Morty the Dog

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Fifteen Heart Attacks, page 2

Gotta love that "What th--?!" phrase. No comix story should be without it.

"Am I the oNly Person who Thinks this Weather is total Manipulation. It is not A Natural thing Being Done to Us. 'Chemtrails' 'HAARP' 'GeoEngineering' Look These up!"

This large sign was up for several days at the entrance to town. Someone recently vandalized it.

Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 1972

come home america

McGovern Shriver 1972

On the curl: 8-72, Westcoast, Vote Distrs., 26 Brooks, Venice, Calif. 90291

Oddly, the discoloration on the left of the button is not visible to the naked eye.

One of my favorite political buttons, and an early presentation of a theme that has been used by both parties in nearly every subsequent presidential campaign.

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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Fifteen Heart Attacks, page 1

Fifteen Heart Attacks was a story I began, I'm guessing, in 2009 or 2010. But life caught up to me and the project died. But I can present this unfinished piece in stages. Maximum Traffic got in on the act later. You'll see.

Morty the Dog's declaration on the splash page is a direct quote from the amazing Vincent Price in his very best movie, Theatre of Blood. Supposedly I actually uttered these lines when I came out of surgery while under the influence of pain killers on April Fool's Day, 1995.

One time in the late 1970s/early 1980s I woke up after a wild party and found myself behind a couch in the morning. That fond memory inspired this page.

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The Fab Four

Everywhere I look, there is a cat.

Morty Comix # 2426

Morty Comix # 2426 was placed in an arcade area of a Tumwater, Washington pizza joint

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Charlie actually watched about half of The Accidental Tourist quite attentively with me. I think the Corgi dog in the movie really grabbed his notice.

Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 1972

Remember Oct. 9

For more buttons, Ms. Anderson, Clergy & Laity Concerned, (402) 426-4006, $25.00/M

This was a button distributed by the McGovern campaign. The reference was to a statement supposedly made by Richard Nixon, Oct. 9, 1968, when he was campaigning for President. Now this is only from my memory, but the quote was something like: "Those who have had a chance for four years and could not produce peace should not be given another chance." At the time Nixon uttered this he was aiming at LBJ's Vice-President and 1968 Dem. nominee, Hubert Humphrey. In 1972 this button attempted to remind voters of how Nixon had not only failed to end the Vietnam War, but actually escalated it.

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Morty Comix # 2425

Morty Comix # 2425 was set behind a promotional display sign at a Tumwater McDonalds

Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 1972

McGovern

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McCleary, Washington

Monday, August 6, 2012

Skagit Hoo-Hoos

I found this article in the Sept. 14, 1899 issue of The Skagit County Times and thought it was sort of a Dada joke, complete with a naughty Hoo-Hoo name and plenty of other double entendre wordplay.

But guess what? It is for real. To this day there exists a group called The International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo and they continue to be a service organization with a sense of humor influenced by Lewis Carroll.

What I don't understand is that this group is a service club devoted to the wood products industry. I'm a Washington State native, have grown up surrounded by timber people, and this is the first I have ever heard of this Hoo-Hoo Order.

Learn somethin' new every day.

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Buster

Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 1972

McGovern

Reverse side has label: Insta-Button from the Richmark Co., 1110 E. Pine St., Seattle, Wash., 98122

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Olympia, Washington

The old HQ for The Daily Olympian, designed by Joseph Wohleb

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 1972

McGovern

Reverse side has label: Insta-Button from the Richmark Co., 1110 E. Pine St., Seattle, Wash., 98122

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Elma, Washington

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Favorite Movie Quotes: Grumpier Old Men

"Let me tell you something now, Johnny. Last Thursday I turned 95 years old. And I never exercised a day in my life. Every morning I wake up and I smoke a cigarette and then I eat five strips of bacon. And for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a mid-day snack-- bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. Now according to all of them flat belly experts I should've took a dirt nap like thirty years ago. But each year comes and goes and I'm still here, ha, and they keep dyin'. Y'know, sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me. Just goes to show you, huh?"

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Elma, Washington

Morty Comix # 2424

In looking for a place to leave Morty Comix # 2424, I found a perfect spot in a picnic area of a Lacey, Washington park. But as I got closer, someone had beaten me there! The well weathered slip of paper had this handwritten mini-essay:

"There are a thousand and one gates allowing entry into the orchard of the truth. Every human being has his own gate. He must not err and wish to enter the orchard thru a gate other than his own. That would present a danger not only for the one entering but also for those who are already inside."

Hey, that is actually sort of profound. I was really impressed there was someone leaving snippets of great writing around the same way I leave cheapo drawings to be discovered.