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?

Ben Rossa's Big Foot Tattoo I Drew

Ben would call me and leave messages saying "Where's My Bigfoot Tattoo!?" until i drew this.

Bolinas, CA

Thanks To everyone at the house and the lovely ladies of Gravel and Gold for putting me up- and putting up with me.

Orange Peel Village

Stumbling Upon A Crustacean Graveyard

Sandpiper Tree

Ballard Police Dept.

Ghost Print of Linocut

Images of Olde Tyme Ballard

Shirts with some of my pictures on them by We Are Signs Project

If you want to buy one, you can go to this website
http://wearesigns.googlepages.com/fullcatalog

Fisherman Linocut

Printed at the Montford Press.

Grays Harbor Map

Did this at the Village Sushi Restaurant in the U-District.

Check Out the Current Issue of City Arts Magazine!

http://www.cityartstacoma.com/
I can't post it- but my cartoon is inside. According to some people, it's the opposite of not funny.

Paintings from the Capitol Hill Watercolor Society Meeting (which met in the U-Distrcit)

Cut Down In His Prime

Drawings from 3D night at the Grand Illusion Cinema

Sadly, these could not be painted because of the lame manila folder-type paper that is in the hardcover molsekin. My sweetheart Amanda did a wonderful job of projecting the 3D versions of Creature from the Black Lagoon and It Came From Outer Space!!!

Crabs (Another Linoleum Cut)

Printed on the back of an envelope.

Sea Skeletons (Print of Linoleum Cut)

I cut my finger while doing the porpoise and now its wrapped in a towel.
Porcopiscus is mideval latin for "Pigfish"
Done under the tutelage of Carl Montford of Montford Press, West Seattle.

Crabs Part I (an old poem)

I would be adding more things, but I am contractually obligated not to publicly show any of the things i'm working on right now.

Animations playing this week at Local Sightings at the NWFF

Monday, Oct. 6, 9pm
Imagined Worlds

Animators, more than any other kind of filmmaker, can deliver entirely new and unique landscapes to the screen. Among the worlds to explore are an unwelcoming zoo of trapped oddities, the high seas littered with gargantuan sea monsters (but very few eligible bachelors) and the fiery mindset of an early twentieth century poet and propagandist.
For the Werewolf Have Sympathy
(Drew Christie, Sammamish, 2008, 3min.)
Charcoal and wax pastels on newsprint illustrate Cult-folk-genius Michael Hurley's song The Werewolf from his 1971 album Armchair Boogie.

F.T. Marinetti's Futurist Manifesto
(Drew Christie, Sammamish, 2008, 6min.)
The 1909 futurist manifesto written by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti is interpreted with live action and animation. Inspired by the artwork and design of Norman Bel Geddes and Raymond Loewy.

Tuesday, Oct. 7, 9pm
2nd Annual Spletz-O-Rama Invitational: Seven Deadly Sins!

Seven world premiere short films from seven acclaimed directors created around the Seven Deadly Sins! Plus brand new animation from Drew Christie… and more! Once again, Andy Spletzer has opened his rolodex and a cornucopia of filmmaking talent poured forth. This year's talent includes feature filmmakers John Jeffcoat ("Pride") and Megan Griffiths ("Lust"), cinematographers Ben Kasulke ("Envy") and Sean Porter ("Gluttony"), playwright and storyteller Bret Fetzer ("Sloth"), the new Executive Director of the San Francisco Cinematheque Jonathan Marlow ("Greed"), and Seattle treasure John Kiester ("Anger"). In addition, the introductory film is being created by filmmaker Matthew Levinthal. Don't commit the sin of omission. Cleanse your soul in the cathedral that is Northwest Film Forum. One night only!

Get tickets from Brown Paper Tickets or here:
http://www.nwfilmforum.org/go/localsightings/