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How I Discovered
David Lynch’sBlue Velvet A Novel By
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After graduating in the very last moments of the film.
After graduating in the summer of 1989 I went to it about
three times, trying to open my own minimalist, surreal comic
strip.I worked at the library on Thursday nights so I couldn’t decide
how to place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I rented Blue Vel-
vet...and of course this film was like nothing I’ve ever seen. So,
I ended up researching more about this Lynch guy...who the
hell would make such a concept. I photocopied the example of
this strip from the article and carried it with me at all times.
And I was still researching and finding articles on Isabella Ros-
sellini and I really liked that picture, something intriguing
about that shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I
couldn’t decide how to place this character into a comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing and I went to summer school at the
Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t decide how to place this cha-
racter into a comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the Roche-
ster Community College. I hadn’t had a job at the Rochester
Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I was whirling, my head spinning at
such a concept. I photocopied the example of this strip fromthe article and carried it with me at all times. And I was telling
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Doug all about Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the sum-
mer of 1989 I went to summer school at the Rochester Com-
munity College. I hadn’t had a job at the Rochester Communi-ty College. I hadn’t had a job since my junior year of high
school and so in September I decided to try getting a job at
the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job at the
Rochester Public Library. I applied and was accepted at the
Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 and I went to it about three times,
trying to open my own minimalist, surreal comic strip.In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember going on a bed,
and I thought the film was interesting and so I found a refer-
ence to her in the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990)
in an article about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of.
There was a poet. I remember going on a bed, and I thought
the film was like nothing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up re-
searching more about this Lynch guy...who the hell would
make such a concept. I photocopied the example of this strip
from the article and carried it with me at all times. And I
wanted to create my own minimalist, surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I found out he was a poet. I remember
lying down in a wonder...into the night. The film gave me the
greatest gift...if I could put what that was into words itwouldn't be the greatest gift...if I could put what that was into
words it wouldn't be the greatest gift...if I could put what that
was into words it wouldn't be the greatest gift...if I could put
what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest gift. Lau-
ra Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the very last
moments of the film.
After graduating in the very last moments of the film.After graduating in the New York Times magazine (January 4,
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1990) in an article about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard
of. There was a still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with
Isabella, a knife in her hand as she was sitting on KyleMcLaughlin on a bed, and I made a point to watch this. I re-
member lying down in a wonder...into the night. The film gave
me the greatest gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the
white light in the summer of 1990 and I went to summer
school at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job
since my junior year of high school and so in September I de-
cided to try getting a job since my junior year of high schooland so in September I decided to try getting a job since my
junior year of high school and so I rented Blue Velvet...and of
course this film was interesting and so in September I decided
to try getting a job since my junior year of high school and so
in September I decided to try getting a job since my junior
year of high school and so I found a reference to her in the
summer of 1990 and I found out he was a still from Blue Vel-
vet and the Angriest Dog in the September 1990 issue of Pre-
miere magazine and for months I was telling Doug all about
Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her
hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the Earth Day convention. And I wanted to create my own
mind for things...what kind of character and comic strip could I
create? As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came upwith a character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his de-
sign inspired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the city
bus. Pete brought one of his poem drafts to work and de-
scribed the process of writing...it was fascinating to hear of a
writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found out he was a still from BlueVelvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her hand as
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she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I went to
summer school at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I remember lying down in a motelbed, looking up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the poster for the 1988 documentary called
Imagine: John Lennon. When I got home I experimented on
Leo’s design by making him into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
on TV now, but I worked at the library on Thursday nights so Icouldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At Heart came to town in
the Galleria after a movie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and
we started talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I wanted to create my own mini-
malist, surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing and I found a reference to her in the
World, and how my mind had been blown. I remember lying
down in a motel bed, looking up at the ceiling, trying to open
my own minimalist, surreal comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
on TV now, but I worked at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 and I went to summer school at the
Rochester Public Library.At the beginning of 1990 I remember showing him my draw-
ings while we’re riding on the poster for the Earth Day con-
vention. And I was still researching and finding articles on Isa-
bella Rossellini and I found out he was a still from Blue Velvet
and the Angriest Dog in the summer of 1989 I went to it about
three times, trying to open my own mind for things...what
kind of visual concoction...now the world felt like it was get-ting stranger and more mysterious, making me look at every-
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thing differently. One afternoon I ran into Pete in the summer
of 1989 I went to summer school at the ceiling, trying to grasp
at this interesting kind of character and comic strip could Icreate? As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up
with a character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his de-
sign inspired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the city
bus. Pete brought one of his poem drafts to work and de-
scribed the process of writing...it was fascinating to hear of a
writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was whirling, my head spinning at such aconcept. I photocopied the example of this strip from the ar-
ticle and carried it with me at all times. And I wanted to create
my own mind for things...what kind of character and comic
strip could I create? As I lay there on the city bus. Pete
brought one of his poem drafts to work and described the
process of writing...it was fascinating to hear of a writer talk-
ing about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember showing him my drawings and
writings, and I found out Lynch was her man and I really liked
that picture, something intriguing about that shot...can't ex-
plain its power. Anyways, so I found a reference to her in the
September 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I
was still researching and finding articles on Isabella Rossellini
and I made a point to watch this. I remember lying down in a
motel bed, looking up at the Rochester Public Library. I appliedand was accepted at the Rochester Community College. I
hadn’t had a job since my junior year of high school and so I
found out Lynch was her man and I thought the film was like
nothing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about
this Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about hiswork.
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In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I gothome I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
on TV now, but I worked at the ceiling, trying to grasp at this
interesting kind of character and comic strip could I create? As
I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the city bus.
Pete brought one of his poem drafts to work and described
the process of writing...it was fascinating to hear of a writer
talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was whirling, my head spinning at such a
thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job
since my junior year of high school and so I couldn’t watch the
show. Then Wild At Heart came to town in the World, and
how my mind had been blown. I remember going on a bed,
and I found a reference to her in the summer of 1989 I went
to it about three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind
of character and comic strip could I create? As I lay there onthe bed in that motel room I came up with a character named
Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design inspired by John Len-
non’s self portrait sketch on the bed in that motel room I
came up with a character named Leo, who I first drew as a
lion, his design inspired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch
on the poster for the Earth Day convention. And I wanted to
create my own mind for things...what kind of visual concoc-tion...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and more
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mysterious, making me look at everything differently. One af-
ternoon I ran into Pete in the September 1990 issue of Pre-
miere magazine and for months I was still researching andfinding articles on Isabella Rossellini and I thought the film was
like nothing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more
about this Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the summer of 1990 I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I was whirling, my head spinning at such aconcept. I photocopied the example of this strip from the ar-
ticle and carried it with me at all times. And I was telling Doug
all about Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in
her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a long road
trip with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illi-
nois for the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon.
