South Sound Places

South Sound Places : a Guide to Olympia, Lacey, Tumwater & Thurston County / by Nancy Patterson. 1st ed. Olympia, Wash. : Four Seasons Pub., 1993.

Nancy asked me to illustrate the chapter headings, which were then compiled into a grid for the cover.

Some of the subjects on the cover include:

Samuel Thurston. I agree with the notion Thurston County should be renamed McLoughlin County after Dr. John McLoughlin.

The Legislative Building on the Capitol Campus.

The Old Capitol Building.

The Evergreen State College.

Mount Rainier, which I can see from my office window on clear days.

Tumwater Falls. Most famously known as being on the label of Olympia Beer. A fellow high school classmate of mine once swam behind the falls and grooved out in a cave behind the water. He was back there long enough for rescue teams to start forming, wondering what happened to him. I attended Olympia High School, just a few blocks away from the brewery. The Oly Brew work whistle and the smell of hops on hot days was part of our high school experience.

Retreads 11

1st edition, November 2005, 25 copies, white cover, regular digest size.

Trivia:

Page 4: Nancy and Steve were both writers. It just hit me that I drew book covers for both of them. I have already posted Steve's. Nancy's book cover is soon to come.

Page 5: I don't ski. However I can pose with the gear for a photo shoot and if my expression is suicidal enough I can look convincing.

Page 8: In addition to talking me into drawing posters for his plays, my brother Bryan asked me to draw this ad for his dog running service when he lived in New York.

Page 10: Drawn during a time when several of those electronic evangelicals were exposed in various scandals for being the hypocritical con artists they are.

Pages 13-22: The remainder of the East County Comix strips I posted here in the Larry of McCleary and Other Characters book.