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From the Vault: Suffering Suffrage

Jason — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:00:55 +0000

Here’s an old strip with dog Perk and owl Mr. Argyle (click image to see larger version):

After reading it I began to wonder if women did not first fight for the right to party, all those flapper girls and what not. I have no idea of the chronology of all this so I guess it doesn’t matter.

But then I thought, OK, so they fought for the right to vote, now they want to fight for the right to represent their political party (a la Hillary). So they are, in essence, fighting for the vote and for the party.

In the end though, girls just want to have fun… at least by majority.

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From the Vault: Dirty Bum Cat

Jason — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:46:31 +0000

I was digging around the vault and came across this:

When I lived in Portland, OR, there was a stray cat that hung around my apartment. And while all stray cats are hoboes, this one was of the dirty bum variety.

I realize the use of the term “dirty bum” may not be PC, but it is an appropriate adjective and noun:

dirt·y [dur-tee] –adjective 1. soiled with dirt; foul; unclean: dirty laundry.

bum [buhm] –noun 1. a person who avoids work and sponges on others; loafer; idler. 2. a tramp, hobo, or derelict.

source: http://dictionary.reference.com

This cat was a dirty bum cat. I may be wrong but aren’t all cats supposed to clean themselves by way of licking? This means there are no external tools nor additional facilities needed. Basically this cat was dirty because it was either A) too lazy, or B) had no tongue. Since cats drink with their tongue and this cat was fully grown and had not died of thirst, I figure he was too lazy or “…avoids work…” as the good people at the dictionary office word it.

So I hope you enjoy this quick sketch done on some random day years ago of a Dirty Bum Cat I once knew. I think I fed it tuna once or twice. But I did not give him the Steel 211 he is holding. He got that from someone else.

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From the Vault: One Lump or Two March 12, 2003

Jason — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:41:24 +0000

Click on image to view larger on screen. You may need to zoom in when you get there.

Before producing BURRITO, I had another zine called “One Lump or Two: Your Coffee Break Publication.” It had much of the same content but it was more mixed up, not as segmented.

When it started, it was an email newsletter of sorts. I would send one out Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and also a Weekend Edition – the Weekend Edition was in color. It was a lot of work but I have fond memories of that time. I never made a cent with it and I had to discontinue it when I took a job at the local newspaper.

I had contemplated continuing One Lump or Two but chose not to due to the fact that too many people thought it was a newsletter about coffee in general and were confused. Is BURRITO a better name? Who knows? It works for me for the time being. Maybe my life will be an endless array of small press publications named after food items. Ten years from now I may be announcing the debut of the zine CHIMICHANGA which will replace its predecessor TEA TIME. Great. Now I’m hungry for a chimichanga with a big glass of iced tea.

One Lump or Two was sent out as a PDF to print and read at desk or other places. In the spirit of the original, you too can download and print this edition of One Lump or Two and read at your desk or other place.

Click here for One Lump or Two in printable PDF format.

Enjoy!

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