Here in McCleary the Post Office bulletin board is the central form of text communication. I have been putting up posters daily heralding the coming of Mini-Comics Day, and daily someone has been taking them them down, ripping them up, and throwing them in the garbage. It seems aimed pretty much at just this event as compared to other posters on the bulletin board.
And here I thought I was pretty much washed up as a cartoonist and self-publishing advocate, but apparently I still have the power to offend, so that feels good. I cannot even begin to guess why anyone would do this with such discipline. It is nice to know I can still get under the skin of some intolerant person. Most artists want to inspire people, but we cartoonists were born to step on toes in this ungentlemanly art, so this very targeted vandalism makes me feel like I'm doing my job.
Strike a blow for fun and creativity and come to the McCleary Community Center on May 26! If you don't feel like drawing anything, come and cheer on those who are willing to risk expressing themselves on paper. An event like this has never taken place in the entire history of McCleary, so come be a part of history.
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Phone photo 1525
Labels:
Olympia Brewery,
Phone photo,
Tumwater Falls
Morty Comix # 2358
Morty Comix # 2358 was part of a packet of Morty Comix that fell out of my pocket at The Evergreen State College, so even I don't know where they landed! I was intending on planting them in various places, but this is an accidental but great way of random distribution, a happy twist of Fate.
Phone photo 1524
The Weekly Volcano Interviews Frank Hussey
Alec Clayton of The Weekly Volcano interviewed Frank Hussey of Olympia's Danger Room in preparation for the TESC 40th anniversary cartoonists panel. The piece is available online!
I had a great time at the event! After the panel discussion Matt and I were filmed together outside by Evergreen staff talking about TESC. Not sure when or where that will eventually surface. I understand the panel discussion was recorded as well.
I had a great time at the event! After the panel discussion Matt and I were filmed together outside by Evergreen staff talking about TESC. Not sure when or where that will eventually surface. I understand the panel discussion was recorded as well.
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Alec Clayton,
Danger Room,
Frank Hussey,
Matt Groening,
The Evergreen State College,
Weekly Volcano
40th Anniversary Reunion at Evergreen
The TESC Steam Plant. Sometimes we would sneak past the guy in the glass office and gain entry into the maze of steam tunnels that honeycomb the campus.
Dorm A. In 1974 Matt Groening lived in the room with the window on the 2nd floor far left. The next window was my room. He was the first person I met on my first day at Evergreen.
This is the spot where an incident I relate in Evergroove Trivia Pt. 15 took place.
One time Lynda Barry and I were walking together and at this point she grabbed me and made me hide with her around a corner while a conceptual artist walked by. "That man hates art!" she trembled. The actual corner has since been obliterated by building expansion.
A lecture hall where one of our classmates in Shakespeare and the Age of Elizabeth vaulted over several rows of seats to beat up someone he didn't like in 1979.
Ron Austin of Cartoonists Northwest and son Liam.
Setting up
With Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson, Craig Bartlett, Matt Groening, Megan Kelso, Drew Christie
Evergreen faculty Ruth Hayes, who will moderate, joins the group
Showtime begins
The geoduck, Evergreen's mascot
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Craig Bartlett,
Drew Christie,
Liam Austin,
Lynda Barry,
Matt Groening,
Megan Kelso,
Ron Austin,
Ruth Hayes,
The Evergreen State College,
Tommy Thompson
Friday, May 18, 2012
Phone photo 1522
Historic marker on the site of Washington territory's first prison at Seatco (now Bucoda)
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Morty Comix # 2357
Morty Comix # 2357 became the sole occupant of a groady real estate brochure distribution box outside of a bakery in Tumwater, Washington.
Phone photo 1521
The Olympic Club woodstove and poolroom, Centralia, Washington
Labels:
Bryan McDowell,
Centralia,
Olympia,
Olympic Club (Centralia),
Phone photo,
restaurants,
Spar,
William Hoss
Favorite Movie Quotes: The Stranger (1946)
"The little man was walking all by himself across a deserted city square.
