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Such as these.
(My head is spinning from too many tasks not yet done this afternoon. More substance will follow after a few deep breaths and maybe an episode of Boston Legal.) |
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| Did I really spend four days talking about slide projectors?
I'd say you folks deserve a double-dose of squirrel humor for your patience! |
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On The Subject of Toy Safety
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I swallowed a marble.
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It wasn't THAT harble!
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| Superhero ideas that never quite took off.... | |||
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| The only people who've seen this comic strip are Arthur readers. It's a slightly amended exhumation of a 2004 strip that alluded to the happily departed former Justice Department Supreme-Bible-thumper John Ashcroft.
Unfortunately, Ashcroft's successor is no better, just slicker, and the Bush Administration is scarier than ever. |
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| I've been AWOL, blogwise, for a few days here due to work pressures, but I'm hoping to haul my butt back into the saddle this week. For now, here's your Sunday dose of philosophical yard rodents.
'Til tomorrow... |
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| Artists here in Northern Berkshire County who wish Inkberry well, as I do, have been invited to "draw a vowel." Our drawings will be put up for auction at the non-profit's fifth anniversary party, slated for June 10 at the Cup & Saucer on Main Street in North Adams. (Further directions aren't needed since, believe me, if you make it to North Adams and can find Main Street, you can find the Cup & Saucer!)
Since my freelance workload is making it hard for me to compose my normal scintillating blog prose this week, I will vamp instead by sharing the vowel art that I have personally contributed to the cause. |
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| The party begins at 8, and if you want to own the piece of timeless alphabetical art displayed above you should arrive prepared to bid furiously and take no prisoners. Other fun stuff will be going on as well, as a trip to Inkberry's web site will reveal.
Inkberry is a cherished non-profit lifeline for local writers that deserves everyone's support, so rest assured that your money will be used in meritorious ways. Tickets are $30 (or $50 for two if you buy 'em in advance). I can't think of a better way to spend a swinging Saturday night in North Adams — at least until the discos open. |
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| This morning I happened on this unpublished comic strip that I drew in 1976. I was still living in Birmingham, Alabama, at the time, but my move to New York City was on the horizon. | ||
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| When I was a high school sophomore at an Alabama boarding school, my roommate (concerned, no doubt, that I seemed to be falling behind the curve developmentally) leaned on me to double-date one evening with his girlfriend and him. Since I knew no datable girls in the area, Madoc asked around and came up with one.
A particularly excruciating gaffe from that endlessly excruciating blind date eventually inspired the cartoon below, drawn twenty years later for a mini-comic anthology called "Horrible Misunderstandings." |
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| My advice to well-meaning high-schoolers with similar concerns about their classmates: Just let your shy friends be shy. | |||
| Shall I take a moment to share my 1978 spoof of one of the greatest comic strips ever? | |
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| NOTE TO LOVERS OF THE HERRIMAN ORIGINAL: My parodic juices tend to get stirred solely when my target are works I actually revere.) | |
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