Dear Abbott

Abbott-

have you taken a stroll/drive/hayride through Winterhaven yet?

Froks,
Duly noted!

gr80ster,
When I first moved to Tucson, I lived opposite (E of) Winterhaven on Country Club – I think there is a thing when you live so close to some attraction, it makes you never want to see it. It made me a Grinch with the traffic and whatnot, esp. as a pedestrian only at the time. It also seemed, from just peeking in via Ft. Lowell, that it was not so hot compared to my hometown's stilly xmas light neighborhood, Candy Cane Lane (which did not offer hayrides). I am guessing Winterhaven is fun with some friends and a flask.

dear abbott i heard a rumor that you have a good reading list on mao. is this true? would you share it with me?

I read a lot of Maoist struggle memoirs in my day, and a whole bunch of books on Mao –– basically everything in my hometown library (NB: this is not a big brag) ––– but this was literally half of my life ago. All the titles have slipped through the memory cracks except THE OBVIOUS ONES eg Life and Death in Shanghai. I was reading some teaching guide for Red Scarf Girl and it pointed out most of the Cultural Revolution memoirs we have in English are from detractors and obv won't paint it positively. I mean that sounds dumb and obvious but you gotta consider it's one voice of one person. I mean, you know that.

Oh, typing this ––– I recall one of my favorite graphic novels of last year, A Chinese Life by Philippe Otie and Li Kunwu. You gotta read it! The art is amazing and the memoir bridges 1949-modern capitalism.

Anyway here's some Cultural Revolution list, a list, not compiled by me because the rumors aren't true: http://www.morningsun.org/library/index.html

Here's a four-hour docu I watched over xmas break (also rec'ced by that teaching guide, v informative) China: A Century of Revolution [1911 -1949] Part 1 pt 2

Hope you weren't looking for a bunch of Mao/Nixon slashfic or something because I don't know where that is!
<3 running dog of crabbitalism

thanks! this exactly what i was hoping for!

abbott, it is crazy how the interview subjects in this documentary recount the most horrific things and then start giggling!

the graphic novel is great btw -- thanks again for the recommendation

unrelated: if i started a comic strip poll, would u participate?

abbott, it is crazy how the interview subjects in this documentary recount the most horrific things and then start giggling!

― Mordy, Saturday, January 19, 2013 8:42 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I have experienced this in meetings and phone calls with manufacturers. The worst fucking news and then the giggling.

"in those days when someone disagreed we just killed them" <giggle, giggle>

Mordy, If you mean send in a comics ballot, then, sure ––– but you have to realize the results would be biased because T.K. Ryan has some compromising photos of me.

yes to ballot but also you have to chat too!

Pfft, no then, I don't have the time.

T.K. RYAN, YOU WIN AGAIN.

do you foresee a moment in the future when you may have the time? i honestly would love to run that kind of poll, but it wouldn't be worth it if you didn't comment

Over the summer, sure – late June, early July.

The best comics store in town had a 50% off everything sale on Saturday and I kind of went nuts ––– best thing I got was first 3 vols of the Segar Popeye books. Sooo stoked.

Tumbleweeds otm

Lockhorns have this one...locked.

My wife went to a big party of elderly cartoonists at Bunny Hoest's estate on long island (Bunny has boldly carried on the Lockhorns/Howard Huge legacy after Bill's death). There are some great stories from that party.

!!

I would have an undue bevy of questions for Ms. Hoest.

alright crabbits - i'm penciling this in for june/july

The 'Bunny Bash' gets held every year, maybe I'll get to go to the next one. When Karen went it was on like a Thursday afternoon and I didn't want to use a day off for it, which in hindsight was v dumb of me.

I would be very disappointed if a party like that have nine-foot tall blondes in its attendance.

http://www.hypocriticalmass.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/lockhorns4.jpg

I have always loved the square fingertips in the Lockhorns.

first 3 vols of the Segar Popeye books. Sooo stoked.

best strip ever

http://www.cnib.ca/en/your-eyes/eye-conditions/glaucoma/Pages/default.aspx

uh, let's try that again:

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdinwoQKhO1ropthqo1_1280.jpg

Dear Abbott,

hey babygirl jus wanna let u kno that I'm playin Earthbound for the first time in like 6 yrs and it makes me be thinkin baout one Abbott

yr babygirl,
setvie D

Abbott,

More comics, please!

Dear Abbott, what do you think Ness would be like if he grew up? I like to pretend he wd be like me.

http://forum.starmen.net/forum/Games/Mother2/What-do-you-think-Ness-grows-up-to-be

is it snowing?

Yeah, I took the kiddos out in the snow today and they pretty much flipped out. Most had never seen it before.

"MISS! LOOK! I got HIT! By a SNOWBALL! Oh my God, I can't feel my hands."

awesome

Dear Abbott,

I will be near Tucson the first week of April. I would like to meet you! Would you like to meet me?

XOXO

*crosses fingers*

Children, they're the worst.

Dear Quincie, Most defs yes! I like that I meet most ILXors by them drifting through AZ.

I love my town. I am getting two days off work so kids in the school district can participate in rodeo festivities. I am using this rare weeknight off to go see a free showing of "Before Stonewall" at The Loft, w/the directors in person afterwards for a Q&A. Thanks rodeos.

rodeos!

RODEOS

http://a2.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/76/6895cdbf203041348a28c1916825d538/l.jpg

<3

Here is the sign that greets the pop. 428 town where I lived from ages 7-12:
http://www.sangres.com/dimages/idaho/places/bingham-county/Firth_Welcome.gif

Yay Abbott! Yay rodeos! Does your ILX e-mail work? I'll get in touch.

SCOOTER RIDE PLEEEEEEASE???

Also my goal is to ride mucho mechanical bulls (or real ones, if available) while traveling through TX/AZ/Mexico, so if you know of any, let's DO IT.

Ha! Scooter ride YES. I hope your head is the same size as mine so you can wear my spare helmet.
I'll look into the robobull scene.

when we make our annual pilgrimage to minnesota we always go to the state fair and at the state fair we ALWAYS go to the high school rodeo, it is so fucking classic...

Mr Veg and his friends dropped acid and went to a rodeo in Red Bluff once -- one of the bulls got out and knocked over the bleachers while they were sitting there tripping balls