Monday, July 30, 2012

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Y Motel, Hoquiam, Washington

Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 1968

Nixon's The One!

OK, this isn't really a button, it is more of a badge thing you clipped over your shirt pocket. As I recall I found this on the ground somewhere in Olympia during the '68 campaign, so apparently this sort of "pin" didn't work all that well. The flip side says "ABCraft Mfg. Co. Chicago."

Those of us who felt Nixon was behind the Watergate break-in used this slogan a few years later when discussion turned to who was responsible for the crime.

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Destruction Island, Washington

Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 1968

Wallace for President

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Hoh River, Washington

Sunday, July 29, 2012

Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 1968

RFK

In 1968 I drew a political cartoon involving Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon.

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Clallam Bay, Washington

Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 1960

Progress for All
Forward with Kennedy

Not an original. On the curl it states: Kleenex Tissues '68

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Beween Forks and La Push, Washington

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Morty Comix # 2421







Morty Comix # 2421 was left at what was once a thriving supermarket in Tumwater, Washington. Not sure when this place closed down, but it didn't seem that long ago it was an active place. So I leave this Morty Comix in honor of the victims of a struggling economy.

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No Vampires Beyond This Point

Treaty Line

Seen between Forks and La Push, Washington

Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 1952

I Like Ike

Hard to read, but I think it says "Bastion Bros, Rochester, N.Y." on the curl

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Saw this just sitting in the middle of the woods
La Push, Washington

Friday, July 27, 2012

Morty Comix # 2420




Morty Comix # 2420 was left inside the roof of a Tumwater, Washington bus stop

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La Push, Washington

Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 1936

Landon Knox

The Republican ticket in 1936. Alf Landon was Governor of Kansas, hence the felt sunflower enhancement.




Thursday, July 26, 2012

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La Push, Washington

OK, am I the only one who enjoys the wordplay when we realize La Push and Pullman are on extreme opposite sides of the state?

Buzz Buzzizyk art and coin



Buzz sent me this great Morty Comix spinoff, with a comment on the Presidential campaign.

It was folded in a creative way, so I hope I got the order right.

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La Push, Washington

Morty Comix # 2419



Morty Comix # 2419 was folded into quarters and slipped between the booth and the wall at a popular Tumwater, Washington fast food restaurant.

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La Push, Washington

Louise Amandes and I observed something big swimming around in there. My best guess is that it was a killer whale. A nearby group of children saw it too and it was great to see how excited they were.

Attention Phineas and Ferb Fans: Meet the ORIGINAL Floating Baby Head

It came to my attention that a popular animated cartoon has a character called Giant Floating Baby Head.

I wonder if any the folks behind the show saw my Floating Baby Head character comix in the 1990s? And if not, what sort of collective memory were we tapping into?

State of Beings # 1 (1991)

Bezango / Bezango Obscuro (1994)


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La Push, Washington

Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 1932? 1936? 1940? 1944?

Roosevelt

Curl says "G.H. Stamp Works, Aberdeen, Wash."

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La Push, Washington

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 1924

Keep Cool With Cal
Coolidge For President

Not an original pin. This came from a Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour, according to the info on the curl, probably in the early 1970s. 

Since we have many public offices coming up for primary and general elections, I thought I'd run some of the pins I have gathered over the years, mostly by accident. For some reason I have never thrown them out. Perhaps this is due to the fact they do not  take up a lot of room.


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La Push, Washington

Favorite Movie Quotes: Weapons of Mass Distraction

"Nobody buys senators anymore, Norman. I thought everybody knew that. We're much cheaper to lease."