Uncanny Old Gags Series - Gary Lee-Nova

As it turns out BC artist Gary Lee-Nova shares an admiration for one of the artists that provided me awe when I was a youth (along with Oldenburg, Kienholz, Yokoo, Rauschenberg, Mel Ramos et al.....) Jess.

It's difficult to find examples of his work online, but below are a couple most notably one of the Tricky Cad

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"pasteups" Series (I got to see a real one, up close, at the Art Institute of Chicago years ago. Wow.) Now that art is dead, (I mean seriously, at this point in history a buncha millionaires collectively deciding anything NEW is worth a lot of money is just insane and they can all get advice from overpaid bullshitting experts in their little masturbatory money wasting clubhouse, while the rest of the world creates art for everybody.) I figure I can offer my view with the best of them - and that's all I'm doing - opining. Folks say he was proto-pop (using comics as a medium prior to Lichtenstein's use of single panels) or post dada (his syntactical structure freeing the eye in the talk balloons of the Tricky Cad series) but I say alot of his non-Tricky Cad work

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also prefigures Robert Williams, (even though I don't know if Williams ever even saw his work) too, so he might be the Grandaddy of outsider art as well. Or it's all just synergy x zeitgeist = WTF.

But creative concepts can lie dormant like bacteria on the lunar lander camera or in a bee's gut in amber, only to be revived through a parthenogenesis that lets artists, once they know it's OK for an idea to thrive, to produce work relating to it - so back to Gary, who has worked on a series called Uncanny Old Gags, which remixes Nancy comics with results that while not directly related to Jess' work is equally interesting. He has greenlighted me sharing these here and has shown me some NEW works which seem as compelling if not more..... so here's 4 pieces in a combination of pasteups and silkscreens (Correct me if I'm wrong, Gary) using his current idiom of remixed comics - 2 are entitled Uncanny Old Gags, which I will restate is an anagram of Nancy and Sluggo.

So-
Here are the works:

Uncanny Old Gags #1:


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Uncanny Old Gags #3:


ick-clay or-fay ig-bay

Nancy & Parrot:


1. hover mouse over image 2. click left mouse button (mac users click, uh, button) 3. enjoy larger image

Nancy Pencil:


click=big ^^^^^^^^^

Bonus: here's a link to a book on Jess

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Thanks to youngest.

Breakfast Surprise

I was eating cherries (northeastern) and found a strange object opposing my left rear molars. When I spit it out, I discovered, as far as I can tell, that it was birdshot. Possibly #9?



The actual offending piece o' lead.

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Panter Cigarillos.

Personally I Think He Was Out On A 69 Call

I'm planning on watching The D.I. soon and I ran across this (each links to giagundo versions):





a touch of kismet after meeting James Ellroy (who has employed and appreciated Jack Webb at different times in his career) last week.

I love the use of clipped sentences a la Jack's show, and the old Confidential Magazine modus opperandi of giving real addresses and license plate numbers. No wonder they got in trouble.

Anyway, I also found this weird quintessentially Jack Webb trailer for the DI where he uses more of his stylistically low budgetude to intro the film - without any actual clips:

A How-To (Kinda)

Coat of Arms of St. Stephen of Hungary

Q: "Can individuals request to be excommunicated? I was baptized in
Chicago."

A: "You cannot request excommunication from the Catholic Church, nor can one erase one’s baptism. It would be like denying an historical event. Excommunication is reserved for those who, in a very public way, and a way that gives great scandal, indicate through their words or actions that they to not accept the tenets of the faith.

This is what you can do in order to make your desire to leave the
Catholic Church official.

You can prepare a letter stating your intent to remove yourself from
any identification with the Catholic Church and the reason(s) for this.
This must be more than the simple, “I’m fed up the Catholic Church
and I no longer identify with it.” If you know where you were
baptized, that should be included.

This letter can be sent to the Office of Canonical Services, whose
staff will send a form to you to fill out. When that form is returned,
it can be included in your record of baptism. If you do not know where
you was baptized, you may keep the form for your own records.

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Archdiocese of Chicago
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Chicago, IL 60611

Repurposing the Gospel Church Experience in an Atheist World

Awe.

Shucks.

I won't stop for a million bucks.

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His insciption on my copy: "Steve - Go Mo Fo"

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A small aviation mess

UPDATE:

NTSB Identification: ERA09LA368
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Thursday, June 25, 2009 in Woodbine, NJ
Aircraft: PITTS AEROBATICS S-2B, registration: N300FA
Injuries: 1 Minor.

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.
On June 25, 2009 at 1815 eastern daylight time, a Pitts S-2B, N300FA, was substantially damaged during a forced landing in Woodbine, New Jersey. The certificated private pilot received serious injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the flight that originated at Laurence Hanscom Field (BED), Bedford, Massachusetts. The personal flight was conducted under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91.