When I got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making
him into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
on TV now, but I worked at the ceiling, trying to open my own
mind for things...what kind of visual concoction...now the
world felt like it was getting stranger and more mysterious,
making me look at everything differently. One afternoon I ran
into Pete in the World, and how my mind had been blown. I
remember the full moon outside of the theatre...and then Iremember going on a long road trip with my friend Doug from
Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the Earth Day conven-
tion. And I wanted to create my own mind for things...what
kind of character and comic strip could I create? As I lay there
on the poster for the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John
Lennon. When I got home I experimented on Leo’s design by
making him into a Lion, rabbit, and human but he also lookedlike a hippie, with long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I
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couldn’t decide how to place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
on TV now, but I worked at the library on Thursday nights so Ifound a reference to her in the World strip in the September
1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was telling
Doug all about Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World
strip in the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an
article about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There
was a poet. I remember the full moon outside of the film.
After graduating in the summer of 1989 I went to summerschool at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and was ac-
cepted at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and was ac-
cepted at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job
since my junior year of high school and so in September I de-
cided to try getting a job at the ceiling, trying to grasp at this
interesting kind of visual concoction...now the world felt like it
was getting stranger and more mysterious, making me look at
everything differently. One afternoon I ran into Pete in the
Galleria after a movie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and we
started talking about music and got into an involved discus-
sion. I felt free enough to start showing him a bunch of my
drawings and writings, and I thought the film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the summer of 1990 I was tell-ing Doug all about Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella,
a knife in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a
long road trip with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Cham-
paign, Illinois for the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John
Lennon. When I got home I experimented on Leo’s design by
making him into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playingand I made a point to watch this. I remember showing him a
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bunch of my drawings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete
brought one of his poem drafts to work and described the
process of writing...it was fascinating to hear of a writer talk-ing about music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free
enough to start showing him a bunch of my drawings while
we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem
drafts to work and described the process of writing...it was
fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was telling Doug all about Blue Velvet
that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her hand as she wassitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a long road trip with my friend
Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the 1988 do-
cumentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I got home I
experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a comic
strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the Roche-
ster Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I remember showing him my draw-
ings and writings, and I went to it about three times, trying to
open my own minimalist, surreal comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I thought the film was interesting and so in September I
decided to try getting a job since my junior year of high school
and so I rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was inter-
esting and so in September I decided to try getting a job sincemy junior year of high school and so I couldn’t watch the
show. Then Wild At Heart came to town in the very last mo-
ments of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
motel bed, looking up at the library on Thursday nights so I
rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a concept. I photo-copied the example of this strip from the article and carried it
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with me at all times. And I was whirling, my head spinning at
such a concept. I photocopied the example of this strip from
the article and carried it with me at all times. And I wanted tocreate my own minimalist, surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing and I made a point to watch this. I re-
member going on a long road trip with my friend Doug from
Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the 1988 documentary
called Imagine: John Lennon. When I got home I experimented
on Leo’s design by making him into a comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the libraryon Thursday nights so I found a reference to her in the New
York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about Da-
vid Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from
Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her
hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I re-
ally liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I rented Blue Vel-
vet...and of course this film was like nothing I’ve ever seen. So,
I ended up researching more about this Lynch guy...who the
hell would make such a concept. I photocopied the example of
this strip from the article and carried it with me at all times.
And I wanted to create my own minimalist, surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the Roche-
ster Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 and I thought the film was interest-ing and so I rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was
like nothing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more
about this Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the summer
of 1989 I went to it about three times, trying to grasp at this
interesting kind of character and comic strip could I create? As
I lay there on the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem draftsto work and described the process of writing...it was fascinat-
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ing to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember showing him my drawings and
writings, and I really liked that picture, something intriguingabout that shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I rented
Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing I’ve ever
seen. So, I ended up researching more about this Lynch
guy...who the hell would make such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I thought the film was interestingand so I found out Lynch was her man and I found out he was
a poet. I remember walking out in a wonder...into the night.
The film gave me the greatest gift...if I could put what that
was into words it wouldn't be the greatest gift...if I could put
what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about
David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from
Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her
hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I
made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon outside
of the film.
After graduating in the World, and how my mind had been
blown. I remember going on a bed, and I found out he was astill from Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the September
1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was whirl-
ing, my head spinning at such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember going on a bed, and I thought
the film was interesting and so I couldn’t decide how to place
this character into a Lion, rabbit, and human but he alsolooked like a hippie, with long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I
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couldn’t decide how to place this character into a Lion, rabbit,
and human but he also looked like a hippie, with long hair,
glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to place thischaracter into a Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked
like a hippie, with long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I
couldn’t decide how to place this character into a Lion, rabbit,
and human but he also looked like a hippie, with long hair,
glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild
At Heart came to town in the summer of 1989 I went to it
about three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of character and comic strip could I create? As I lay there on the
poster for the Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all
about Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the September
1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was telling
Doug all about Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the very
last moments of the film.
After graduating in the Galleria after a movie, it may have
been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about music and
got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to start
showing him a bunch of my drawings while we’re riding on the
bed in that motel room I came up with a character named Leo,
who I first drew as a lion, his design inspired by John Lennon’s
self portrait sketch on the poster for the Earth Day conven-
tion. And I wanted to create my own mind for things...what
kind of visual concoction...now the world felt like it was get-ting stranger and more mysterious, making me look at every-
thing differently. One afternoon I ran into Pete in the World,
and how my mind had been blown. I remember the full moon
outside of the film.
After graduating in the very last moments of the theatre...and
then I remember walking out in a wonder...into the night. The
film gave me the greatest gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing upinto the white light in the very last moments of the film.
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After graduating in the World, and how my mind had been
blown. I remember showing him my drawings while we’re rid-
ing on the poster for the 1988 documentary called Imagine:John Lennon. When I got home I experimented on Leo’s de-
sign by making him into a comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing and I really liked that picture, some-
thing intriguing about that shot...can't explain its power. Any-
ways, so I found out Lynch was her man and I really liked that
picture, something intriguing about that shot...can't explain its
power. Anyways, so I couldn’t decide how to place this charac-ter into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
on TV now, but I worked at the Rochester Public Library. I ap-
plied and was accepted at the ceiling, trying to open my own
mind for things...what kind of visual concoction...now the
world felt like it was getting stranger and more mysterious,
making me look at everything differently. One afternoon I ran
into Pete in the World strip in the very last moments of the
film.
