Morty Comix # 2632

Morty Comix # 2632 was folded and camouflaged among the coffee additives as my daughter and I had a nice breakfast at the International House of Pancakes, Olympia, Washington. This time she didn't roll her eyes but she did shake her head quietly and sadly.

Morty Comix # 2624

Morty Comix # 2624 was slipped into the menu of an Asian restaurant in Tumwater, Washington as my daughter Rose rolled her eyes and shook her head sadly.

Morty Comix # 2602

Morty Comix # 2602 was hidden inside a VHS cassette case for the movie Antz (which I remember taking my daughter Rose to see in a theater when it was first released) in a home in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Morty Comix # 2510

 

Morty Comix # 2510 was a difficult one to place.

  

It really started in 2007 in Washington, DC. I was attending a librarian conference there that year.  I'm the one in the middle. The cats are Baker and Taylor, mascots for a book distributor.

  

In the bag of conference swag I collected at that event, this plastic sheet of Presidents of the United States was included. 

So now, several years later, this Prez gallery will help me select a new home for this issue of Morty Comix.  I placed it on the floor at the end of the hallway in front of a bulletin board.

 Above the whole scene is a painting by my Aunt Pat Pearson.

   

Then I brought out my bowl of spare pennies. My daughter made this bowl long ago when she was in school. 

 

I tossed the pennies at the bulletin until one of them bounced off and landed on the presidential visages.

It didn't take long.

 

Jackson, Van Buren, Harding, and Coolidge

  

I'm looking for counties. Since there is no such place as Coolidge County in the USA I was able to disqualify Silent Cal. So before rolling the dice I assigned numbers: Jackson 2, Van Buren 3, Harding 4. Within a few rolls Harding was the winner.

There are two Harding counties in the US, but only one is named after the President. Harding County, New Mexico has a population of less than 700. I wanted to find an address in the ghost town of Rosebud, given the fact I was co-author of the role playing mystery game, Riddle at Rosebud, which was set in New Mexico, but alas, ghosts don't have mailing addresses. At the time I cooked up that title I had no idea there really was a place once called Rosebud in the Land of Enchantment.

So what I settled on was sending the comic to a bar in Mosquero, the county seat.

And I must say I find it hard to believe Warren Harding actually has a county named after him. Incredible.

Buttons - Misc. - 1990s

Here's my guess: This button might've belonged to my daughter, Rose, who attended school here in McCleary. The school's mascot is the Wildcat. Other than that I cannot begin to guess why this button is here.

Styrofoam Cup Art / by Rose

My daughter Rose recently gave me this amazing cup, an example of the kind of artwork she seems to just casually knock off.

Morty Comix # 2389

Morty Comix # 2389 was tucked into a sake list at an Olympia, Washington restaurant specializing in Japanese cuisine.

I was taking my daughter, now in her mid-20s, out to dinner. She asked me what I was doing and I responded, "Nothing." She responded with a monotone "Oooookay" as I documented the Morty Comix distribution with my phone photos. We then continued our conversation on another topic as if nothing had happened. 

All quite, quite normal, thank you very much. Ding!

Phone photo 1237

Rose's Valentine to Dad

Phone photo 1052

Drawings in Crayon, ca. 1990

Found these drawings in a giant newsprint pad as I am cleaning out my studio. Probably made about 1989-1990 with my daughter.

City Limits Gazette # Mermaid, mermaid, have you ever seen blood? (Sept. 1992)

Logo by Chad Woody, the number for this issue came from a song my innocent little daughter just made up while playing on the swingset, Bob Richart on Wayno and Wow Cool!, Gary Usher joins us, not buying Comics F/X, comix reviews by Lynn Hansen, Edward Martin III compares Morty and Garfield, Michael Neno on the Fred question, CLG reader profile of Lynn Hansen, Bil Keane Watch by Mike Lee, CLG reader profile of Michael Dowers.

I'm including the Morty/Garfield strips Ed is talking about. The Morty strip was drawn in 1986 for The Cooper Point Journal and reprinted in Morty Without Tears ; and, Planet of the Bobs (1989)