Morty the Dog

Friday, September 6, 2013

Morty Comix # 2641

Morty Comix # 2641 was placed in a manner on a bulletin board so it appears to be peeking from behind a local broadside. This is in a bakery/sandwich shop on Olympia's westside.

Postcard - Sanibel Island, Florida

"Sanibel Island, Florida. Aerial view of Tropical Sanibel Island, showing the new bridge and causeway to the mainland."

1960s.

Phone photo 2785

Memorial to people in the fishing world who were lost at sea

Westport, Washington

Favorite Movie Quotes: Stagecoach

"I'm not only a philosopher, sir, I'm a fatalist. Somewhere, sometime, there may be the right bullet or the wrong bottle waiting for Josiah Boone. Why worry when or where?"

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Morty Comix # 2640

Morty Comix # 2640 was placed inside of monograph about Chester Alan Arthur and returned to the shelves at a public library in the Olympia area.

Postcard - Tavernier, Florida

"Helicopter view of Tavernier on the fabulous Florida Keys."

1950s?

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

George W. Bush is a moron
He helped Dick Cheney's friends get richer yet
If you were poor he just piled more on
And took away the social safety net.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

He was in way over his head.
And Americans wound up dead
Looking for weapons of mass destruction
that didn't exist.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

He stole the Gore election
The stocks went tank-o-rama
And after seven years
He never caught Osama.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

And although I am not trying
To sound any meaner
He did a heck of job
With Hurricane Katrina.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

George W. Bush wrecked our country
I hope he's happy painting dogs and cats
And if his brother Jeb wins the White House
Ladies and gentlemen, hang on to your hats!

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

Phone photo 2781

Headstone for Dan and Ann Bigelow, Olympia, Washington pioneers.

Morty Comix # 2639

Morty Comix # 2639 was drawn on a cinderblock in a basement of a cabin in Butler County, Pennsylvania. This drawing joined others on the wall including work by Mike Hill, Edward Bolman, Spaz, Maximum Traffic, Delaine Derry Green, and the mysterious Borpo Deets.

Phone photo 2780

Decaying James Abbott mural

McCleary, Washington

Buster Brown Ad, 1908

Advertisement by Richard F. Outcault featuring Buster Brown, 1908.

Phone photo 2779

It is rather difficult to see from the ground, but in this James Abbott mural on the back of the old Rhodes Grocery, he portrayed one of the many "soiled doves" that held a prominent place in the history of this Wild West company town.

McCleary, Washington

Postcard - Daytona Beach, Florida

"The World Famous Beach, Boardwalk and Ocean Front Park with the new Lookout Tower and clock. Daytona Beach, Florida."

1960s

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Phone photo 2778

Tumwater, Washington

Confidence

"Confidence in social and business interactions may be increased after positive esthetic changes."

Phone photo 2778

The Chester Alan Arthur Song

O Chester Arthur
O Chest Chest Arthur
O Chester Arthur
O Chest Chest Chest Arthur
O Chester, Ah-Lawn, Arthurrrrrrrrr

He learned that Roscoe was a louse
He sold the furniture in the White House
He was a dandy, his duds weren't old and worn
And it is quite possible he wasn't native born.

And when he walked into a room
Everybody said,
"Who?'

O Chester Arthur
O Chest Chest Arthur
O Chester Arthur
O Chest Chest Chest Arthur
O Chester, Ah-Lawn, Arthurrrrrrrrr

Phone photo 2777

A Town Filled With Characters From Morty Comix

In the last 3 decades I have drawn 2,666 Morty Comix. Usually they average 4 portraits per issue. That means just in this series I have created 10,664 faces.

So

I wondered if all these characters came to life and formed a city, what local place would be close in size? The answer: Sedro-Woolley, Washington.

When I think of Sedro-Woolley, I think of William Morley Bouck, the radical Grange man who lived there. And this is a good thing.

Here was my intro to Bouck in OlyBlog:

When William Morley Bouck ran for Washington State Governor in his final bid for public office [1936], the most colorful part of the old Granger's career was behind him. Carlos A. Schwantes called him, "A complex man who publicly delighted in goading the rich and powerful and clearly hoped to lead American farmers into a brave new world." Farmer, family man, teacher, renegade Grange Master, a radical arrested on conspiracy charges, Congressional and Vice-Presidential candidate, Bouck has attracted the attention of many historians and writers, including Nirvana's Krist Novoselic.

So right now Sedro-Woolley gets to be the honorary Morty Comix town, even though I have never sent or hidden one up there ... yet.