Postcard - Omak, Washington

"Omak, Washington. Home of Omak Stampede - Suicide Race. Omak is the largest city in Okanogan County, where the soaring summits of the Cascade mountains provide a backdrop for scores of sparkling lakes, ghost towns from the past, wide open spaces, giant hydroelectric projects and a space-age communications center."

Late 1960s, probably.

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Tumwater, Washington

Postcard - Olympia, Washington

"The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington. Evergreen's 1000 acre campus is located in a wooded area of rolling hills on the Cooper Point Peninsula, five miles northwest of downtown Olympia. The site includes 3,300 feet of undeveloped waterfront on Eld Inlet of Puget Sound."

Postmarked 7 SEP 1979.

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Charlie and Dreamer

Favorite Movie Quotes: The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

"If you're going to be slick, be slick in the city. They're not as smart there."

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Dreamer agrees that Happiness is warm blanket right out of the dryer.

Morty Comix # 2550 *UPDATE!*

As you might recall, Morty Comix # 2550 was sent to Florida under mysterious circumstances. As it turned out, Mr. John Eades produced some beautiful oil painting versions of my scribbles! I am really impressed.

John also had a tale to tell and photos to send regarding this project. He graciously allowed me to post his work here. I recently cracked a rib so John's story made me wince as I laughed, but that's OK:

"I hit a bit of a snag with the paintings. After three days they were still wet. The medium says it is quick dry, but after sitting around for ten years I suspect the quick drying additive has dried up. Ran out to the art supply store, and they had nothing I wanted, so I ordered some new material online. I put the paintings out in the harsh raking sun to speed up the drying process. My bare feet were getting toasted on the patio, so the temp. is right to help dry these things."

"While I was out there with the camera, a bird came by and sat right on the edge of the plywood with his poop-shoot hovering right over the paintings-- an art critic bird? The bird was just out looking to purloin some cat cookies from our cat's breakfast. Funny how ambivalent they seem when the birds swoop in. It has been a while since I found a little pile of feathers and carcass remnants in the yard, however the ninja cats are fond of massacring the little anoles."

 

... "I wish I had been more thoughtful and caught the bird right there, poised buttward towards the pictures, but I freaked and shooed him off before he could make his mark. My car gets pummeled by Ibis bird poop once a week as the flock descends in my driveway for their weekly crapfest." 

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A McCleary rolling icon

1965 Pontiac Tempest

Morty Comix # 2555

Morty Comix # 2555 is not really being sent at random this round using the convoluted methods I normally employ, although it is true Buster and I very accidentally stumbled across the existence of town in Missouri with the name of Peculiar. This issue of Morty Comix is going to the Downtown Peculiar Arts & Culture District.

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The Comic Books Problem / by Harry C. Bauer

The following is an article from Library News Bulletin v. 17, nos. 1-4 (Jan.-Apr. 1949), p. 10-15. Harry Bauer was the Executive Secretary of the Mayor's Committee on the Comic Books Problem in Seattle.

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Favorite Movie Quotes: Joe Kidd

"Bob, get OUTTA here!"

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Olympia, Washington

Postcard - Olympia, Washington

 

"Daniel J. Evans Library Building. This modern facility, housing seminar rooms and offices as well as up-to-the-minute library operations, is part of a 1000 acre campus on the Cooper Point Peninsula, five miles northwest of downtown Olympia."

Ah, back in the days when tuition for in-state students was less than $200 a quarter. It all became out of reach after Reagan, kids.

This card was handed to me in the spring of 1975, judging by the address. "Rena" was one of the many names used by Lynda Barry, the author of this missive. "Stella" and "Plex" were a couple other monikers for her. My trivia claim to fame in Cartoonland is that I knew Lynda Barry and Matt Groening before they knew each other.

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Red Dot on yellow curb

Favorite Movie Quotes: Inherit the Wind

"I say that you cannot administer a wicked law impartially. You can only destroy, you can only punish. And I warn you, that a wicked law, like cholera, destroys every one it touches. Its upholders as well as its defiers ... Can't you understand? That if you take a law like evolution and you make it a crime to teach it in the public schools, tomorrow you can make it a crime to teach it in the private schools? And tomorrow you may make it a crime to read about it. And soon you may ban books and newspapers. And then you may turn Catholic against Protestant, and Protestant against Protestant, and try to foist your own religion upon the mind of man. If you can do one, you can do the other. Because fanaticism and ignorance is forever busy, and needs feeding. And soon, your Honor, with banners flying and with drums beating we'll be marching backward, backward, through the glorious ages of that Sixteenth Century when bigots burned the man who dared bring enlightenment and intelligence to the human mind!"

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Red Dot with red dots

Postcard - Olympia, Washington

"The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington. Evergreen's 1000 acre campus is located in a wooded area of rolling hills on the Cooper Point Peninsula, five miles northwest of downtown Olympia. The site includes 3,300 feet of undeveloped waterfront on Eld Inlet of Puget Sound."

Late 1970s.

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Elma, Washington

Congrads to our old friend, Bruce Chrislip!

SPACE Prize

Life Time Achievement &

Official Historian

Bruce Chrislip 

City Limits Gazette

Presented at the 

Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo (SPACE)

April 13, 2013

Columbus, Ohio 

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Summit Lake area, Washington

Morty Comix # 2554

Morty Comix # 2554 is one sheet. I was watching the movie Joe Kidd and thought I'd let the film pick the destination of this issue.

Early in the story, Dick Van Patten mentions the city of Chicago to Robert Duvall.

So naturally, I looked to see if Chicago had a street called Eastwood. It did. West Eastwood Avenue is a short street. I used Google's street view to look at it and found ...

 ... a company that provides music and entertainment for events like weddings! I enjoyed their website.

So, off to Chicago, Illinois for this little Morty Comix.

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Montesano, Washington

Favorite Movie Quotes: Hollywood Ending

"Well, listen, here it's been fabulous, sunny and clear every day. Oh, listen, I've got to run, I'm having another skin cancer removed."

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Aberdeen, Washington

Postcard - Olympia, Washington

"St. Peter Hospital, 413 North Lilly Road, Olympia, Washington, Phone 491-9480. The modern 12-story hospital, operated by the Sisters of Providence, was completed in January, 1971. The first S.P.H. was built in 1887 where the Totem Pole now stands on the Capitol Campus. The second one opened in July, 1924, at 420 South Sherman. St. Peter Hospital, the only hospital in Thurston County, has served the people well for over 85 years."

The card has a 1979 postmark. My daughter and nephew were born here. A parent and grandparent died here. I spent a week as a guest while recovering from surgery almost 20 years ago. Lots of  other emotionally charged memories associated with this building.

Morty Comix # 2507 was hidden there.

The "totem pole" was actually a story pole by William Shelton and had to be taken down in 2010.

St. Pete's ceased being the sole hospital for Thurston County by the 1980s.

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The shades of gray we call home in coastal Washington

Chehalis River as it empties into Grays Harbor

Aberdeen