TYPEWRITER GEEK WEEK~ THE 14 TON GIANT UNDERWOOD #5~!

This massive 14 ton typewriter really existed, and went through

several transformations and re-boots along the way. The 1st postcard

you see below is the one that got me started on the hunt for more info

about this forgotten relic. I inherited this Postcard from my Great

Aunt Peg, who attended the 1939 World's Fair and saw this beast

in action. The Underwood Company created it back in the teens,

as part of a traveling Advertising campaign. The typewriter and

its crew of Gals & Technicians went to Panama, San Francisco,

Atlantic City etc., before landing at the NYC World's Fair in

1939. This machine was a GIANT working model, that used

a female Model/Typist to dance upon the keys to write.

Special paper had to be made for this behemoth as well.

Sadly, with the scrap drives to build War Machines for WWII,

this oddball creation of a bygone era got melted down to

Serve her Country one last time...

Goll dang-it~! When somebody gonna invent a

TIME Machine sos I can go back for a visit~!

TYPEWRITER GEEK WEEK~ ASDFGHJKL SMUT~!

All of these Secretaries take dictation ;~j

TYPEWRITER GEEK WEEK~ ADVERTISING~!

I would be McLov'n the McCool typewriter if it could

jack into an I-Pad,Yo~! Ruht-ro~! Don't get me

started on old vs. new~! I might just do

something radical, like reinvent

sliced bread or something~!

It is interesting to see what SLANT the salespeople of

yesteryear would put on an item in order to hook

potential buyers. Hey~! That gives me another

idea~! The I-Suck, a self-deprecating personal

pocket-pal computer that does everything

your ex-girlfriend wouldn't~ nyuck nyuck~!

TYPEWRITER GEEK WEEK~ TRUE LOVE OR FETISH~?

A video I made all about one of my more successful

Mad Scientist inventions...

The 21st Century Hybrid for Old-Schooll Writers~!

HEADSTONE DESIGNS~ AN ODD JOB~!

One of the stranger things I've worked on

artistically... Are these Headstone designs,

for a marble grave-marker of a former

co-worker's family. They had this little

dog that the departed Father loved,

and his Wife chose Swans to be a

symbol of their loving 40-year-long

marriage. The hard part was, trying

to continually simplify the design so

that it didn't cause fits for the Marble

Carver/Engraver. I hope my karma

is clean~ cause I'm requesting to be

cremated, and don't want a gas-leak

to blow my ass to bits~!

THE BIG GONG THEORY~ SCI-FI BOOK COVER~!

B-4 I got hooked on writing screenplays,

I dabbled in the format of straight-up fiction.

I wrote about 30 typed pages for an as yet

uncompleted Sci-Fi novel entitled 'The Big

Gong Theory', but around that same time,

a little show called 'The X-Files' hit the

airwaves and delved into all the esoteric

and occult subject matter this book was

about (albeit in a different way). The

simple premise was that an Asteroid

collision with Earth set the planet to

vibrate millions of years ago, which

splintered different vibratory

realities off into their own

dimension, most being

invisible to our meager

5 senses. But NOW,

all the vibrations

were re-merging

into the same

plane, like

flattening

a photo-

shop

jpg

or

A Gong Coming to a Stop~!

This cover helped me 'work through'

certain concepts, and continues to

ignite ideas on this super-cool

subject.

1st sketches

17 x 11 grey-tone wash

mixed media final cover

NITE OWL~ SECRET STASH~!

How in tarnation did these sketches

get seperated from the Nite Owl file

Mother Load ? What kinda whacky

weed was I smok'n back inna 90's ?

CLAYMATION FILMS~ STARRING MERK~!

Lots and lots of hours of work and thought,
with acting assists by my Dad, friend, and
cousin. Filmed over a two-year period
from 1984-1986...

MERK !

McCLICK-CLICK CAMEO~ THE RED BALLOON ~!

Here is another over-size piece that was victimized by a

sharp pair of scissors. I am not in the habit of worshiping

my own works, apparently; but now that I am archiving

stuff I do wish I hadn't mauled a few items~ or~ that

there was a 12ft x 8ft scanner~! Anyhoo~ the pen & ink

below was entitled 'The Red Balloon', and whipped out

during an herbal episode from that bygone era of my

former consciousness. I enjoy looking at some of the

details, even though I can never see it 'whole' again~

except in the slide photo directly below... Note the

thumbtack in the upper right corner, which

gives an inclination of the scale...

CAFE APOLLO~ YET ANOTHER COMIC STRIP CONCEPT~!

The premise was simple:

"The Greek/Roman Gods are alive and well,

running an Italian Restaurant in NYC~!"

The style was intended to be a cross between

Dick Browne's HAGAR strip and Johnny Hart's

rendition of THE WIZARD OF ID...