Morty Comix # 2612

Morty Comix # 2612 was drawn on the back of a bank form and placed inside a copy of Beastly Boys and Ghastly Girls by William Cole with illos by the great Tomi Ungerer.  It was due to Ungerer's presence here that I chose to use this book as my drawing "clipboard" cushioned by thin cardboard during my wonderful week in Butler, Pennsylvania. I think I drew about 50 Morty Comix during that magical week, which is more drawing than I have done in a long time. But I was with a very creative and inspirational group of people and actually had time to breathe.

Yes, I am left-handed. But I am also right-eyed, right-eared and right-nostriled. There's a great pun waiting to be born here, but I'm tired.

Anyway, I have been informed this particular Morty Comix has already been discovered.

Morty Comix # 2484

Morty Comix # 2484 was slid onto a high windowsill at the McCleary Post Office. There are now three Morty Comix hiding in this facility, the first two have been there for months.

This issue begins a subseries where I am trying out a new pen that seems to have an impact on the final drawing. The ink stays wet, which is not good for us left-handers, so my method of drawing has changed. We old dogs can learn new tricks. 

Bezango: On Being Hairy in Olympia

Olympia Power & Light, sometime in late 2010.

To sidetrack here. That 1963 Studebaker Lark was less than a decade old when this Polaroid was snapped. Back then the speed on SR 8 was 70, which meant everyone bombed along at 80. The Lark had a V8 engine in a little body so that baby flew. Also, I loved the fact the ignition was on the left side for us southpaws!

Incitatus

Incitatus has been the tiniest comic I've published to date. The spine is a mere 2.5 inches high. 35 copies were printed in late 1984 in Pullman, Washington. In June 2005, six more copies were printed as "1st Danger Room Reprint ed." in McCleary, Washington.

Named after the horse of Caligula, this minimal comic was created by accident. In the course of creating homemade Christmas cards, I found there was a little rectangle to create a wreck tangle of lines, so this was dashed off. Looks like it was drawn in felt tip. Being left-handed, I seldom use India ink.

This is the first of what I hope will be many posts presenting images of past work with commentary. I'm starting with the little micro and minicomix. I hope you enjoy the 5 nanoseconds it takes to "read" this comic.