Cryogenic Comix # 30

Cryogenic Comix # 30
Copyright (c) 2019 Steve Willis

The first four portraits here are from Morty Comix # 875, created Feb. 5, 1984 while I was living in Pullman, Washington. The next seven images were created in late 1979 or early 1980. The last nine drawings are from 1980 and were drawn on very thin bond with felt tip. The Bushey Taxi quick sketch reflects my time as a taxicab driver for a fleet by that name in Burlington, Vermont in 1979. Big orange 1970s floater cars running 24 hours a day.

Cryogenic Comix # 21

Cryogenic Comix # 21
Copyright (c) 2019 Steve Willis

Felt tip on thin bond, probably drawn in 1980. I was living in the Ballard neighborhood in Seattle at the time. You can see the more modern version of Morty the Dog taking shape in this batch.

Cryogenic Comix # 19

Cryogenic Comix # 19
Copyright (c) 2019 Steve Willis

The first 18 issues of this series was originally published in 1998 and followed with a 2005 Danger Room edition. I will be creating subsequent issues here on this blog as a strictly online title.

The following pieces were created probably in mid-1980,  judging by the depiction of what life was like around here after Mt. St. Helens erupted May 18, 1980. The drawings are felt tip on thin bond.

One detail about this particular 1979-1980 trove I had forgotten about, there was also a Morty the Bear character. Morty the Dog's first solo story was not until 1981 and the earliest drawing of "Mortie" the Dog I can locate is ca. 1978, but it looks like I was also trying out another type of Morty.

I always liked the name "Morty." Lenny Bruce employed the name in his stand-up with a comic punch and that's probably how I came to use it since I did not know anyone by that name.

September 1979 - pt. 5

The 5th and final installment.