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A framed bulletin board fell apart, resulting in an accidental work of art

Tumwater, Washington

Morty Comix # 2643

Morty Comix # 2643 was left on a public bulletin board in close proximity the the Demon Child in McCleary, Washington.

Morty Comix # 2641

Morty Comix # 2641 was placed in a manner on a bulletin board so it appears to be peeking from behind a local broadside. This is in a bakery/sandwich shop on Olympia's westside.

Morty Comix # 2626

Morty Comix # 2626 was placed in a strange little plastic dispenser at a bulletin board in a restaurant, Elma, Washington

Morty Comix # 2623

Morty Comix # 2623 was placed on the general bulletin board of the food co-op on the Westside of Olympia, Washington. I can recall this same building being a more capitalist store back in the 1970s where I used to buy beer.

Morty Comix # 2591

Morty Comix # 2591 was tacked up on the public bulletin board of the McCleary Post Office.

It has been awhile since I have displayed anything on this medium. Apparently, some individual in town takes down anything I post and within 24 hours tears it up into little pieces, and throws it in one of the trash cans. So I have pissed off someone around here. Imagine that. The long line forms at the Right.


This comic was gone within 24 hours, but I didn't inspect the trash to see if it was torn up.

The McCleary Post Office remains home to four earlier Morty Comix, and one of them has been there for over a year! 

In the last photo, Nadine awaits outside.

Morty Comix # 2585

Morty Comix # 2585 was lit on fire and the photograph recording the event was posted on The Bulletin Board.

Morty Comix # 2563

Morty Comix # 2563 was pinned up on a community bulletin board at the parking garage entrance to a grocery store in downtown Portland, Oregon.

Morty Comix # 2556

Morty Comix # 2556 was tacked up on a restaurant bulletin board behind a notice for a found/lost cat, Elma, Washington

Morty Comix # 2404

Morty Comix # 2404 was drawn on a notepad given to me as an incentive to subscribe to the magazine Golf Digest, which is very strange since I have never played golf and have no desire to learn. In fact, the whole world of sports strikes me as incredibly and expensively absurd, but I recognize I am very much in the minority view here in America and realize millions find joy and meaning in this activity. This is a major part of the human experience most people find very important but has somehow escaped me. I just don't get it. But I'm OK with being a freak in this regard.

Sports have appeared in my comix. In my book Dog of Dawn Dog of Dusk I highlighted the historical sport of Dog Butting, introduced to me by my friend Bob Richart, who was featured in an altered way as a character in the story. Also in State of Beings # 5 I proposed my new baseball team, the Stationary Pus-Filled Pancakes.

Sarah introduced me to Robin Williams' great take on golf a few years ago. The fact I have a healthy dose of Scottish blood made me laugh even harder.

Page 2-3 of this Morty Comix came from two leftover old post-its I had from Morty Comix # 2394, which were affixed to an outside door almost two weeks ago and were, incredibly, still there when I drove by  today even though the weather here has been rainy and windy!

Anyway, since someone in my town has seen fit to take down anything I put up on the Post Office community bulletin board, rip it into shreds and throw it away, I decided to tuck this Morty Comix behind the bulletin board. I know who the perpetrator is and I highly doubt she follows this blog, so I think this one will survive her strange and unvoiced hostility to my work.

McCleary is kind of a weird place. I tried to capture the culture in my Bezango WA 985 series. We enable our many local eccentrics and that adds to the surrealism.

Morty Comix # 2380

Morty Comix # 2380 was tacked up on a bulletin board in an Italian restaurant in Olympia, Washington

Authentic Paper Towel From the Library of Congress Men's Restroom

In 2007 I attended a workshop held in the Library of Congress on the subject of cataloging rare maps. While I was there I used the men's restroom and kept a paper towel which I have since treated as if it was Holy Relic. Here is the envelope containing the Authentic Paper Towel From the Library of Congress Men's Restroom, next to a wood relief of a cat ringing a bell heralding the awesome presence of this worldly vestige of wonderfulness.


The cat is very serious. As you can see by this closeup, it appreciates the gravity of what I am about to do with the Authentic Paper Towel From the Library of Congress Men's Restroom. Note the lack of visible means of support for the bell, lending an air of mysticism to this event.


Here are the actual words I wrote on the envelope containing the Authentic Paper Towel From the Library of Congress Men's Restroom. They read: "Authentic Paper Towel From the Library of Congress Men's Restroom." The writing has faded a bit since 2007. That is due to the fact I bequeathed this item to another library worker who had it on display for awhile, as did her successor. But somehow fate brought the Authentic Paper Towel From the Library of Congress Men's Restroom back to me. There are no coincidences. This was meant to be.


And here the Authentic Paper Towel From the Library of Congress Men's Restroom is actually being removed, ever so briefly, from the envelope and displayed in full glory. Yes, you are permitted to gasp in ope mouthed awe.


Here is a cup I purchased while I was in the Library of Congress. It includes an illustration of the corner of the building where the workshop was held. I could see the Capitol and the Supreme Court buildings from my classroom! And it was in this wing of the Library of Congress building that I found the Authentic Paper Towel From the Library of Congress Men's Restroom. A moment that has burned into the very marrow of my cranial case.


Now I have returned the Authentic Paper Towel From the Library of Congress Men's Restroom into the envelope and stapled it to ...


The Bulletin Board! One day in the future someone will perform an excavation on this board and among the many items they will find will be the Authentic Paper Towel From the Library of Congress Men's Restroom. And good fortune shall befall them.

The End.