Morty Comix # 2588

 Morty Comix # 2588 had a rather convoluted journey to its distribution point

 

After I drew the thing, I cut it up into strips and used a staple gun to attach the dissected comic onto a stick. This stick was in fact part of a garden stake I had used as part of a 2007 art exhibit of Bezango WA 985

Then I pounded the stake into the ground at the Rock Candy Mountain intersection on SR 8 near Summit Lake. A traffic cam is there. For a few hours this Morty Comix was included in the image, if you can make out that white spot in the right hand corner.

But as the clouds grew darker, I rescued the Morty Comix from rain and put it in an envelope, then in a plastic bag, and sealed it with man's best friend-- duct tape. These are instruments in the dynamics of change

Then I grabbed some clothesline and clothespins (also from that Bezango exhibit) as I formed a new plan.

Nirvana fans might be aware that one of the few tourist attractions here in McCleary is the mileage sign on SR8 where Cobain and Novoselic were photographed highlighting the 666 numbers.

Early this morning I paid a visit to that sign, which has been lowered, planning to somehow tie the Morty Comix to the thing. But to my delight the holes in the posts provided a great opportunity for me to pigeonhole this issue.

The End.

Phone photo 666

Hey, what an amazing coincidence with this number in the series!
It's a photo of Ronald Reagan!
What are the odds?

Antichrist Among Us

Some terrible person and wiseguy using the name "Mort Kanine" wrote a letter to the Daily Evergreen, the student newspaper for Washington State University. It was during the high tide of Reaganism, and WSU was a conservative campus, although it was also noted for being the "Party School" of Washington.

The letter to the editor, published February 16, 1984, claimed that old Ron the Con was the Antichrist. Notice Mr. Kanine did not claim to be a Christian, although at least one responder assumed he was.

Making an allegation at a university where Ronald Reagan was so enormously popular had the predictable effect, as demonstrated by the samples of the subsequent responses which lasted for about two weeks.

What a dreadful man Mort Kanine must have been.

Nirvana in McCleary

Then and now.

Just outside the west part of town sits one of the most famous mileage signs in Washington State, thanks to Kurt Cobain and my fellow William Morley Bouck scholar, Krist Novoselic.

National Union Catalog, Volume 666

Roldo, if you're still out there, I'm sure you'll find a numerological explanation--