Morty the Dog: Pittsburgh

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Monday, August 12, 2013

Phone photo 2694

Handprint of ... ? at Allegheny Cemetery

Pittsburgh

Phone photo 2693

Quite possibly the most useless bike lock ever

Pittsburgh

Sunday, August 11, 2013

Phone photo 2689

In the display window of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Store, Pittsburgh

Phone photo 2688

Hmm. Spotted on a telephone pole in Pittsburgh.

Morty Comix # 2613 was placed in a nonfurtive way in Bruce Chrislip's drawing notebook during the Obscuro Bezango show opening at the Future Tenant gallery in Pittsburgh. In fact, Mike Hill even photographed the event and the flash on his camera was caught in my first photo here.

Saturday, August 10, 2013

Morty Comix # 2610

Morty Comix # 2610 was slipped behind an emergency contacts sign at the Future Tenant gallery during the setup for the Obscuro Bezango show in Pittsburgh.

Thursday, August 8, 2013

Morty Comix # 2600

Morty Comix # 2600 was stuffed into a menu at the Church Brew Works in Pittsburgh where I enjoyed a great buffalo burger.

Morty Comix # 2599

Morty Comix # 2599 was taped under the top rung of a stepladder while the Obscuro Bezango show was being set up at the Future Tenant gallery in Pittsburgh. At the time I had no idea where the ladder actually lived, but as it turned out it was on loan from a resident of that fine city. So it was returned home, complete with a Morty Comix.

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Obscuro Bezango Show 6

The Opening Night. An astounding thing happened. Five of us from the old City Limits Gazette crowd were there at one time: Left to right, Bruce Chrislip, Tom Rehm, Wayno, Mike Hill. I was the 5th but how can I be in two places at once?

I was too busy schmoozing to take many photos, but I did document the following for you students of Newave Comix.

Hillary chats up Bruce

Wayno, Chrislip, Hill. This was first time I have actually met Wayno in person, even though we corresponded off and on since the 1980s. He was a wonderful contributor to the Bil Keane Watch in City Limits Gazette and a major part of the spark in that title. He brought me a package of coasters, in part to replace my coffee stained and much loved Scottie's Bar coaster in my studio.

Mike Hill, Bruce Chrislip

A graphic of the mysteriously vanished Maximum Traffic is on the wall

Bruce braved a four hour drive from Cincinnati to attend this opening. As the historian for our brand of comic art, his presence gave the event a a few more "chops" as they say in West Pennsylvania.

But too soon it was all over and the crowd spilled out to the night streets of Pittsburgh. Buzz Buzzizyk, Maximum Traffic, Tom Rehm, all free spirits inspired by the shadowy Borpo Deets, had their night of being honored.