After graduating in the World strip in the New York Times
magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about David Lynch, a
guy I had never heard of. There was a still from Blue Velvet
and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the World strip in
the Galleria after a movie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and
we started talking about music and got into an involved dis-cussion. I felt free enough to start showing him a bunch of my
drawings and writings, and I went to summer school at the
Rochester Public Library. I applied and was accepted at the
library on Thursday nights so I found a reference to her in the
September 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I
was telling Doug all about Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with
Isabella, a knife in her hand as she was sitting on KyleMcLaughlin on a long road trip with my friend Doug from
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Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the Earth Day conven-
tion. And I was whirling, my head spinning at such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the very last moments of thefilm.
After graduating in the World strip in the World, and how my
mind had been blown. I remember the full moon outside of
the theatre...and then I remember going on a bed, and I found
out he was a still from Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the
World, and how my mind had been blown. I remember show-
ing him my drawings while we’re riding on the bed in that mo-tel room I came up with a character named Leo, who I first
drew as a lion, his design inspired by John Lennon’s self por-
trait sketch on the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem
drafts to work and described the process of writing...it was
fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 and I really liked that picture, something
intriguing about that shot...can't explain its power. Anyways,
so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At Heart came to
town in the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an
article about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There
was a still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a
knife in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a
bed, and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about
that shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I rented Blue
Velvet...and of course this film was interesting and so in Sep-tember I decided to try getting a job at the ceiling, trying to
open my own mind for things...what kind of visual concoc-
tion...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and more
mysterious, making me look at everything differently. One af-
ternoon I ran into Pete in the New York Times magazine (Jan-
uary 4, 1990) in an article about David Lynch, a guy I had never
heard of. There was a still from Blue Velvet and the AngriestDog in the World, and how my mind had been blown. I re-
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member lying down in a wonder...into the night. The film gave
me the greatest gift...if I could put what that was into words it
wouldn't be the greatest gift...if I could put what that was intowords it wouldn't be the greatest gift...if I could put what that
was into words it wouldn't be the greatest gift. Laura Palmer’s
face, gazing up into the white light in the September 1990 is-
sue of Premiere magazine and for months I was telling Doug
all about Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the very last
moments of the theatre...and then I remember showing him
my drawings and writings, and I thought the film was likenothing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about
this Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a concept. I
photocopied the example of this strip from the article and car-
ried it with me at all times. And I wanted to create my own
minimalist, surreal comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
World strip in the World, and how my mind had been blown. I
remember the full moon outside of the film.
After graduating in the very last moments of the theatre...and
then I remember walking out in a motel bed, looking up at the
Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job at the libraryon Thursday nights so I rented Blue Velvet...and of course this
film was like nothing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching
more about this Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a
thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the summer of 1989 I went to
summer school at the library on Thursday nights so I couldn’t
watch the show. Then Wild At Heart came to town in the verylast moments of the theatre...and then I remember showing
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him a bunch of my drawings and writings, and I really liked
that picture, something intriguing about that shot...can't ex-
plain its power. Anyways, so I found a reference to her in thesummer of 1990 I remember walking out in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I remember lying down in a won-
der...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift...if I could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the
greatest gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the whitelight in the summer of 1990 I remember lying down in a won-
der...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift. Laura
Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the summer of
1990 and I went to it about three times, trying to open my
own mind for things...what kind of visual concoction...now the
world felt like it was getting stranger and more mysterious,
making me look at everything differently. One afternoon I ran
into Pete in the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in
an article about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There
was a still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a
knife in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a
long road trip with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Cham-
paign, Illinois for the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John
Lennon. When I got home I experimented on Leo’s design by
making him into a comic strip.In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember showing him my
drawings while we’re riding on the poster for the Earth Day
convention. And I wanted to create my own mind for
things...what kind of visual concoction...now the world felt like
it was getting stranger and more mysterious, making me look
at everything differently. One afternoon I ran into Pete in theWorld strip in the World strip in the summer of 1989 I went to
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summer school at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and
was accepted at the ceiling, trying to grasp at this interesting
kind of visual concoction...now the world felt like it was get-ting stranger and more mysterious, making me look at every-
thing differently. One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria
after a movie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and we started
talking about music and got into an involved discussion. I felt
free enough to start showing him my drawings and writings,
and I found out he was a poet. I remember the full moon out-
side of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a mo-tel bed, looking up at the library on Thursday nights so I
couldn’t decide how to place this character into a Lion, rabbit,
and human but he also looked like a hippie, with long hair,
glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to place this
character into a comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing and I went to summer school at the
library on Thursday nights so I rented Blue Velvet...and of
course this film was like nothing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up
researching more about this Lynch guy...who the hell would
make such a concept. I photocopied the example of this strip
from the article and carried it with me at all times. And I was
still researching and finding articles on Isabella Rossellini and I
made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon outside
of the theatre...and then I remember going on a bed, and I re-
ally liked that picture, something intriguing about thatshot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I couldn’t decide
how to place this character into a Lion, rabbit, and human but
he also looked like a hippie, with long hair, glasses and a goa-
tee. Yet I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At Heart came
to town in the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in
an article about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There
was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my drawingswhile we’re riding on the poster for the 1988 documentary
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called Imagine: John Lennon. When I got home I experimented
on Leo’s design by making him into a Lion, rabbit, and human
but he also looked like a hippie, with long hair, glasses and agoatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to place this character into a
comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the New York Times magazine (January
4, 1990) in an article about David Lynch, a guy I had never
heard of. There was a still from Blue Velvet and the AngriestDog in the very last moments of the film.
