Morty the Dog

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Favorite Movie Quotes: Gran Torino

"I know you don't want to hear this, but now is the time to stay calm."

Saturday, August 11, 2012

Styrofoam Cup Art / by Rose

My daughter Rose recently gave me this amazing cup, an example of the kind of artwork she seems to just casually knock off.

Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 1988

Dukakis Bentsen

On the curl: G.H. Stamp Works, Aberdeen, WA

Page 7 by Maximum Traffic. Max tried to "draw" me into this jam by using some of the characters from my comix, such as the fellow in panel 3. The face came from a page in Brave New Nazis of the Inland Empire.

There's that "Bezango" word again. This morning I have been blurting "beZANG!-o" once in awhile for no apparent reason.

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A Slice of Return to Evergreen

The Evergreen State College put together this 3-minute summary of the Return to Evergreen 40th Anniversary of the school. Watch for Matt Groening and yours truly just after the first minute.

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Friday, August 10, 2012

Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 1984

Mondale/Ferraro

Curl has: Local 772

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Thursday, August 9, 2012

Fifteen Heart Attacks, page 6

From this point on, all the pages are entirely written and drawn by the amazingly incredible creative ball of energy we know as Maximum Traffic. Students of Newave and Obscuro will notice what care he took to mimic my drawing style in certain instances in order to have some sort of continuity in the inevitable anarchy of the open jam.

Max is a brilliant star in the comix universe. I am so glad I got to meet him in person last year at SPACE in Columbus, thanks to Bruce Chrislip and Bob Corby making my trip possible.

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Coffee Grounds

Tumwater, Washington

Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 1980

Anderson For President

Congressman John Anderson of Illinois initially ran in the 1980 primaries as a Republican, but refused to join his party in their extreme tilt to the Right, so he bolted and ran as an independent. One of the more interesting third party campaigns in recent history, he enjoyed support from college campuses (and my Republican father even voted for him) but ultimately had no impact on the election, which was a landslide for Ronald Reagan. Then he vanished. So far as I know, John Anderson is still alive and is 90 years old today.

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The new Tumwater Eagan's has a mural of the old Tumwater Eagan's, the one that was just down the street from Olympia High School when I was a student there. Notice the vintage Olympia Beer neon sign above the scene. The Eagan's pictured here was only a block away from the brewery.

Fifteen Heart Attacks, page 5

On page 5 I did the pencil work, lettering, and partially "inked" (felt tip) panel 1. Maximum Traffic completed the inking on panel 1 and entirely inked panel 2.

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Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 1996

In Perot We Trust 1996

Paul Tumey sent me this great button with a wonderful graphic explanation. This button for Ross Perot's second presidential campaign as the Reform Party candidate is pretty amazing. Thanks Paul!

I'm not really an active collector of political buttons, but I do enjoy the way they can spark a conversation on many levels.

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Tumwater, Washington

Bezango, the Film

Ron Austin and Louise Amandes have just created a blogspace centered around their upcoming film:

Bezango, an Anthology of Pacific Northwest Cartoonists.

Here's the mission statement: Bezango is a film, and website, documenting prominent Northwest cartoonists. The project chronicles the history, struggles, and evolution of the local cartoon industry.