tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post4730445949792607589..comments2024-03-14T16:57:29.045-04:00Comments on Whisky Prajer: Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse, Floyd Gottfredson, and Fantagraphics Booksdpreimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09905531259256800022noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-37966294479814794392023-02-12T17:20:39.904-05:002023-02-12T17:20:39.904-05:00Meant to type "a little b+w skull". Oh w...Meant to type "a little b+w skull". Oh well. Whisky Prajerhttps://whiskyprajer.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-14656664008070815822023-02-12T16:48:07.023-05:002023-02-12T16:48:07.023-05:00To get the tattoo you had to pass a test!Yeah not ...To get the tattoo you had to pass a test!Yeah not quite. But least one Winnipeg mayor made things difficult for tattoo artists in the early 80s. There was was no walking in off the street, you had to <i>make an appointment, dammit!</i> Consequently tattoo artists were quite difficult to find -- people typically went out-of-province for their tattoos. <br /><br />Having said that one of my nicer Winnipeg memories is letting a skinny long-haired fellow through the front door of our Westwood house. He was selling a book of coupons. "I've been sucking on a candy and my mouth is really dry. I just need a glass of water."<br /><br />I mutsv'e been getting ready to shower because I answered the door in my pants. I turned around to help this young man out and --<br /><br />"Hey, nice tatt! Did you get it from The Swede?"<br /><br />I didn't know but I doubted it. My tattooist had dark hair, and I was only guessing, but "The Swede" was probably blonde. <br /><br />"Oh, he <i>used </i>to have dark hair!I've got a hundred tattoos. The Swede practiced on me." Including a little b+w and banner with the words, "Harley Davids" emblazoned on the flag. Apparently The Swede had run out of room. "I got that one free!" said my visitor. Whisky Prajerhttps://whiskyprajer.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-34682289979819595172023-02-11T17:02:51.782-05:002023-02-11T17:02:51.782-05:00Wow, that was a scholarly review of the early Mick...Wow, that was a scholarly review of the early Mickey Mouse comics. Very interesting! I never knew you were so knowledgeable about this. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-69712718681850572112012-01-31T22:07:31.465-05:002012-01-31T22:07:31.465-05:00These are great. Have you seen Anger's 'M...These are great. Have you seen Anger's 'Mouse Heaven'? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAYplGF-wo0<br />I hope you don't mind if I post one of these on my Tumblr. Peace!◻https://www.blogger.com/profile/13115587917882982897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-35229300121245431222012-01-15T09:53:14.362-05:002012-01-15T09:53:14.362-05:00Excellent news -- thanks for the word!Excellent news -- thanks for the word!Whisky Prajerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076228013022881173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-10161509866967633622012-01-13T23:03:59.323-05:002012-01-13T23:03:59.323-05:00Very glad you like what we're doing—stay tuned...Very glad you like what we're doing—stay tuned, "Island in the Sky" (Gottfredson's preferred title, even though it was almost never published with it) is coming in book 4.<br /><br />David Gerstein, co-editorramapithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01751343744514656549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-44965549530149903022012-01-13T12:51:04.715-05:002012-01-13T12:51:04.715-05:00Barks is next -- stay tuned!Barks is next -- stay tuned!Whisky Prajerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076228013022881173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-9454743024154641222012-01-13T11:06:31.883-05:002012-01-13T11:06:31.883-05:00A fine case for clicking through to "checkout...A fine case for clicking through to "checkout" and explaining the impulse buy to oneself later. I would love to have these books.<br /><br />I really don't know Gottfredson well at all. Occurs to me, prodded in part by your observation here, that he gave more to space, furnishing & architecture, landscape, &c, than Barks did, maybe. It's a question I'd be interested to see talked out some.paul bowmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17409615610994443652noreply@blogger.com