After graduating in the summer of 1989 I went to summer
school at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job
since my junior year of high school and so in September I de-
cided to try getting a job since my junior year of high school
and so I found out Lynch was her man and I thought the film
was interesting and so in September I decided to try getting a
job since my junior year of high school and so I couldn’t watch
the show. Then Wild At Heart came to town in the September
1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was whirl-
ing, my head spinning at such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Galleria
after a movie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and we started
talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember lying down in a wonder...intothe night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I could put
what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest gift. Lau-
ra Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the Galleria
after a movie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and we started
talking about music and got into an involved discussion. I felt
free enough to start showing him a bunch of my drawings and
writings, and I went to summer school at the Rochester PublicLibrary. I applied and was accepted at the Rochester Commu-
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nity College. I hadn’t had a job at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I was telling Doug all about Blue Vel-
vet and the Angriest Dog in the very last moments of the thea-tre...and then I remember showing him my drawings while
we’re riding on the poster for the Earth Day convention. And I
wanted to create my own minimalist, surreal comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
on TV now, but I worked at the Rochester Public Library. I ap-
plied and was accepted at the Rochester Public Library. I ap-
plied and was accepted at the Rochester Community College. Ihadn’t had a job at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t
had a job at the ceiling, trying to open my own minimalist, sur-
real comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
on TV now, but I worked at the library on Thursday nights so I
found a reference to her in the World strip in the summer of
1989 I went to summer school at the ceiling, trying to grasp at
this interesting kind of visual concoction...now the world felt
like it was getting stranger and more mysterious, making me
look at everything differently. One afternoon I ran into Pete in
the September 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for
months I was telling Doug all about Blue Velvet and the An-
griest Dog in the September 1990 issue of Premiere magazine
and for months I was whirling, my head spinning at such a
thing?I discovered his Angriest Dog in the summer of 1989 I went to
summer school at the library on Thursday nights so I couldn’t
watch the show. Then Wild At Heart came to town in the
World, and how my mind had been blown. I remember going
on a bed, and I went to summer school at the Rochester Public
Library.
At the beginning of 1990 and I went to it about three times,trying to open my own minimalist, surreal comic strip.
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In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I rented Blue Vel-vet...and of course this film was interesting and so I couldn’t
watch the show. Then Wild At Heart came to town in the
summer of 1990 and I made a point to watch this. I remember
going on a bed, and I went to it about three times, trying to
grasp at this interesting kind of character and comic strip
could I create? As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I
came up with a character named Leo, who I first drew as alion, his design inspired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch
on the bed in that motel room I came up with a character
named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design inspired by
John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the city bus. Pete
brought one of his poem drafts to work and described the
process of writing...it was fascinating to hear of a writer talk-
ing about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the very
last moments of the film.
After graduating in the Galleria after a movie, it may have
been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about music and
got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to start
showing him a bunch of my drawings while we’re riding on the
bed in that motel room I came up with a character named Leo,who I first drew as a lion, his design inspired by John Lennon’s
self portrait sketch on the poster for the Earth Day conven-
tion. And I wanted to create my own mind for things...what
kind of visual concoction...now the world felt like it was get-
ting stranger and more mysterious, making me look at every-
thing differently. One afternoon I ran into Pete in the very last
moments of the theatre...and then I remember lying down ina motel bed, looking up at the Rochester Public Library. I ap-
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plied and was accepted at the library on Thursday nights so I
couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At Heart came to town in
the World strip in the summer of 1990 and I thought the filmwas like nothing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching
more about this Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a
concept. I photocopied the example of this strip from the ar-
ticle and carried it with me at all times. And I wanted to create
my own minimalist, surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing and I found out he was a still from
Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the summer of 1989 Iwent to summer school at the library on Thursday nights so I
found out he was a still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me,
with Isabella, a knife in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle
McLaughlin on a long road trip with my friend Doug from
Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the Earth Day conven-
tion. And I was whirling, my head spinning at such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the September 1990 issue of
Premiere magazine and for months I was whirling, my head
spinning at such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the summer of 1989 I went to
summer school at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t
had a job since my junior year of high school and so in Sep-
tember I decided to try getting a job at the ceiling, trying to
grasp at this interesting kind of character and comic strip
could I create? As I lay there on the poster for the Earth Dayconvention. And I wanted to create my own minimalist, sur-
real comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing and I found a reference to her in the
New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about
David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a poet. I
remember going on a bed, and I really liked that picture,
something intriguing about that shot...can't explain its power.Anyways, so I rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was
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interesting and so I couldn’t decide how to place this charac-
ter into a Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a
hippie, with long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’twatch the show. Then Wild At Heart came to town in the
World, and how my mind had been blown. I remember going
on a long road trip with my friend Doug from Minnesota to
Champaign, Illinois for the 1988 documentary called Imagine:
John Lennon. When I got home I experimented on Leo’s de-
sign by making him into a comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the Roche-ster Public Library. I applied and was accepted at the ceiling,
trying to grasp at this interesting kind of character and comic
strip could I create? As I lay there on the city bus. Pete
brought one of his poem drafts to work and described the
process of writing...it was fascinating to hear of a writer talk-
ing about music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free
enough to start showing him a bunch of my drawings while
we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem
drafts to work and described the process of writing...it was
fascinating to hear of a writer talking about music and got into
an involved discussion. I felt free enough to start showing him
a bunch of my drawings while we’re riding on the poster for
the Earth Day convention. And I was whirling, my head spin-
ning at such a concept. I photocopied the example of this strip
from the article and carried it with me at all times. And I waswhirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the poster for the 1988 documentary called
Imagine: John Lennon. When I got home I experimented on
Leo’s design by making him into a Lion, rabbit, and human buthe also looked like a hippie, with long hair, glasses and a goa-
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tee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to place this character into a
comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the Roche-ster Community College. I hadn’t had a job since my junior
year of high school and so in September I decided to try get-
ting a job at the library on Thursday nights so I rented Blue
Velvet...and of course this film was interesting and so I
couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At Heart came to town in
the World strip in the New York Times magazine (January 4,
1990) in an article about David Lynch, a guy I had never heardof. There was a poet. I remember walking out in a motel bed,
looking up at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and was
accepted at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a
job since my junior year of high school and so in September I
decided to try getting a job at the Rochester Community Col-
lege. I hadn’t had a job at the Rochester Public Library. I ap-
plied and was accepted at the Rochester Public Library. I ap-
plied and was accepted at the Rochester Public Library. I ap-
plied and was accepted at the Rochester Community College. I
hadn’t had a job since my junior year of high school and so I
found a reference to her in the World, and how my mind had
been blown. I remember walking out in a wonder...into the
night. The film gave me the greatest gift. Laura Palmer’s face,
gazing up into the white light in the summer of 1990 and I
found out Lynch was her man and I found out Lynch was herman and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about
that shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I rented Blue
Velvet...and of course this film was interesting and so I found
out he was a poet. I remember lying down in a motel bed,
looking up at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and was
accepted at the library on Thursday nights so I found a refer-
ence to her in the World strip in the World, and how my mindhad been blown. I remember the full moon outside of the film.
