card: 1945

Phone photo 2973

A very industrious mole under the walnut tree leaves

Phone photo 2972

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Phone photo 2971

This potato is a real jerk, a dick.

And he wears a crown. He's a ruler. A Monarch. A cruel despot in spite of his smile.

I guess that makes him a Dick-Tater.

Morty Comix # 2658 - Updated!

Morty Comix # 2658 was sent to Buzz Buzzizyk in Butler, Pennsylvania. He made a "bootleg" copy to practice his enhanced dialogue and color scheme (pictured above). Then he worked on the original and distributed it. I don't know what he did with the final copy of this issue. I love the text he added here!

Once again, the mysterious Borpo Deets has a hand in this. What is it with this guy? I tried to visit him when I was in western PA a few months back but never quite connected. Tom Rehm and Mike Hill (check out Mike's very nice Worker Poet blog) who apparently know him, were constantly changing the subject whenever the name "Borpo Deets" came up.

There's a story here, but it is too cryptic for me to decipher.

I submit Deets has a hypnotic spell on Buzzizyk, Rehm and Hill and prefers to remain "the power behind the throne" of their artistic public face. Just a thought. I did catch wind that he's an older hermit guru type who actually physically recoils when puns are used in his presence. Also, I understand he basically lives on sauerkraut, calls everyone he initially meets a "douchebag," and enjoys capturing lightning bugs with his mouth.

Phone photo 2970

A Strange Story

Spokane Falls Daily Chronicle

Moral of the story: Don't mess with Methodists.

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Tumwater, Washington

Adele Sings Bacharach

Baby, It's You

She's the same age as my daughter and she's singing a song I remember from when I was a kid.

Burt endures.

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Postcard - Pincher Creek, Alberta

"Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada."

1970s? Sent to me in 1980.

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Favorite Movie Quotes: Edward Scissorhands

"You don't know anything about the wonderful world of teenage girls. They're all crazy."

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Monday, October 28, 2013

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Postcard - Little America, Wyoming

"Covey's Little America -- Wyoming. On U.S. Hiway 30 at Junction with 30N. 150 miles of Salt lake City. America's new one stop Travel Center. Coffee Shop, 115 beautiful Motor Lodge rooms, Store, Fountain, Cocktail Lounge, beautiful Rest Rooms, Bus Stop, Super Service Station, Garage, Truck Pit, Giant Paved Parking Areas. Famous Coast to Coast-- Now Even better."

1950s.

The Shirelles Sing Bacharach

Baby, It's You

Sunday, October 27, 2013

Favorite Movie Quotes: Desperate Measures

"You want to find out where I stop and you begin? Do you, Frank?"

It Was a Cruel Joke

Tacoma Daily Ledger, July 17, 1890

Postcard - Cheyenne, Wyoming

"Sixteenth street is the main cross business street of Cheyenne as well as the route of the Lincoln Highway thru the city. Cheyenne with its miles of paved streets and its numerous large business and public buildings has all the appearances of a city of 50,000 although its population is less than half of that."

ca. 1930? The Plains Hotel, which is the centerpiece here, still exists.