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posted by John M Crowther @ 8:59 AM
Cartoons, cartoons, cartoons.... John Crowther's Cartoon Odyssey
I think of it as The Fool's Journey. I've been asked who the "fool" is. It's me, but in the classical sense of the court jester. Only the fool was allowed to tell the king of his follies. All cartoons are available as prints or originals, framed or unframed, through my website or e-mail. For mugs, t-shirts, and other products visit my gift shop at www.zazzle.com/jcrowtherart* (be sure to include the *).
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Cartoons, cartoons, cartoons.... John Crowther's Cartoon Odyssey
I think of it as The Fool's Journey. I've been asked who the "fool" is. It's me, but in the classical sense of the court jester. Only the fool was allowed to tell the king of his follies. All cartoons are available as prints or originals, framed or unframed, through my website or e-mail. For mugs, t-shirts, and other products visit my gift shop at www.zazzle.com/jcrowtherart* (be sure to include the *).
About Me
- Name: John M Crowther
- Location: Los Angeles and Rome
Artist, writer, filmmaker, actor. Wrote "The Evil That Men Do" starring Charles Bronson. "Missing in Action" starring Chuck Norris. Performed one-man play "Einstein" off-Broadway and in Europe. Tours US with "Meet Mr. Wright," his one-man play about Frank Lloyd Wright. Art exhibitions in Italy and U.S. His work as a cartoonist has been seen in MAD magazine. Illustrated the children's books "How the Waif Bunny Saved the Boy" and "The Man In the Red Bandana" about his nephew Welles Crowther, a hero of 9/11, written by his niece, Honor Crowther Fagin, Welles's sister. Author of novel "Firebase," published in UK by Constable and US by St. Martins Press. For many years an avid student and reader of Tarot. Performs weddings as a Los Angeles County Deputy Commissioner of Civil Marriage.
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6 Comments:
"Singing telegram.... an art form and communications medium that has gone the way of the typewriter"
To that I say thank God for small favors.
I miss my typewriter though.
Andrew, when my older brother was about six he asked my grandmother for money to buy an ice cream. She decided the moment was right to teach him a life lesson, so she told him if he wanted money he would have to earn it. "I can't," he said, "daddy won't let me use his typewriter."
I don't miss the infernal instrument of torture at all.
I miss the old typewriters. The clackety clack of the keys and the fact that you had to thump them solidly to get a response. The manual return at the end of the line was the icing on the cake... oh and before that of course... the resounding ding that heralded the end of the line at the right hand margin. Ahhh... bliss.... (((chuckles)))
A perfect example of different strokes, etc. All those triggers just throw me into a panic attack. [grin] I'm an inveterate rewriter. Add that to my obsessive compulsive need for clean pages and you have a perfect storm for typewriterphobia. When I first learned about word processing three decades ago I was convinced God had invented the computer with me in mind. Ding.
Don't get me wrong. I wouldn't want to relive the days of typing term papers on a typewriter. (Thank God for End Notes vs actual foot notes!) Writing is all about rewriting and editing, so word processors are perfect for the job.
But every time I stuff an envelope into a laser printer, I think how much simpler it would be with the old Smith Corona.
BTW, do you know where I can get needles for my Victrola?
Wind-up, I hope.
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