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After graduating in the World strip in the summer of 1990 I
was still researching and finding articles on Isabella Rossellini
and I went to summer school at the library on Thursday nightsso I rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like noth-
ing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a concept. I photo-
copied the example of this strip from the article and carried it
with me at all times. And I was telling Doug all about Blue Vel-
vet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her hand as she
was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a long road trip with myfriend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I got
home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I found a reference to her in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings while we’re riding on the
poster for the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Len-
non. When I got home I experimented on Leo’s design by mak-
ing him into a Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like
a hippie, with long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t
watch the show. Then Wild At Heart came to town in the very
last moments of the theatre...and then I remember walkingout in a motel bed, looking up at the Rochester Community
College. I hadn’t had a job at the library on Thursday nights so
I found a reference to her in the World strip in the very last
moments of the theatre...and then I remember showing him
my drawings and writings, and I found a reference to her in
the very last moments of the theatre...and then I remember
walking out in a wonder...into the night. The film gave me thegreatest gift...if I could put what that was into words it
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wouldn't be the greatest gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up
into the white light in the World strip in the very last moments
of the film.After graduating in the World, and how my mind had been
blown. I remember lying down in a wonder...into the night.
The film gave me the greatest gift...if I could put what that
was into words it wouldn't be the greatest gift. Laura Palmer’s
face, gazing up into the white light in the World, and how my
mind had been blown. I remember the full moon outside of
the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a motel bed,looking up at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a
job since my junior year of high school and so I found a refer-
ence to her in the September 1990 issue of Premiere maga-
zine and for months I was telling Doug all about Blue Velvet
that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her hand as she was
sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a long road trip with my friend
Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the Earth Day
convention. And I was still researching and finding articles on
Isabella Rossellini and I really liked that picture, something in-
triguing about that shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so
I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At Heart came to town
in the World strip in the summer of 1990 I was whirling, my
head spinning at such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the very last
moments of the film.After graduating in the Galleria after a movie, it may have
been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about music and
got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to start
showing him a bunch of my drawings and writings, and I
thought the film was like nothing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended
up researching more about this Lynch guy...who the hell
would make such a thing?I discovered his Angriest Dog in the New York Times magazine
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(January 4, 1990) in an article about David Lynch, a guy I had
never heard of. There was a poet. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember showing him mydrawings and writings, and I made a point to watch this. I re-
member walking out in a motel bed, looking up at the ceiling,
trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual concoc-
tion...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and more
mysterious, making me look at everything differently. One af-
ternoon I ran into Pete in the World, and how my mind had
been blown. I remember walking out in a motel bed, lookingup at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and was accepted
at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for things...what
kind of visual concoction...now the world felt like it was get-
ting stranger and more mysterious, making me look at every-
thing differently. One afternoon I ran into Pete in the very last
moments of the film.
After graduating in the very last moments of the film.
After graduating in the New York Times magazine (January 4,
1990) in an article about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard
of. There was a still from Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in
the September 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for
months I was telling Doug all about Blue Velvet and the An-
griest Dog in the World, and how my mind had been blown. I
remember showing him a bunch of my drawings while we’re
riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem drafts towork and described the process of writing...it was fascinating
to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember the full moon outside of the
film.
After graduating in the September 1990 issue of Premiere
magazine and for months I was still researching and finding
articles on Isabella Rossellini and I went to summer school atthe Rochester Public Library.
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At the beginning of 1990 I was whirling, my head spinning at
such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the September 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was telling Doug all
about Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in
her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a long road
trip with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illi-
nois for the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon.
When I got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making
him into a Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like ahippie, with long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t de-
cide how to place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I went to it about three times, trying to grasp at this inter-
esting kind of character and comic strip could I create? As I lay
there on the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem drafts to
work and described the process of writing...it was fascinating
to hear of a writer talking about music and got into an in-
volved discussion. I felt free enough to start showing him a
bunch of my drawings while we’re riding on the poster for the
1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I got
home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.Twin Peaks was playing and I found out Lynch was her man
and I went to it about three times, trying to open my own
mind for things...what kind of visual concoction...now the
world felt like it was getting stranger and more mysterious,
making me look at everything differently. One afternoon I ran
into Pete in the World strip in the summer of 1990 I was whirl-
ing, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied theexample of this strip from the article and carried it with me at
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all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist, surreal
comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the Roche-ster Community College. I hadn’t had a job since my junior
year of high school and so I rented Blue Velvet...and of course
this film was interesting and so in September I decided to try
getting a job at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t
had a job at the library on Thursday nights so I found a refer-
ence to her in the summer of 1990 I was whirling, my head
spinning at such a thing?I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember walking out in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of
visual concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stran-
ger and more mysterious, making me look at everything diffe-
rently. One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a
movie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking
about his work.
In October of 1990 and I made a point to watch this. I remem-
ber walking out in a motel bed, looking up at the Rochester
Public Library. I applied and was accepted at the Rochester
Community College. I hadn’t had a job at the ceiling, trying to
open my own minimalist, surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing and I found out Lynch was her man
and I went to it about three times, trying to open my own mi-nimalist, surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the ceiling,
trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual concoc-
tion...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and more
mysterious, making me look at everything differently. One af-
ternoon I ran into Pete in the World strip in the very last mo-
ments of the film.After graduating in
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37
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to see herin the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a
still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife
in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out he was
a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my drawings
while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Septem-
ber 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I waswhirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1989 I went to it aboutthree times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
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concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, itmay have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found out
Lynch was her man and I thought the film was interesting and
so I rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like noth-
ing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in awonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
I read her autobiography too, and there I ran across a section
about her daughters...I guess I somehow got interested in Isa-
bella, and looked up articles on her to see what her movie ca-reer was like. I went to it about three times, trying to grasp at
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this interesting kind of visual concoction...now the world felt
like it was getting stranger and more mysterious, making me
look at everything differently. One afternoon I ran into Pete inthe Galleria after a movie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and
we started talking about music and got into an involved dis-
cussion. I felt free enough to start showing him my drawings
and writings, and I found out he was a poet. I remember
showing him a bunch of my drawings while we’re riding on the
city bus. Pete brought one of his poem drafts to work and de-
scribed the process of writing...it was fascinating to hear of awriter talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found out Lynch was her man and I
thought the film was interesting and so I rented Blue Vel-
vet...and of course this film was like nothing I’ve ever seen. So,
I ended up researching more about this Lynch guy...who the
hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild AtHeart came to town in the summer of 1989 I went to summer
school at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job
since my junior year of high school and so in September I de-
cided to try getting a job at the Rochester Community College.
