Posting Wonderland

We've been following along with Howie Post's Alex and his determined quest to 'set things right' In a Wonderland gone askew...

page art by Howie Post for Wonderland Comics #s 6 & 7 (1946)

Alex Meets Mary And Mother Goose

As we continue to follow along with Howie Post's Alex In Wonderland comics, we find there are problems with Mary and her Little Lamb, and then meet Mother Goose herself.

Let's jump straight to it, shall we?

Next time - Alex meets Ole King Cole and Macaw gets baked!

page art by Howie Post for Wonderland Comics #s 4 & 5 (1946)

Back To Wonderland

A few days ago we saw the first Alex In Wonderland strip as we started our current look at some of Howie Post's early work. There have been plenty of different types of Wonderland comics and stories over the years. What set the Alex tales apart, aside from boasting the work of Howie Post, was the notion that things were... not right, shall we say?
The old nursery rhymes have gone askew, and Alex is determined to set them right.

In his first trip to Wonderland, Alex was miffed that Humpty Dumpty was entirely too whole and hearty. Y'know... Destiny is cruel.
Let's pick up where we left off, and see what happened in the second (and third) tale(s) -

We'll be back later with two more tales of Alex's adventures in Wonderland. Meanwhile, over in The 1940s Funny Animalphabet, we're looking at Howie's run on Presto Pete, The Magic Bunny.

page art by Howie Post for Wonderland Comics #s 2 & 3 (1945, 1946)

Meanwhile - 100 Years Ago...

art by George Herriman, of course (1919)

Blue Monday Calendar 2018 Week 53

Yes, i know that there are only 52 weeks in a year, but that doesn't mean they're contained to 52 weeks on a calendar.  Terribly inconvenient of them, but what can you do?
(Well, okay - we could post before the year expired, but the computer wasn't cooperating. Obviously it did finally boot up yesterday - i left it on overnight to avoid the problem this morning)

Our final painting from the great Gil Elvgren is Riding High from 1958 -

art by Gil Elvgren (1958)

Still Not Dead

I'm not ignoring the blog - the Universe has resumed its campaign against continuing. This machine continues to perform just fine, but it's a little laptop with the smallest screen i've used in ages and it doesn't have my work or tools on it.
The desktop system continues to act in ways that defy four decades of computer experience.

The primary problem currently goes counter to the basics. Computers overheat and shut down, right? Mine needs to warm up. If it gets through the first 15-20 minutes, then it's fine for as long as you want to go. Days at a time, if needed. But, if it may shut down in the first ten minutes or so. Or it may suddenly stop outputting video. Or it may suddenly stop accepting input from the keyboard and mouse.
And once that happens, it will not turn back on for at least 15 minutes or so, shutting down during boot-up.

This sort of problem has remained despite replacing power supply, video card, and most every major component over the last year or so.

The new desktop system built to replace it runs great for a day or so at a time, and then the hard drive begins to eat itself. Any hard drive we've tried so far self corrupts and dies. Malware on the bios? I don't know. Next time we'll try with a different operating system and some new components, but i'm retired these days a far, far away from the old six figure income. With the holidays and all, it'll be a bit before new parts are an option.

So, we'll see what the whims of fate allow us. And try not to succumb to the gaping maw of depression that beckons laughingly.

Meanwhile - this was laying around just because i liked the last panel to Kazanda's first adventure...

At least there's a little something to look at, eh?
(Yes, in theory we'll actually get around to Kazanda and the rest some day)

art by and from... i don't know. It's on the other system.