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not to mention how he markets himself, ribbons attached all over him. He seems to be saying , is not the product its the packaging.
Keep in mind Pollard was a Proctor and Gamble Advertising Executive after he left the war. Watch his stew marketing campaign in these cartoons.
or you commision it.
At some point who is to say what was altered... Better hide a few books.
looks like Spanish Moss in the tree... Typically found Savannah, South Ga,
Only 2nd to my Cathy Lee Crosby collection.
No Sgt Pollard no NASA?
Pretty sure biscuits and gravy got the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor—most convincing performance in the whole movie. I left the theater with a full heart, a needy stomach, and went straight to Cracker Barrel.
Looks like Ross Perot...
I think Pollard drew these more for himself than for publication. He graduated with an arts degree, worked as a commercial artist before the war, and later became Marketing Director for Procter & Gamble. Before the war he was rising in professional circles, but in uniform he’s a sergeant crawling in the mud, eating rations, and taking orders under fire. The sketches feel like a coping mechanism that eventually grew into a recurring character—part self-commentary, part survival outlet.
I was talking to Caligula the other day about government policy. He lost interest, cut me off, and called me a boob. I guess some debates never change — whether it’s Rome or CAF
normally what the room looks like before needing to go to the hospital.
I have quite a few more pages I'll post. The book actually spans through his discharge. Pollard grows on you.
Erickson’s “Mad, Mad World” cartoon from July 1968 is clearly playing off the movie title It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. By then, the phrase was shorthand for chaos, and Erickson uses it to capture the mess of ’68 — Vietnam, protests, assassinations, political distrust.
What’s interesting is how this overlaps with the mood the John Birch Society was stirring up at the time. They painted everything as proof the country was collapsing under communist plots. Erickson’s cartoon reflects that sense of disorder too, but he turns it into satire — showing how crazy the whole atmosphere had gotten instead of buying into the paranoia.
Yep... I also think the title was a reference to It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World hit theaters in late 1963
My first Ink on Porcelain
Hard-boiled? Rocky didn’t even bother — he drank ’em raw.
hard boiled detective ... “In this corner… weighing in at a buck thirty-five… the yolk-slammin’, shell-crackin’, HARD-BOILED brawler himself… the Omelette of Destruction!”
From barrel to thong in under 50 years… the wardrobe keeps shrinking.
about the time of the 70s waterbed craze... Coincidence?
had the samediscussion with my bartender last night… he just shook his head and said, ‘Well?’”
might being going home with a red october
and the public is left holding the empty shell
i also like how he composed with the left hand bent back to faucet to flow from bottom right to top left
haha... I didn't notice the donkeys until I posted it and took a second look
that was a recurring gag Erickson used... he used the backward bike with Maddox, probably on multiple occasions
Howard Brodie became a court room artist. If your not familiar with him pull up some of his work. He drew a haunting illustration I believe it is called The Execution.
Wild Bill Kelso comes screaming in on that P-40, lights his cigar with a blowtorch, and just starts hollering like a madman, grinning the whole time.
Homer owns a house, supports a family, and still has time to nap on the job.
"Either that or Sadat wanted the Johnny Carson job and ace out David Letterman." ... few years before Letterman, but he might let him drive "The Book Mobile" ...
but our hair will look good... You must have been on vacation this past week.
Nice essay — now here's my sentence that says the same thing.:)
Interesting time-line... A frozen relic between war and peace.
likely refers to Senator Thomas F. Eagleton, who was briefly George McGovern’s running mate. Eagleton was nominated as the Democratic vice-presidential candidate but was forced to withdraw after revelations about his past psychiatric treatments, including electroshock therapy.
That whole street scene has a lot of dynamic elements. It's growing on me.
and just when things finally feel settled, they change the rules again, like letting us keep our shoes on at security.
If holding out for a livable wage were my strategy, my skeleton would've been found clutching a resume sometime in '93.
That's why I prefer President's Day... Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of a hybrid gel pillow.
It’s a full-circle moment where abundance has become its own crisis. One managed not by increasing supply, but by chemically dialing down demand.
There once was a bear full of grace, Who invited a friend to his place. But the leopard, quite sly, With a glint in his eye, Said, “I trust you too... now hand me your face.”