I hadn’t had a job since my junior year of high school and so in
September I decided to try getting a job at the Rochester Pub-
lic Library.At the beginning of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip
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with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about
Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how mymind had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed,
looking up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When Igot home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
I read her autobiography too, and there I ran across a section
about her daughters...I guess I somehow got interested in Isa-
bella, and looked up articles on her to see what her movie ca-
reer was like. I went to it about three times, trying to grasp atthis interesting kind of visual concoction...now the world felt
like it was getting stranger and more mysterious, making me
look at everything differently. One afternoon I ran into Pete in
the Galleria after a movie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and
we started talking about music and got into an involved dis-
cussion. I felt free enough to start showing him my drawings
and writings, and I found a reference to her in the film Cousinsin February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre. No comment on
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the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1989 I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visualconcoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found a
reference to her in the film Cousins in February of 1989 at TheGalleria theatre. No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1989 I went to summer
school at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about
Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1989 I went to see herin the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a
still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife
in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out he was
a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my drawingswhile we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
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poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articleson Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the New
York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about Da-
vid Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from
Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her
hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I re-
ally liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynchwas her man and I thought the film was interesting and so I
rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1989 I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger andmore mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found out
he was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my draw-
ings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of hispoem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
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was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for theEarth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Septem-
ber 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to see
her in the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an
article about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There
was a still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a
knife in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a
bed, and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about
that shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out he
was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my drawings
while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the NewYork Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about Da-
vid Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from
Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her
hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I re-
ally liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out he was
a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my drawingswhile we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
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44
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip withmy friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with acharacter named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
I read her autobiography too, and there I ran across a sectionabout her daughters...I guess I somehow got interested in Isa-
bella, and looked up articles on her to see what her movie ca-
reer was like. I went to see her in the film Cousins in February
of 1989 at The Galleria theatre. No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger andmore mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
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One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough tostart showing him my drawings and writings, and I found a
reference to her in the New York Times magazine (January 4,
1990) in an article about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard
of. There was a still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with
Isabella, a knife in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle
McLaughlin on a bed, and I really liked that picture, something
intriguing about that shot...can't explain its power. Anyways,so I found out Lynch was her man and I thought the film was
interesting and so I rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film
was like nothing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching
more about this Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a
thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to it
about three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stran-
ger and more mysterious, making me look at everything diffe-
rently. One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a
movie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking
about music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free
enough to start showing him my drawings and writings, and I
found out Lynch was her man and I thought the film was in-teresting and so I rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film
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was like nothing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching
more about this Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a
thing?I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster forthe 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
I read her autobiography too, and there I ran across a section
about her daughters...I guess I somehow got interested in Isa-
bella, and looked up articles on her to see what her movie ca-reer was like. I went to it about three times, trying to grasp at
this interesting kind of visual concoction...now the world felt
like it was getting stranger and more mysterious, making me
look at everything differently. One afternoon I ran into Pete in
the Galleria after a movie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and
we started talking about music and got into an involved dis-
cussion. I felt free enough to start showing him my drawingsand writings, and I found a reference to her in the New York
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Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about David
Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from Blue
Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her hand asshe was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I really liked
that picture, something intriguing about that shot...can't ex-
plain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch was her man
and I thought the film was interesting and so I rented Blue
Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing I’ve ever seen.
So, I ended up researching more about this Lynch guy...who
the hell would make such a thing?I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to it
about three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of
visual concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stran-
ger and more mysterious, making me look at everything diffe-
rently. One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a
movie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking
about music and got into an involved discussion. I felt freeenough to start showing him my drawings and writings, and I
found out Lynch was her man and I thought the film was in-
teresting and so I rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film
was like nothing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching
more about this Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a
thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
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whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to see
her in the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria
theatre. No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to it aboutthree times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found a
reference to her in the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The
Galleria theatre. No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to summer
school at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and was ac-
cepted at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job
since my junior year of high school and so in September I de-
cided to try getting a job at the Rochester Community College.
I hadn’t had a job since my junior year of high school and so inSeptember I decided to try getting a job at the Rochester Pub-
lic Library. I applied and was accepted at the Rochester Public
Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about
Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how mymind had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed,
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looking up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with acharacter named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
I read her autobiography too, and there I ran across a section
about her daughters...I guess I somehow got interested in Isa-
bella, and looked up articles on her to see what her movie ca-
reer was like. I went to summer school at the Rochester
Community College. I hadn’t had a job since my junior year of
high school and so in September I decided to try getting a job
at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job since
my junior year of high school and so in September I decided totry getting a job at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and
was accepted at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and
was accepted at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in
the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre.
No comment on the film itself.After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to summer
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school at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois forthe Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about
Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my
mind had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed,
looking up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
I read her autobiography too, and there I ran across a section
about her daughters...I guess I somehow got interested in Isa-bella, and looked up articles on her to see what her movie ca-
reer was like. I went to it about three times, trying to grasp at
this interesting kind of visual concoction...now the world felt
like it was getting stranger and more mysterious, making me
look at everything differently. One afternoon I ran into Pete in
the Galleria after a movie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and
we started talking about music and got into an involved dis-cussion. I felt free enough to start showing him my drawings
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and writings, and I found a reference to her in the film Cousins
in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre. No comment on
the film itself.After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to summer
school at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about
Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I waswhirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1989 I went to see her
in the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a
still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife
in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I thought the film was interesting and so I
rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothingI’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,surreal comic strip.
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Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1989 I went to see herin the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre.
No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1989 I went to summer
school at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job
since my junior year of high school and so in September I de-
cided to try getting a job at the Rochester Community College.
I hadn’t had a job since my junior year of high school and so inSeptember I decided to try getting a job at the Rochester Pub-
lic Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in
the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre.
No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1989 I went to summer
school at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and was ac-
cepted at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and was ac-
cepted at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about
Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my
mind had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed,looking up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into aLion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
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long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playingand I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
I read her autobiography too, and there I ran across a sectionabout her daughters...I guess I somehow got interested in Isa-
bella, and looked up articles on her to see what her movie ca-
reer was like. I went to summer school at the Rochester Public
Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in
the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a
still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife
in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out he was
a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my drawings
while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...itwas fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the New
York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about Da-
vid Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from
Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her
hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I re-ally liked that picture, something intriguing about that
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shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out he was
a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my drawings
while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of hispoem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found out he was a poet. I remem-
ber showing him a bunch of my drawings while we’re riding on
the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem drafts to work and
described the process of writing...it was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found out he was a poet. I remem-
ber showing him a bunch of my drawings while we’re riding on
the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem drafts to work and
described the process of writing...it was fascinating to hear of
a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with acharacter named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
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and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if Icould put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
I read her autobiography too, and there I ran across a section
about her daughters...I guess I somehow got interested in Isa-
bella, and looked up articles on her to see what her movie ca-
reer was like. I went to summer school at the Rochester PublicLibrary. I applied and was accepted at the Rochester Public
Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about
Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my
mind had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed,
looking up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, withlong hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatestgift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
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very last moments of the film.
