Olympia Comics Festival 2012, pt. 8

Beautiful work by http://theseframesarehidingplaces.com/

Flying Dodo Publications

Max Clotfelter, Kelly Froh

The most photogenic pair in the Fest!

Darkslinger Comics

Students from Madison Middle School had a table with comix and fiction. I was so happy to see this. The torch of creativity is kept alive and these kids are lucky to have such visionary teachers.

Drawing comix helped keep me sane as I was growing up (no wisecracks, please) and the adults who encouraged me to continue this activity as part of my personal development were essential in my evolution as an artist. It was all quite informal in those prehistoric times, even in college. There was no such thing as classes in cartooning.

My departed friend Steve Charak would've been all over this if he was still alive, but it has only been in very recent history comix have become an accepted part of academia, on any level.


So I salute Madison!  What a great way to combine drawing and writing education.

And, I went to grade school at Roosevelt, so I feel an Eastside kinship there.

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The photo of John Doe, her neighbor in orange, was one of several that unfortunately didn't turn out

Chelsea Baker at the Timberland Regional Library table

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Steve Charak's Beatles Lists

My friend Steve Charak and I shared an enjoyment of compiling useless information. We also liked the Beatles and seeing if we could stump each other with questions of trivia.

Here are some lists Steve compiled, I'm betting they are from the early 1990s. In the last list, Steve knew I acquired cover versions of the Fab Four and was wondering if I would ever find cover versions of this particular set. I did. Here they are:

You Know My Name, Look Up the Number
Ballard Beatles (Bruce and Joan Chrislip)
Beatles (Anthology)
Micky Saunders
Greg Stomberg

Inner Light
Beatles (Rarities)
Micky Saunders
Soulful Strings
Dan Susnara

Blue Jay Way
Bentmen
Buddha Pest
Ken Clinger (2 versions)
Mike Grossman (2 versions)
Steve Kahn
Lord Sitar
C. Newman
Poets
Micky Saunders
Bud Shank
Squires of the Subterrain

Flying
Beatles (remastered)
Big City Orchestra
Ken Clinger (6 versions)
Joe Goldmark
Mike Grossman
Residents
Micky Saunders
Bud Shank
Shockabilly
Frank Sidebottom
Russ Stedman

Don't Pass Me By
Beatles (Anthology)
Beatles (Rarities)
Contrello
Georgia Satellites
Micky Saunders (2 versions)

Yes It Is
Beatles (Anthology)
Don Henley
In-Sect
Robert Quine and Jody harris
Peter Sellers
Dan Susnara

And Your Bird Can Sing
Ann Dyer & No Good Time Fairies
Beatles (Anthology)
Ray Carmen
Charles River Valley Boys
Food
Jam
Roger Klug
Laxton's Supreme
R. Stevie Moore
Stars On 45
Joemy Wilson (as I recall, Steve Charak himself told me about this one)
Wretched Pinhead Puppets

No Reply
Banda de los Corazones Solitarios
Beatles (Anthology, 2 versions)
Big Ben Banjo Band
Cavemen
Floyd Domino
David Dziubcyzynski
Hollyridge Strings
Last Words
Leeves
Jeff Olson
RRSO Symphony Orchestra
Stars On 45 (3 versions)

Only a Northern Song
Beatles (Anthology)
Empty Set
Micky Saunders (3 versions)

I'll Follow the Sun
Chet Atkins
David Ball
Brothers Four
Floyd Cramer
Floyd Domino
Hollyridge Strings
Glyn Johns
King's Singers
Koppykats
Kit Walker

In addition, here are the least covered Beatle songs I gathered (by Beatle song I mean one they composed and recorded themselves):

All I've Got to Do
Lester Lanin
George Martin

Another Girl
Lester Lanin

Ask Me Why
Beatles (bootleg)
Rosy Beats

Dig It
Beatles (2 bootlegs)
Laibach

Don't Bother Me
Big Ben Banjo Band
I-Tones
Bob Leaper

Dr. Robert
Mike Grossman
Laxton's Superb
Micky Saunders

Hold Me Tight
Baroque Beatles
Rubber Soul
Treasures

I Need You
Bee Gees
Lester Lanin and his Go-Go Getters
Micky Saunders

I'll Get You
Beatles (Anthology)
Big Ben Banjo Band
Leon Young String Chorale

Long Long Long
Moon Flower
Phish
Micky Saunders

Love You To
Bongwater
Don Randi
Micky Saunders

Tell Me What You See
Mike Grossman
Teenage Fanclub

What Goes On
Charles River Valley Boys
Orphan
Micky Saunders

What You're Doing
Lester Lanin
Micky Saunders

When I Get Home
Micky Saunders

You Like Me Too Much
Waikikis

Random images, Pt. 5

At Oly Comix Fest, 2005. Taken by Allen Freeman.

Tim Corrigan

SW

Steve Charak

Rick Wayne

Random Images, Pt. 1

Before my computer crashed in December 2009, Sarah had fortunately been backing up the images I was storing. Here are some of the graphics I found on the Internet and saved. In most cases I cannot remember the online source of the illustrations.

Joe Zabel

Chris Bors

Bruce Chrislip

Steve Charak

Bruce Chrislip