Postcard - Spokane, Washington

"Spokane, Washington, U.S.A. Spokane Falls Boulevard borders the Riverfront Park from east to west south of the Spokane River. The clock tower and convention center are central in this view. 'Spokane' - Indian name meaning - 'Children of the Sun.'"

1970s.

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Favorite Movie Quotes: Dick Tracy

"The way I see it, and Plato agrees with me, is, that there is what is, and then, there is what we would like to be. But, that's not what is important. What is important is the future, it's planning ahead. 'A man without a plan is not a man'--Nietzsche. But wait a minute. Wait. I'm having a thought. Oh yes. Oh yes. I'm gonna have a thought-- it's gone."

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Morty Comix # 2550 * Another Update

Last April I posted an update on the beautiful job our comix comrade John Eades of Florida performed when he converted Morty Comix # 2550 to oil paint. But apparently he wasn't finished. Take a look at this, a mixed media of oil and acrylics if I'm reading John's emails correctly.

I'm stunned and impressed. Thank you, John.

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Tumwater, Washington

Typographical Tragedy in Texas

From the Cheney Free Press, Sept. 25, 1903

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The parking lot sprung a leak

Tumwater, Washington

Favorite Movie Quotes: The Delta Force

"McCoy, it's a go! Take 'em down!"

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Bigfoot Burgers

Tumwater, Washington

Postcard - Spokane, Washington

"This overall, wide angle view shows left to right: Upper Falls on Spokane River, the Coliseum and Old Flour Mill (distant), River Over The Falls Terminal, Imax Theatre, Pavilion, Clock Tower, The Carrousel (just beyond Spokane Falls & Northern Railway Terminal), and Riverpark Convention Center & Opera House. Spacious grounds, blue water, and interesting bridges unite these impressive attractions."

Later half of the 1970s.

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Legislative Building, Insurance Building

Olympia, Washington

Obscuro Bezango Exhibition, Aug. 2-Sept. 1, Pittsburgh PA

Poster created by the amazing Jim Siergey

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Legislative Building

Olympia, Washingtion

Tails of Terror

Charlie and Dreamer, 7 year-old brothers, fall into slumber and in their nocturnal mind ramblings remember when they co-starred in one of their past 9 lives with Peter Lorre and Vincent Price in Tales of Terror (1962)

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Postcard - Spokane, Washington

"Spokane, Washington, U.S.A. This spectacular view of the city is seen from Cliff Drive on Spokane's South Hill. Cliff Drive is a portion of the 'City Loop Drive,' a 33 mile tour of Spokane's attractions. 'Spokane' -- Indian name meaning - 'Children of the Sun.'"

Early 1970s?

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Seaweed

Olympia, Washington

Favorite Movie Quotes: I familiari delle vittime non saranno avvertiti = Crime Boss

"You have a tough face. What did your mother do to deserve you? Eat cement?"

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Jellyfish in seaweed

Olympia, Washington

Favorite Movie Quotes: The Color of Money

"You remind me that money won is twice as sweet as money earned. 25 years ago I had the screws put on me. I mean it was over for me before it really got started. But I'm hungry again and you bled that back into me. You gotta have two things to win. You gotta have brains, and you gotta have balls. Now you got too much of one and not enough of the other."

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The rising sun hits my big elm tree

Postcard - Spokane, Washington

"Romantic vantage point from Cliff Drive, shows in the distance of this downtown photograph, two major thoroughfares, North Monroe (center) and North Division (right). In the foreground, this time exposure reveals, from different colors from car lights, two one-way streets, Stevens (left) and Washington (right). Interestingly, the strong red from the tail-lights, indicates a common application of brakes on this down hill thoroughfare. With 4,000 rooms, Spokane provides comfortable headquarters for enjoyment of the Inland Empire."

Probably from the 1970s. This is one of the more surreal bits of postcard prose I have posted, and it describes one of my favorite cities, Old Spoogaloo.

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The Boys: Buster, Dreamer, and Charlie

Postcard - Spokane, Washington

"The National Municipal League selected Spokane as one of 12 cities throughout the USA an an All America City. A timely award to the competition, and Spokane was the only city in the Northwest, and one of the only two in the West to receive the honor. Judging was based on urban improvement, imagination, and reinvigoration achieved through citizen efforts. View is from Cliff Drive, looking north over the constantly changing skyline."

Photo taken in the late 1970s.

I was born near the spot where this photo was taken and we lived in what would've been the newer part of town back then, in a tiny house near the horizon line of this shot.

One of my favorite animators, Chuck Jones, was also born in Spokane.

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It's been awhile, but here is an additional entry to the gallery of discarded portable dental floss. I think I took this photo right here in McCleary, Washington

Killed Because of "Funnys"

 

Killed Because of "Funnys" 

CHISHOLM, Minn., Oct. 12. --Because, friends say, he believed the 'funny' sections of the Sunday papers were drawn for the purpose of making him a subject of ridicule, Charles Marila committed suicide here by blowing himself up with a huge charge of dynamite.

--Wenatchee Daily World, Oct. 12, 1916

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Yeti

Portland, Oregon

Postcard - Spokane, Washington

"These upper falls take on varied appearances. Depending on time of year, from a wild torrent during spring run-off to a babbling stream in late summer. This northern portion of the river is split around Canada Island in Riverfront Park and is crossed by a unique suspension footbridge. Man's earliest utilization of the river was near this site."

1970s.

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Portland, Oregon