The accident airplane and another airplane (Extra 300L) were a flight of two, destined for Wildwood Airport (WWD), in Wildwood, New Jersey for an aerobatic competition.

The pilot of the Extra 300L departed from Lawrence (LWM), Massachusetts around 1500 and he thought the accident pilot departed Bedford around the same time. They met near Minuteman Airfield (6B6), Stow, Massachusetts at 3,000 feet, in "loose formation" for the flight to Wildwood. While en route, the aircraft climbed to 8,500 feet and flew direct toward Wildwood, at an airspeed of approximately 175 knots. When they were approximately 40 miles north of WWD, the aircraft initiated a descent to 3,000 feet. The pilot of the Extra 300L was flying in trail of the accident pilot and noticed something was wrong when the accident airplane slowed down, and he passed him. The accident airplane began to descend and fly toward the Woodbine Municipal Airport (OBI), Woodbine, New Jersey. The pilot of the Extra 300L called the accident pilot on the radio and asked him what the problem was; however, he did not respond. The pilot of the Extra 300L circled the accident airplane twice, as he continued to descend. When the airplane was approximately 1 mile from Woodbine Airport, the accident pilot stated over the radio, "I'm not going to make it," and subsequently impacted trees.

The pilot of the Extra 300L could no longer see the aircraft and decided to land at the Woodbine Airport. After landing, he drove to the accident site. When he arrived on scene he asked the accident pilot if he "ran out of fuel." The accident pilot responded, "I think so."

According to the pilot of the Extra 300L, they did not make any fuel stops enroute. He also stated that because his airplane had more fuel onboard than the accident airplane, he let the accident pilot take the lead position. He reported this would allow the accident pilot to land if he needed to refuel.

Examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector revealed substantial damage to the fuselage and wings. The upper wing fuel tank contained approximately 3-5 gallons of fuel, and no fuel was observed in the lower wing (main) fuel tank. The fuel lines from the fuel servo contained "residual fuel." The fuel selector was observed in the "on" position. The fuel transfer valve (which transferred fuel from the upper wing fuel tank to the lower wing (main) fuel tank) was in the "off" position.

Weather recorded at WWD, at 1755, included wind from 160 degrees at 8 knots, 10 miles visibility, clear skies, temperature 23 degrees C, dew point 17 degrees, and altimeter 29.80 inches mercury.

Conversation On The Way To Work

John Lennon: I can show you that when it starts to rain, everything's the same. I can show you, I can show you. Rain, I don't mind. Shine, the weather's fine. Can you hear me, that when it rains and shines, it's just a state of mind? Can you hear me, can you hear me?

Lex10: (misty epiphany shudder) Yes!

John Lennon: sdaeh rieht edih dna nur yeht semoc niar eht fI. niaR. enihsnuS.

Lex10: ?????

J. Proctor - Performing Splendidly

I received this email recently: "Hi lex10 sorry to be a pain (Oh no not more emails) but if you have a spare 30 seconds could you tell me what you think of this song www.jproctor.net/lampost (linked to youtube)
I have put a link on the video so that you can download and keep the screen capture software (as a thank you for watching) which can be used to record your screen and sound, I use it to create online lectures for the College where I work
kindest regards John Proctor.
PS if I am being a pain I am really sorry and just ignore this message"

Well, John, you're not being a pain, your rendition has the three airities: sincerity, clarity, and jocularity. you sing clearly as a friendly bell, with great confidence, and nice choice of song. well done.

Now how 'bout a nice repurposing of early punk hits?

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Kitty!

Via Pussyland via Bibliodyssey

Uncanny Nancy

Gary Lee-Nova, noted British Columbia artist ( works here, here, here and here)
sent me something wonderful and marginally eerie. Note date in lower left corner of panel:



Here's the entire strip for 9/11/57: (click to embiggen)



Professor Lee-Nova also points out, "FYI, an anagram of "Nancy And Sluggo" is Uncanny Old Gags !"

Sends chills down your Bushmiller, don't it?

"They shall not shave off the corner of their beard." - Leviticus

Lex11 (Steve) has done it again, first my Dad farting and now:
Producer of Life Behind Beards. A half hour documentary detailing one man's journey, along with a coterie of colorful (and hairy) companions in his quest to have the best beard competition NYC's money can buy. Humorous, but also insightful as to the attachment and emotion that serious beard growers develop. Available soon at the www.lifebehindbeards.com site, you can view the first trailer below: (More trailers soon.)

Life Behind Beards Trailer from Steve Hanulec on Vimeo.

Dancehall Delight

Is it just me?



Think about it: "Ive Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts" could be a song about a food source.

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One for the Ladies in my House

Via Robert Mrazik

Tonight's film

Cutter

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Sunday Go to Meetin' Hat Gone Wild!

Don't put it on! NO......!