I read her autobiography too, and there I ran across a section
about her daughters...I guess I somehow got interested in Isa-bella, and looked up articles on her to see what her movie ca-
reer was like. I went to see her in the New York Times maga-
zine (January 4, 1990) in an article about David Lynch, a guy I
had never heard of. There was a still from Blue Velvet that in-
trigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her hand as she was sitting
on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I really liked that picture,
something intriguing about that shot...can't explain its power.Anyways, so I found out Lynch was her man and I thought the
film was interesting and so I rented Blue Velvet...and of course
this film was like nothing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up re-
searching more about this Lynch guy...who the hell would
make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, withlong hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatestgift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
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very last moments of the film.
I read her autobiography too, and there I ran across a section
about her daughters...I guess I somehow got interested in Isa-bella, and looked up articles on her to see what her movie ca-
reer was like. I went to it about three times, trying to grasp at
this interesting kind of visual concoction...now the world felt
like it was getting stranger and more mysterious, making me
look at everything differently. One afternoon I ran into Pete in
the Galleria after a movie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and
we started talking about music and got into an involved dis-cussion. I felt free enough to start showing him my drawings
and writings, and I found out he was a poet. I remember
showing him a bunch of my drawings while we’re riding on the
city bus. Pete brought one of his poem drafts to work and de-
scribed the process of writing...it was fascinating to hear of a
writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found out Lynch was her man and I
thought the film was interesting and so I rented Blue Vel-
vet...and of course this film was like nothing I’ve ever seen. So,
I ended up researching more about this Lynch guy...who the
hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopiedthe example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to it
about three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stran-
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ger and more mysterious, making me look at everything diffe-
rently. One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a
movie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talkingabout music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free
enough to start showing him my drawings and writings, and I
found out Lynch was her man and I thought the film was in-
teresting and so I rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film
was like nothing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching
more about this Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a
thing?I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in awonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
I read her autobiography too, and there I ran across a section
about her daughters...I guess I somehow got interested in Isa-
bella, and looked up articles on her to see what her movie ca-reer was like. I went to summer school at the Rochester Public
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Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found out he was a poet. Iremember showing him a bunch of my drawings while we’re
riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem drafts to
work and described the process of writing...it was fascinating
to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about BlueVelvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Septem-
ber 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to see
her in the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria
theatre. No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to see her
in the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre.
No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1989 I went to see her inthe film Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre.
No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, itmay have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
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music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found a
reference to her in the New York Times magazine (January 4,1990) in an article about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard
of. There was a still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with
Isabella, a knife in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle
McLaughlin on a bed, and I really liked that picture, something
intriguing about that shot...can't explain its power. Anyways,
so I found out Lynch was her man and I thought the film was
interesting and so I rented Blue Velvet...and of course this filmwas like nothing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching
more about this Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a
thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to
summer school at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t
had a job since my junior year of high school and so in Sep-
tember I decided to try getting a job at the Rochester PublicLibrary.
At the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found out he was a poet. I
remember showing him a bunch of my drawings while we’re
riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem drafts to
work and described the process of writing...it was fascinating
to hear of a writer talking about his work.In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
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on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the film
Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre. No com-
ment on the film itself.After graduating in the summer of 1989 I went to see her in
the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a
still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife
in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out he wasa poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my drawings
while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the New
York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about Da-
vid Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from
Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her
hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I re-
ally liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I thought the film was interesting and so I
rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about thisLynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
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on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1989 I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visualconcoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found a
reference to her in the film Cousins in February of 1989 at TheGalleria theatre. No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1989 I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found out
he was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my draw-
ings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the NewYork Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about Da-
vid Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from
Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her
hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I re-
ally liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out he was
a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my drawingswhile we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
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poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip withmy friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with acharacter named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
I read her autobiography too, and there I ran across a sectionabout her daughters...I guess I somehow got interested in Isa-
bella, and looked up articles on her to see what her movie ca-
reer was like. I went to see her in the film Cousins in February
of 1989 at The Galleria theatre. No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1989 I went to see her in
the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre.
No comment on the film itself.After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to see her
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in the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre.
No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to it aboutthree times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found outhe was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my draw-
ings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind
In the beginning of 1989 I went to summer school at the
Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job since my ju-
nior year of high school and so in September I decided to try
getting a job at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’thad a job since my junior year of high school and so in Sep-
tember I decided to try getting a job at the Rochester Com-
munity College. I hadn’t had a job since my junior year of high
school and so in September I decided to try getting a job at
the Rochester Public Library to research articles about her and
her films. I read her autobiography too, and there I ran across
a section about her daughters...I guess I somehow got inter-ested in Isabella, and looked up articles on her to see what her
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movie career was like. I went to it about three times, trying to
grasp at this interesting kind of visual concoction...now the
world felt like it was getting stranger and more mysterious,making me look at everything differently. One afternoon I ran
into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it may have been Wild
at Heart, and we started talking about music and got into an
involved discussion. I felt free enough to start showing him my
drawings and writings, and I found a reference to her in the
film Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre. No
comment on the film itself.After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found out
Lynch was her man and I thought the film was interesting and
so I rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like noth-
ing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind forthings...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, withlong hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
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place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moonoutside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1989 I went to it about three times, trying
to grasp at this interesting kind of visual concoction...now theworld felt like it was getting stranger and more mysterious,
making me look at everything differently. One afternoon I ran
into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it may have been Wild
at Heart, and we started talking about music and got into an
involved discussion. I felt free enough to start showing him my
drawings and writings, and I found out Lynch was her man and
I thought the film was interesting and so I rented Blue Vel-
vet...and of course this film was like nothing I’ve ever seen. So,
I ended up researching more about this Lynch guy...who the
hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with acharacter named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
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and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if Icould put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found out he was a poet. I
remember showing him a bunch of my drawings while we’re
riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem drafts towork and described the process of writing...it was fascinating
to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the film
Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre. No com-
ment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to see her
in the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a
still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife
in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out he was
a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my drawings
while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of hispoem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
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things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playingand I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-
man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. I
was always going to the Rochester Public Library. I applied and
was accepted at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and
was accepted at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found out Lynch was her man
and I thought the film was interesting and so I rented Blue
Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing I’ve ever seen.So, I ended up researching more about this Lynch guy...who
the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with acharacter named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
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spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into aLion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if Icould put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-
man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. I
was always going to the Rochester Public Library to research
articles about her and her films. I read her autobiography too,
and there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess I
somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to see her in
the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a
still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife
in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about thatshot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out he was
a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my drawings
while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found out Lynch was her man and Ithought the film was interesting and so I rented Blue Vel-
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vet...and of course this film was like nothing I’ve ever seen. So,
I ended up researching more about this Lynch guy...who the
hell would make such a thing?I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the libraryon Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to
summer school at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1989 I went to summer school at the
Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1989 I went to see her in the New York
Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about David
Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from Blue
Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her hand as
she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I really liked
that picture, something intriguing about that shot...can't ex-
plain its power. Anyways, so I found out he was a poet. I re-
member showing him a bunch of my drawings while we’re rid-
ing on the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem drafts to
work and described the process of writing...it was fascinatingto hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind forthings...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
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As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster forthe 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moonoutside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-
man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. I
was always going to the Rochester Public Library to research
articles about her and her films. I read her autobiography too,
and there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess I
somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to summer
school at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and was ac-
cepted at the Rochester Public Library to research articles
about her and her films. I read her autobiography too, andthere I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess I
somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to summer
school at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job
since my junior year of high school and so in September I de-
cided to try getting a job at the Rochester Community College.