Wherever he moved he threw a shadow. But when he moved away, Charles,
the shadow stayed there behind him and spread out just like a carpet."
[Reviewed in Cheaper by the Dozen 9]
[Reviewed in Cheaper by the Dozen 9]
Labels:
Cheaper by the Dozen,
Movie quotes,
Stranger (1946)
Phone photo 1520
Wm. Hoss
1908
Building on Tower Avenue, Centralia, Washington, bearing the name of my great-grandfather's brother. I understand several nefarious activities took place in this structure. The youngest of five children, William "Willy" Hoss lived from 1865 to 1933. The family arrived in Lewis County in the mid-1870s.
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Centralia,
Lewis County,
Phone photo,
William Hoss
Favorite Movie Quotes: Scarlet Street
"How can a man be so dumb? I've been waiting to laugh in your face ever
since I met you. You're old and ugly and I'm sick of you! Sick, sick,
sick!"
[Reviewed in Cheaper by the Dozen 6]
[Reviewed in Cheaper by the Dozen 6]
Labels:
Cheaper by the Dozen,
Movie quotes,
Scarlet Street
Phone photo 1519
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Favorite Movie Quotes: Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)
"If his unpleasant wounding has in some way enlightened the rest of you
as to the grim finish beneath the glossy veneer of criminal life and
inspired you to change your ways, then his injuries carry with it an
inherent nobility, and a supreme glory. We should all be so fortunate.
You say poor Toby? I say poor us"
Phone photo 1518
A giant crow with baby bird, serving as a roadside attraction for Yard Birds in Chehalis, Washington.
As you can see, the tail end is in the process of being repaired. Restoration work has apparently been going on for awhile.
As you can see, the tail end is in the process of being repaired. Restoration work has apparently been going on for awhile.
Favorite Movie Quotes: Scarface (1983)
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"This pioneer town founded in 1853 on this donation claim of Louis H. Davis, once was the county seat and an important stop-off for travelers between the Columbia River and Puget Sound. The sturdy little church, built in 1858 with hand-forged nails and lumber sawed in a water-powered mill, doubled as a school - Claquato Academy. The bronze bell in the belfry came around Cape Horn from Boston 1857. In the 1870s, when the railroad by-passed Claquato, most of the town moved 3 miles east to Chehalis."
Favorite Movie Quotes: Saving Private Ryan
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Phone photo 1516
OK, this sign really bothers me. It is in Lewis County, Washington, pointing to Rainbow Falls State Park.
"1 miles"?!?
Favorite Movie Quotes: Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan = Samson and the Seven Miracles
Favorite Movie Quotes: Sansone = Samson
Favorite Movie Quotes: Sahara
"Got ... got to ... make it ..."
I actually mentioned this quote in a post last November, but it is worth using again. Back in the late 1960s/early 1970s when we could only get less than half a dozen stations and there was no such thing as VHS or DVD for consumers, my brother and I ate up all those old Warner Brothers films the independent Seattle/Tacoma stations continuously played. We were so struck by Bruce Bennett uttering this quote while crawling through the Sahara Desert that we started using it for all kinds of things. For example, if Bryan asked me to pass the salt at dinner, I would move slowly and utter, "Must ... make ... it. Got ... got to ... reach salt ..."
And we continue this malarkey to this day. Funny how a few seconds of film can change lives.
In spite of this eccentric impact on our behavior, this is one of the better WWII propaganda movies.
Labels:
Bruce Bennett,
Bryan Willis,
Movie quotes,
Sahara,
Warner Brothers,
World War II
Phone photo 1513
Favorite Movie Quotes: Saddle the Wind
"I never sat on you; I never tied you down! I only wanted one thing in
my life and that was to see you rise up. You only got up as high as your
gun belt. And that's a low height for a man."
[Reviewed in Cheaper by the Dozen 49]
[Reviewed in Cheaper by the Dozen 49]
Labels:
Cheaper by the Dozen,
Movie quotes,
Saddle the Wind
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