Goodbye Arlo Christie

He was poisoned by the Chinese and survived. He was my roommate for 16 years. He slept in my bed when I was gone. He would only sleep with a pillow. He liked steak and chicken. He hated vegetables. He hated Fourth Of July. He had good taste.
Arlo Christie (1993-2009)

Driftwood House

Inspired by a couple of photographs from one of the books by Lloyd Kahn. I can't remember which book it was in though. I think it was either Home Work or Shelter.
Lloyd's Blog: http://lloydkahn-ongoing.blogspot.com/
and heres a NYT article: http://www.shelterpub.com/_lloyd/nyt_interview.html

Drawings on the Margins

Norstein/Svankmajer

Yuri Norstein or Yuri Norshtein (born September 15, 1941) is an award-winning Russian animator best known for his animated shorts, Hedgehog in the Fog and Tale of Tales. Since 1981 he has been working on a feature film called The Overcoat, based on the short story by Nikolai Gogol of the same name.
Jan Švankmajer (born 4 September 1934, Prague) is a Czech surrealist artist. His work spans several media. He is known for his surreal animations and features, which have greatly influenced other artists such as Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, The Brothers Quay and many others.

The Tuning Of The Celestial Octochord

The Anthology of American Folk Music is a six-album compilation released in 1952 by Folkways Records (catalogue FP 251, FP 252, and FP 253), comprising eighty-four American folk, blues and country music recordings that were originally issued from 1927 to 1932.
Each of the three two-record sets carried the same cover art, a Theodore de Bry etching of an instrument Smith referred to as the "Celestial Monochord," taken from a mystical treatise by scientist/alchemist Robert Fludd.

Homemade Gourd Banjer

Neck was made out of the leg of an old broken chair, the pot is made out of a gourd my mom gave me, canvas is stretched over that, whittled down violin tuning pegs are used ($1.00 each) and fishing and weed whacker line are the strings.

Show at Victrola Coffee on 15th

Music will be provided by the Gullywhumpers who will be playing Woody Guthrie style Americana and Old Tyme Music. There might even be a spoons player by the name of Ian Peepcoat.

Roslyn Brewery and Fish Measurement

Medieval Water Systems

This demon guy in the clouds is the medieval Mulholland.
William Mulholland was a water-services engineer in Southern California.
He was born in Belfast, Ireland and immigrated to New York City in the 1870s. Mulholland worked as a miner in Arizona Territory before moving to the city that would build his reputation, Los Angeles. He was fictionalized in the best movie ever made...Chinatown. written by robert towne, directed by roman polanski, produced by robert evans, starring jack nicholson and faye dunaway and john huston, soundtrack by jerry goldsmith. 1974.

Isle Of The Dead

Inspired by a fantasy book cover which was inspired by a painting(s) by Arnold Böcklin. It was believed to be inspired by the actual Greek island Pondikonissi. This painting, along with the Argentinian Science Fiction book Morel's Invention or The Invention Of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares (1940) were the inspiration for on eof my favorite films The Piano Tuner Of Earthquakes by the Quay Brothers.

Sir John Falstaff's Royal Lute (Leading To The Isle Of Dogs, Just South Of The West India Docks)

Sir John Falstaff is a fictional character who appears in three plays by William Shakespeare as a companion to Prince Hal, the future King Henry V. A fat, vainglorious, and cowardly knight, Falstaff leads the apparently wayward Prince Hal into trouble, but he is ultimately repudiated after Hal becomes king.

We Fell Asleep Singing Nearer My God To Thee And Awoke Shipwrecked Atop These Trees

"Nearer, My God, to Thee" is a 19th century Christian hymn based loosely on Genesis 28:11-19.
It is most famous as the alleged last song the band on RMS Titanic played before the ship sank.

The Inner Workings Of Admiral Albert Gahagan Douglas

Photo by K Colony

Pages from my upcoming book

New Linocuts

United States of AIG

Timothy Franz Geithner (born August 18, 1961), is the 75th and current United States Secretary of the Treasury, serving under President Barack Obama. He was previously the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Hello Central

Sam "Lightnin’" Hopkins (March 15, 1912 — January 30, 1982) was a country blues guitarist, from Houston, Texas. His distinctive fingerstyle playing often included playing, in effect, bass, rhythm, lead, percussion, and vocals, all at the same time.

Yellow and Orange and Red and Black

Great Seattle Fire 1889

June 6th 1889: A guy was boiling glue over sawdust drenched in kerosene in a wood building in a city made of wood with log fire hydrants and a fire chief who was in San Francisco at a Fire Fighting Convention.

Fire, Fire, I Heard The Cry

"Fire, fire," I heard the cry, from every breeze that passes by;
All the world was one sad cry of pity.
Strong men in anguish prayed, calling loud to heaven for aid,
While the fire in ruin was layin' ol' Seattle was a beautiful city.

The Secret Society Of The Antlers

According to the book Drawing Shadows To Stone: The Photography of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition, 1897-1902 (purchased at the Enumclaw Indian Bookstore), "A cedar bark neck ring was a mark of membership in one of the Kwakwaka'waka secret societies."

Professor Jack's Patriotic Gallery

Inspired by the book Tattoo by Albert Parry © 1930. I found the book at the Olympia Goodwill. Excerpt featuring Professor Jack:
"It is useless to make a trip to New York's South Street. There the tattooing pursuit is as dead as the two other ancient trades of that street: the making and selling of sails, and the carving of ships' figureheads. Professor Jack was the last permanent artist in this section; no one knows where he is now." (p. 54)

Mustache Town on Stilts

Printed at the Montford Press with handset type
Typeface: P.T. Barnum
Printed on: Vandercook Press

Cabins in The Snow

Printed on QFC Bag.

Mr. Peabody's Log Truck (a Kenworth)

The Birth Of The KGB

Originally inspired by the book KGB and the artwork of the late Russian outsider artist Alexander Lobanov. (In particular, the wreath and guns imagery)
However, the one with the AK-47's is too large to fit in the scanner.

A Dispute arises at the Thunderbird Logging Camp

Decisions

Seattle City Hall 1882

Klezmer!

Rahm Emanuel's War Chest

Bandito

Inspired by an image found in a book entitled The Gunfighters. Given to me on my birthday by my sweetheart. It is full of fantastic dagguereotype and tintype photographs.

Pale Rider

Linocut on old book page. Inspired by photograph of the Pale Rider as played by Clint Eastwood in a novelization of the Pale Rider movie (1985).

Democracy For the Cartoons Radio Show! First Episode (click here)

The radio show has it's own home now. Here is the link:
http://cartoonradio.blogspot.com/



song list:
Johnny's Melody- Kurt Weill
Whispering Thunder- Jeffrey Cain
Oh Lord I'm Your Child- Otis Brothers
China Nights - Dick Curless
Goodbye Old Paint- Roger Welsch
Goodnight Irene- Joseph Spence
Love is Love - Alemayno Eshintay
Johnson City- Mike Seeger
Squid-Jiggin' Ground- Alan Mills
Vals Fantasma- Alejandro Jodorowsky?