Buttons - Youth Programs - 1990s

D.A.R.E. Graduate

On reverse: (c) D.A.R.E. American, Jack Nadel, Inc., China

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The guests hold a wonderful Thanksgiving potluck at the Sou'wester in Seaview, Washington.

Buttons - Schools - 2012

The Evergreen State College

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Handed out at TESC's 40th reunion bash last spring, which included a cartoonists panel

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Bryan's trailer had a Madonna and Day of the Dead theme

Sou'wester, Seaview, Washington

Buttons - Schools - 1986

Alive and Growing

The Evergreen State College

If my memory serves correctly, this button was issued on the occasion of Evergroove's 15th anniversary since opening in 1971.

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Pine forest mushroom

Seaview, Washington

Favorite Movie Quotes: Phenomenon

"Why do you have to tear him down? What are you so afraid of? What do you got to lose? He wasn't selling anything. He didn't want anything from anybody. He want nothing from nobody! Nothing! Nothing! And you people have to tear him down so you can sleep better tonight? So you can prove that the world is flat and sleep better tonight? Am I right? I'm right. To Hell with all of you. The Hell with everyone."

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Seaview, Washington

Bezango, WA Movie Reaches Kickstarter Goal!

68 backers contributed over three grand. The final product is going to be one of those mileposts in the historiography of Pacific Northwest cartooning, a snapshot of who we are 2012-2013.

 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1230569287/bezango-wa?ref=live

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Please dispose of all food & containers on account of the bears

Sou'wester, Seaview, Washington

Buttons - Schools - 2001

Onalaska High

Logger's Pride

On reverse: Pin Co. ... Taiwan

For Onalaska High School, Onalaska, Washington

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Main Hotel

Sou'wester

Seaview, Washington

Room number three is rumored to have a ghost

How to Fix a Leaky Ceiling the Cartoonist Way

Not too long ago we experienced some severe wind and rain and one of the ceiling panels in my office out in Tumwater, Washington developed this stain from a leak. I am sure there are better ways to repair this, but none of them are as fun as the cartoonist method.

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Pine forest mushroom

Seaview, Washington

Buttons - Schools - 1952

Blazer Booster '52-'53

On the curl: GH Stamp Works, Aberdeen, Wash.

This button was issued by Centralia College, Centralia, Washington

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Remains of a homeless camp?

Pine forest, Seaview, Washington

Favorite Movie Quotes: The Outlaw Josey Wales

"Hell is coming to breakfast."

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Pine forest mushroom

Seaview, Washington

Catnip Frenzy at Steve's Acres of Cats

 

So, as you can see this innocent little construct was peacefully existing on my living room floor. It actually looks like something Ed Wood would've used as a set in one of his films.

 But then I added catnip

This morning this is what I found

And yet after this they still go outside and kill things with their insatiable thirst for thrills. I live with four literal wild and crazy party animal killers! 

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Seaview, Washington

Outside-In: The History of a Comix Series

I have no memory of drawing this or why it exists. Looks like it was created in 1989, but if it was ever published I am not aware where. Michael Dowers sent me these pages in the recent stack of original art he returned.

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The Seaview sea view

Seaview, Washington

Buttons - Comic Art - 1994

Richie Rich

On the curl: Character "Richie Rich, The Poor Little Rich Boy" (R)&(C) Harvey Publications. (C) 1994 Warner Bros. All Rights Reserved

I believe this button was presented to me by a cartoonist who many of us suspect used to run around comic conventions in a giant Richie Rich head. I won't say his name but his initials are Bruce Chrislip.

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Entry to the beach

Seaview, Washington

Buttons - Comic Art - 1980s?

According to psychologists, the best thing to do when you're feeling tired and a little depressed is to give yourself a treat.

On reverse: Badge-A-Minit, LaSalle, Ill. 61301

I have no idea where this came from or who made it.

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Seaview, Washington

Favorite Movie Quotes: North to Alaska

"It's hunky dory with me if he walks off with his gold mine."

This quote interests me for two reasons. First, it was uttered by the great Ernie Kovacs. Second, I had no idea the term "hunky dory" predated the 1970s, but I guess it has a long history.

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Notice

8 Break-ins a wk. in

Seaview

You are dealing with 

low-life Cowards

Protect You're Property

I found this sign at the base of a telephone pole, where it apparently had been originally displayed before the elements dashed it to the ground.

Morty Comix # 2478

Morty Comix # 2478 is being sent to Maximum Traffic in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Here's the story: Back in the 1980s and the pre-Internet 1990s I was right on top of my postal mail. The US Postal Service was my lifeline to my comix comrades. But that was then.

Today I check my PO box infrequently, and even then I just pile up the mail and look at it once a week. Sometimes I throw it in a stack and don't get to it for months.

On this rainy weekend I started excavating through my studio and found several long forgotten documents dating back to the Stone Age. This included a SASE from one of my all time favorite artists, Maximum Traffic.

So, here's to you, Max. My buddy Charlie helped me stuff the envelope.

This issue of Morty Comix is a bit unusual. Many of the 5 x 3 in. versions are made of old discarded Gaylord circulation cards with WLN labels, originating from South Puget Sound Community College in Olympia, Washington.

But a few of them, like Morty Comix # 2478, are drawn on the reverse of discarded shelflist cards that were used as a springboard for recataloging, also from the WLN era.

I miss WLN. It was a great organization and the contribution to the field of librarianship in the Pacific Northwest has not been matched since their demise over a decade ago.

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Even at the coast I encounter another entry in the throwaway dental floss series

Seaview, Washington

This was in someone's mouth cleaning out gunk between their teeth and now it is out there on the ground for the rest of us to behold.  Excuse me while I get sick.