For more info on the event, check out WomensMarchMN.com
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Flashback – 1996 Jim Keefe Interview
Here’s an interview I did when I first started doing Flash Gordon way back in 1996.
The pic is from a few years into my tenure,
and trying out the “artist goatee” look on for size.
Interview by Jerry Craft
A quick tutorial from Handyman Jim™ on how to
put together your very own Little Free Library!
I’m purposely skipping over cutting the post and angle braces, as at no point during that whole process did I have a clue to what I was doing.
Two quick bits of advice though…
1: Having a table saw I could borrow from a family member sure was damn helpful regarding building the base.
2: I bought the wrong lag screws. Make sure to buy the right ones (not that I have a clue which ones that would be). And use power tools to secure them if you have weak little arms that aren’t accustomed to lifting more than a pencil and/or wacom stylus.
STEP #1
Placing the Post in the Ground
Make sure when finding a spot for your Little Free Library that you place it on an incline or small hill, that way you’ll have to dig even farther to make sure the hole’s deep enough.
Also make sure to place it near a large tree so there’s plenty of roots to cut and dig through.
STEP #2
Making More Work for Yourself
Make the decision to personalize your Little Free Library by adding a drawing to be mounted on top that you can’t find time to get to for months.
STEP #3
Check the Weather for a Polar Vortex
Wait until the RealFeel is 25 below and THEN install the Spider-Man drawing on top. That way the wood will be as hard as concrete.
And yes, the two pics indicate a three month lag between library installation and Spider-Man drawing (once again – finding time).
And there you have it – IT’S JUST THAT SIMPLE!
For more helpful hints, find someone who actually knows what they’re doing.
I know I will…
Update: Summer 2018
Spider-Man has taken some wear and tear over the last year and a half. Next time I’ll have to pick up a better piece of wood to paint on, but for now it’s time for some touch-ups.
I also needed to restock. Half Price Books just had a tent sale, so I was able to get a pretty good haul for real cheap.
And we’re officially back in business!
For info on getting your own Little Free Library check out LittleFreeLibrary.org
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Sally Forth – Hometown Reference
When a scene in Sally Forth calls for a specific locale (grocery store, movie theater, etcetera) I’ll often use spots around my hometown of Minneapolis for reference. Take the following…
Excerpt from Francesco Marciuliano’s script for 9/22/2016.
Scene: Exterior. Sidewalk. Right Outside Comic Book Store. Hilary and Faye exit the comic book store. Each has a bag showing a comic book purchase.
For the comic book shop I chose Comic Book College.
It holds a little nostalgia for me as it used to be called Comic City back in the day (and was located one store down from where it is now). For those interested in the history, check out the College of Comic Book Knowledge.
The two guys approaching the comic book store in the first panel are fellow Joe Kubert School classmates Brian Bilter and Mark McMurray.
They’ve snuck into the strip before – it usually happens when I’m not paying close enough attention.
Mark even went so far as to crash a Flash Gordon strip I did back in the day (when he had longer hair).
More on that at joikmeister.livejournal.com
Unabashed plug time!
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Among the number of emails I’ve received today, some have praised today’s strip with the little girl in the hijab for reflecting “the diversity that is America.” – others have hated it saying “It was wrong and wholly inappropriate!”
I’d like to state, as the artist on Sally Forth, I currently live in an area that is home to a large number of Somali Americans that have been here for generations and wear the traditional hijab. My drawing is just an everyday classroom scene in my neck of the woods.
For those who were offended that it ran the day after 9/11 I’d also like to add that I lived in New York when the attacks happened and watched the towers go down from across the bay. I abhor the terrorists for what they did. They killed close to 3,000 people that day of ALL faiths and religions.
To strike back against that kind of evil I’m reminded of the words of Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai, who survived a bullet to the head by a Taliban gunman for being an advocate for a girls’ right to go to school. Her message is that the key in fighting global terrorism is education. So maybe the image of a little Somali American girl in a classroom getting an education is exactly what we need to see MORE of, not less.
And that’s my two cents…
-Jim Keefe