Here are some characters I drew in the mid-1960s on giant sheets of construction paper. Why a certain vermin bearing a strong resemblance to...

McCleary, Washington

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

I found a couple of Matt's early greeting cards while cleaning out the studio. In college you could find Matt frequently camped out in t...

A diagram I drew under my Dad's expert supervision about how to make moonshine. He built an authentic still as a display for the McClear...

Create, don't speculate

Hearing Room Olympia, Washington

An enormous drawing probably made in the 1990s. I left it down at the local United States Post Office last Sunday. Exactly why and when it w...

A warm driveway brings out the whole Gang of Four

Sad news from The Beat that Portland cartoonist Dylan Williams lost his battle with cancer. I had met Dylan at the last couple Oly Comix Fe...

Tumwater, Washington

I wonder where she is today?

I visited one of these in 1979 in Quebec. Seeing a giant Fred Flintstone running around and speaking in French as he horrified small child...

What We Want is a City in Flames! Westside of Olympia, Washington

Last month I found a big packet of comix in my PO Box from Minneapolis cartoonist Steven Stwalley . You might recognize his name as the cov...

Here's a photo of yours truly taken by Steve Layton in the Fall of 1974. The door in the background opened into the room of my neighbor...