Oakville, Washington
The Diogenes Club
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Monday, November 28, 2011
Phone photo 959
Mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon/Washington border, as seen from Chinook, Washington
Phone photo 958
Biblical scenes on what appears to be propane tanks
on the border between Long Beach and Seaview, Washington
on the border between Long Beach and Seaview, Washington
Phone photo 957
"The world's largest squirting clam," some killer whales, and one of the six frying pans out there claiming to be the largest of its kind in the world.
I think they should make a movie where this group experiences an incredible journey vision quest.
Long Beach, Washington
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Phone photo 954
Ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure and honor to introduce a member of that classic rock group we know and love-- the Beach Buoys!
WSU Comix Collection Finding Aid
This must be something posted just within the the last year. I stumbled across a list of comix I gathered, 1966-1997, for the Washington State University Comix Collection! Looks like you can see the bibliographic entry on their online catalog by clicking the highlighted LC classification call number.
In the past they have provided a list for the Lynn Hansen Comix Collection and the Paul Brians Comix Collection.
WSU also mentions: "Unprocessed collections (please contact us for access information): Further Steve Willis collections (MS 2009-15); Clark Dissmeyer collection (MS 2009-18); Joseph Shea collection (MS 2009-19, MS 2010-01); Jeff Zenich collection (MS 2009-20)."
Christmas, ca. 1964
Thanksgiving is over, let the Seasons Greetings greetings begin!
I found this large tempera painting on butcher paper in my studio yesterday. I'm guessing this was created about 1964. Santa and an elf are trying to move a stubborn reindeer in the snow. It is no accident the reindeer looks a little bit like a Shetland pony, since at that time we had a herd of about 70 ponies (mostly Shetland, some New Forest) on the family farm.
Saturday, November 26, 2011
$25 Sale - Little Snowjob
Little Snowjob, 1st edition, 1986, with a printrun of only 40 copies! Jam with Marc Myers, 1 folded sheet, blue letter size folded to 11 x 7 cm. Very rare.
$25 ppd
Check or money order to
Steve Willis
PO Box 390
McCleary, WA 98557-0390
or order through PayPal
Phone photo 949
"Clark's Tree," a bronze sculpture by Stanley Wanlass on display in the dunes at Long Beach, Washington. The tree has an inscription bearing a replica of a carved message from Clark (of Lewis and) in 1805 when he ventured this far north on the coast.
This sculpture is so lifelike I had to get pretty close before I figured out the thing was metal.
OlyGhostBusters
Just stumbled across the OlyGhostBusters website. The focus is on the "Lady in White," the ghost who is alleged to roam the campus of South Puget Sound Community College in Olympia, Washington. The site reprints my "Ghosts and Love" article from Olympia Power and Light March 24-April 6, 2010 and includes a brief interview which was via email, as I recall.
Quote of the Day
"Got ... got to ... make it ..."
Tacoma, Washington State native Bruce Bennett (who lived to be 100 years old), talking to himself while crawling through the desert in Sahara (1943) in the role of Waco Hoyt.
Friday, November 25, 2011
$25 Sale - Newave!
Newave! the Underground Mini Comix of the 1980s / edited by Michael Dowers.
Fantagraphics, 2010.
Around 900 pages of alternative obscuro comix from the Prehistoric era by Newave's greatest cartoonists, as well as some interviews and historical background. I'll include a signed drawing inside the cover.
$25 ppd
Check or money order to
Steve Willis
PO Box 390
McCleary, WA 98557-0390
or order through PayPal
Presidential Connecting Thread in Photographs
2012 is around the corner and the Iowa caucus will be the official introductory calliope music for our quadrennial national circus known as the Presidential Election. Here's a thread of connecting photographs of our US CEOs for over a century.
24. Grover Cleveland ; 25. William McKinley
24. Grover Cleveland ; 25. William McKinley
25. William McKinley ; 26. Theodore Roosevelt
26. Theodore Roosevelt ; 27. William Howard Taft
28. Woodrow Wilson ; 27. William Howard Taft
28. Woodrow Wilson ; 29. Warren Harding
29. Warren Harding ; 30. Calvin Coolidge
30. Calvin Coolidge ; 31. Herbert Hoover
31. Herbert Hoover ; 32. Franklin Roosevelt
33. Harry Truman ; 32. Franklin Roosevelt
35. John Kennedy ; 36. Lyndon Johnson ; 33. Harry Truman ; 34. Dwight Eisenhower
37. Richard Nixon ; 36. Lyndon Johnson
41. George H.W. Bush ; 40. Ronald Reagan ; 39. Jimmy Carter ;
38. Gerald Ford ; 37. Richard Nixon
38. Gerald Ford ; 37. Richard Nixon
41. George H.W. Bush ; 44. Barack Obama ; 43. George W. Bush ; 42. Bill Clinton
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
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