Ten Seconds in the Life of Fenwick Green

Little did I know that when I drew three little panels for Cranium Frenzy # 3, those lines on paper would inspire my brother to write a play called Ten Seconds in the Life of Fenwick Green.

The image was also used on a few posters promoting the play, starting, I think, in 1989. It was also used on a t-shirt.

T-shirts

Actually I've covered the story of the OlyBlog t-shirt earlier this year. But it belongs in the gallery of t-shirts anyway.



Michael Dowers made this t-shirt in the 1980s (I think) using the Starhead Comix logo I drew.



From the 2002 AIE Summer Program, including Bezango WA 985 on stage! The images are from the comic series.

A page from Cranium Frenzy # 3 which was captioned "Three seconds in the life of Rindo Bloch" inspired this play by my brother, Bryan, and the original image was used in the t-shirt.

Cast member Jeff Kingsbury went on to be elected to the Olympia City Council for one term and his name became an Oly household word-- and not exactly in way anyone would choose.












I first drew the image for Woofer the Psychic Dog (co-written by Bryan) back in 1986 and it just keeps living on whether it is performed in New York or Olympia. To publicize the 1988 Oly premiere I created a long banner which spanned 4th Ave. about where the Danger Room is today.

Cranium Frenzy # 3

1st edition, February or March 1982, Seattle, Washington, 60 copies, white.

2nd edition, March or April 1982, Seattle, Washington, 27 copies, white.

Both editions are an odd size, 18 x 11 cm. The 1st edition has a typo in Prof. Verner Von Vernervon's word balloon, the word "know" is omitted. This was corrected for the 2nd edition.

This title was made available on a print-on-demand basis through my Reprint Series in 1994-1996. This version was enlarged to a regular digest format.

The 1st Danger Room Reprint Edition, June 2005, was also in the regular digest format. 5 copies (4 yellow, 1 green).

Basically the entire comic is one illustrated essay, a technique I first used in college while studying with The Evergreen State College faculty member Thad Curtz, a writing instructor who pointed me in some directions that really helped me grow as a cartoonist.

The caption subtitle is "an annotated portrait gallery," which made creating this comic so enjoyable. I love drawing faces, and this format enabled me to present all sorts of characters.

Trivia:

The Plowzone People comes from a job I had for a bit entering data in a computer for the University of Vermont involving an archaeological plowzone.

Three seconds in the life of Rindo Bloch inspired Bryan, my brother, to write a play called Ten Seconds in the Life of Fenwick Green. The posters for the play reprinted the three panels from Cranium Frenzy # 3.

The sordid space age specimen was my self-portrait in 1982.