Morty the Dog

Monday, August 26, 2013

Morty Comix # 2631

Morty Comix # 2631 was left in a strange sort of place. I discovered the booth seats in this excellent Olympia, Washington area restaurant had a slit that opened into a hollow space between booths. This particular restaurant looks out to Budd Inlet and I was afforded a view of the old St. Pete's Hospital on Oly's Westside where my brother was born.

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Thurston County, Washington

Postcard - Port Hueneme, California

"Naval Support Craft and Fishing boats share dockspace at Port Hueneme, California. A deep water port adjacent to extensive Channel Islands and Oxnard Marinas."

1970s.

Certain locals call the place "Port Who Needs Me?"

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McCleary, Washington

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Favorite Movie Quotes: Quatermass and the Pit

"I never had a career. Only work."

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Warhol at the Pittsburgh Airport

Postcard - Pismo Beach, California

"Sun - Fun - Play or relax in a colorful flowering setting at Pismo Beach, California."

Late 60s-early 70s

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When you arrive or depart from the airport at Pittsburgh, you have the opportunity to gaze upon two figures: One, a player from the Pittsburgh Steelers (I learned locally I am supposed to pronounce it "Stillers") and Two, George Washington.

Yes, it is the Dynamic Duo. Occasionally these two supposedly inanimate things become alive and fight crime in the airport wherever it may be. What an unstoppable team!

Morty Comix # 2630

Morty Comix # 2630 was deposited inside a roll of paper towels in Olympia, Washington. This is the price you pay when you ask me to feed your cat while you are gone. Heh-heh. Yes, I can be a real stinker sometimes.

Saturday, August 24, 2013

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Morty the Dog image (from the comic Flying) used as a birthday cake decoration!

Postcard - Pasadena, California

"Arroyo Seco, Colorado Street Bridge, Pasadena, California"

1920s?

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Maximum Traffic fly on guitar

Butler County, Pennsylvania

Morty Comix # 2629

Morty Comix # 2629 was folded and placed in a groady phone booth next the decaying Art Deco Greyhound Bus station in Olympia, Washington.

Friday, August 23, 2013

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Butler County, Pennsylvania

The Wonderful Cure "606"

The word this newspaper ad (Newport Miner, Apr. 13, 1911) is trying to avoid saying in public is "Syphilis."

The ad has a typo. It was Dr. Kelley's Museum. Apparently Morris DeWitt Kelley was born around 1878 and raised in the Covington, Kentucky area. When he came to Washington and applied for professional physicians license in 1906 he was denied, so he opened this "museum" in Spokane.

He left Spokane around 1914-1915 and returned to Kentucky. Eventually he made his way to Birmingham, Alabama, where he died as the result of a fall in 1942. At the time of his death he was recognized as a medical professional.

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Butler County, Pennsylvania

Postcard - Oxnard, California

"Oxnard, California. One of the newer additions to the downtown area is this modern Civic Center complex which fits in with the extensive re-building and modernization for the area."

1978.

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Butler County, Pennsylvania

Mike Hill Covers the Obscuro Bezango Show

Mike Hill of Worker Poet fame also performed a bit of photojournalism for the Rehm/Traffic/Buzzizyk Obscuro Bezango show in Pittsburgh's Future Tenant gallery. But unlike me, Mike uses a real camera and is an accomplished photographer! He has graciously given me permission to select a few of his photos. None of the artists wished to have their faces posted online, so I have to dance around that as I select:

Tom had cleverly hidden the part of the exhibit with my own comix art under that red covering until the last minute. I was touched-- and impressed by his stealth. It didn't make me feel so bad about hiding all those Morty Comix in his house!

That twisted face has scrawled on the reverse side something about the mysterious "Borpo Deets," who I am convinced was the mentor to all three artists in the show.

A break during the final stages of setup. My West Coast sensibility was prepared for massive humidity, but it actually was pretty nice the week I was there. Notice the Big Eyed Bean From Venus in the window. It was fun watching folks react to it as they walked by.