English Oak
Washington State Capitol Campus
Washington State Capitol Campus
The Diogenes Club
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
The Honeybunnies
Back in 1985 there was a short-lived television series called George Burns Comedy Week, with each episode starring different characters. There was one in particular I remember watching that really stuck with me as one of the most memorable pieces of prime time comedy from the 1980s. It was called "The Honeybunnies" and featured Howard Hesseman, Laraine Newman, and Casey Kasem.
Hesseman played a grim, existential playwright who enjoyed giving readings on plays about death and despair, but fate trapped him in a position where the only talent he had that could earn an income was writing scripts for an animated series about a bunch of insipid bunnies. The whole thing came across as sort of a cartoonist's Twilight Zone.
This was back in the days before Internet, and before VHS technology was commonplace enough for working Joes like me to record the thing, so the show resided in a favored place in my memory for quite some time without being actually revisited. Eventually, thanks to the kind help of Casey Kasem, believe it or not, I was able to locate a copy of the script about 15 years ago. If there was a commercial copy of the show itself out there, I could never find it and it was too obscure to show up in reruns.
But just recently some wonderful person posted the entire episode in two parts on YouTube. Any cartoonist who has felt a bit trapped by creating their own Tulpa popular character might enjoy this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkV9cnaVOSw (part 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vPidb_7N4E (part 2)
Monday, December 5, 2011
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Friday, December 2, 2011
Phone photo 968
Sunrise this morning at Occupy Olympia
The Washington State Legislature is in a Special Session just blocks away
The Washington State Legislature is in a Special Session just blocks away
Thursday, December 1, 2011
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
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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.
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