Buttons - Federal Campaign - ca. 1970

Re-Elect Julia Butler Hansen, Democrat, Congress

She was the Congressperson for the Washington State's 3rd District for several terms, until 1975.

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Portland, Oregon

Favorite Movie Quotes: The Razor's Edge

"I lied. I didn't know I was lying. But I guess I was."

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Portland, Oregon

Fifteen Heart Attacks, page 11

By Maximum Traffic

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Portland, Oregon

Buttons - Federal Campaign - 1960s

Hughes for Congress Republican

File Your Protest

OK, OK, I know this isn't a button. It's a nail file with a pun, but I am going to include it anyway. I picked this up at a booth at the Southwest Washington Fair in Washington State's 3rd Congressional District some time in the 1960s.

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Portland, Oregon

Fifteen Heart Attacks, page 10

By Maximum Traffic

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Portland, Oregon

Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 2008

Obama '08, Change We Can Believe In

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A caterpillar hangs by a thread over my driveway as the sun sets

Fifteen Heart Attacks, page 9

By Maximum Traffic.

"Fox News is crap-full of lies!" So true. Beautiful.

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I followed this car with a helium balloon hanging out of the window for a mile or so in Olympia, Washington. The thing was bouncing around something fierce but it didn't pop.

Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 1992

Clinton Gore '92

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

Notice the union label is part of the display.

In 1992 I saw something I have never seen in a presidential election before or since. In McCleary, a town with a healthy chunk of 1938-1940 immigrants from Arkansas (I live in a part of town known as Arkie Hill), there were home-made signs for Clinton in front yards. In fact as I recall, in our town, George Herbert Walker Bush, the Republican incumbent, placed third behind Clinton and Perot in 1992.

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Joe Kubert, 1926-2012

Goodbye Joe. 

Such an amazing artist and one of the greats in the world of comic art. I don't have a lot of valuable material possessions, but I do treasure my Kubert original. I have owned this page from Brave and Bold # 43 (1962) for over 4 decades and never get tired of looking at it. I have learned so much about cartooning just from looking at this single sheet, which Joe probably cranked out in a very short time.

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Fifteen Heart Attacks, page 8

By Maximum Traffic

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Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 1992

Ross Perot for President '92

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Charlie and Dreamer on a Charlie and Dreamer mat

Favorite Movie Quotes: Gran Torino

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

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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.

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Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 1988

Dukakis Bentsen

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

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Fifteen Heart Attacks, page 7

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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