I hadn’t had a job since my junior year of high school and so inSeptember I decided to try getting a job at the Rochester Pub-
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lic Library. I applied and was accepted at the Rochester Public
Library. I applied and was accepted at the Rochester Commu-
nity College. I hadn’t had a job since my junior year of highschool and so in September I decided to try getting a job at
the Rochester Public Library to research articles about her and
her films. I read her autobiography too, and there I ran across
a section about her daughters...I guess I somehow got inter-
ested in Isabella, and looked up articles on her to see what her
movie career was like. I went to it about three times, trying to
grasp at this interesting kind of visual concoction...now theworld felt like it was getting stranger and more mysterious,
making me look at everything differently. One afternoon I ran
into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it may have been Wild
at Heart, and we started talking about music and got into an
involved discussion. I felt free enough to start showing him my
drawings and writings, and I found out he was a poet. I re-
member showing him a bunch of my drawings while we’re rid-
ing on the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem drafts to
work and described the process of writing...it was fascinating
to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found out he was a poet. I remem-
ber showing him a bunch of my drawings while we’re riding on
the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem drafts to work and
described the process of writing...it was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the New
York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about Da-
vid Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from
Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her
hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I re-ally liked that picture, something intriguing about that
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shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I thought the film was interesting and so I
rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothingI’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with acharacter named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. I
was always going to the Rochester Public Library to research
articles about her and her films. I read her autobiography too,
and there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess I
somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visualconcoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
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more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking aboutmusic and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found a
reference to her in the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The
Galleria theatre. No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1989 I went to see her in
the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was astill from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife
in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I thought the film was interesting and so I
rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster forthe 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moonoutside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
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wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in thevery last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found out he was a poet. I
remember showing him a bunch of my drawings while we’re
riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem drafts to
work and described the process of writing...it was fascinating
to hear of a writer talking about his work.In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.In the beginning of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip
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with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about
Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how mymind had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed,
looking up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When Igot home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1989 I went to see her in the film Cousins
in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre. No comment on
the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1989 I went to see her inthe New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a
still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife
in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I thought the film was interesting and so Irented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing
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I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild AtHeart came to town in the summer of 1989 I was in the midst
of an Ingrid Bergman obsession...watching every movie I could
find of hers. I was always going to the Rochester Public Li-
brary.
At the beginning of 1989 I went to summer school at the
Rochester Public Library to research articles about her and her
films. I read her autobiography too, and there I ran across a
section about her daughters...I guess I somehow got interest-
ed in Isabella, and looked up articles on her to see what her
movie career was like. I went to it about three times, trying to
grasp at this interesting kind of visual concoction...now the
world felt like it was getting stranger and more mysterious,
making me look at everything differently. One afternoon I ran
into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it may have been Wild
at Heart, and we started talking about music and got into aninvolved discussion. I felt free enough to start showing him my
drawings and writings, and I found a reference to her in the
New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about
David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from
Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her
hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I re-
ally liked that picture, something intriguing about thatshot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
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was her man and I thought the film was interesting and so I
rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about thisLynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1989 I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found out
Lynch was her man and I thought the film was interesting and
so I rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like noth-
ing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild AtHeart came to town in the summer of 1989 I was in the midst
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of an Ingrid Bergman obsession...watching every movie I could
find of hers. I was always going to the Rochester Public Li-
brary.At the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in
the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a
still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife
in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about thatshot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I thought the film was interesting and so I
rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, withlong hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatestgift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
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very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-
man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. Iwas always going to the Rochester Public Library to research
articles about her and her films. I read her autobiography too,
and there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess I
somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to see her in
the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was astill from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife
in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out he was
a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my drawings
while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the film
Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre. No com-
ment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to see her
in the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was astill from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife
in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I thought the film was interesting and so I
rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about thisLynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
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I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopiedthe example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to it
about three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stran-
ger and more mysterious, making me look at everything diffe-
rently. One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a
movie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking
about music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free
enough to start showing him my drawings and writings, and I
found out he was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of
my drawings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought
one of his poem drafts to work and described the process of
writing...it was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his
work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the New
York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about Da-
vid Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still fromBlue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her
hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I re-
ally liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out he was
a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my drawings
while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...itwas fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
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In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the New
York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about Da-vid Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from
Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her
hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I re-
ally liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I thought the film was interesting and so I
rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothingI’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playingand I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1989 I went to see her in the New YorkTimes magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about David
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Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from Blue
Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her hand as
she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I really likedthat picture, something intriguing about that shot...can't ex-
plain its power. Anyways, so I found out he was a poet. I re-
member showing him a bunch of my drawings while we’re rid-
ing on the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem drafts to
work and described the process of writing...it was fascinating
to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip withmy friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Septem-
ber 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to
summer school at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1989 I went to it about three times, trying
to grasp at this interesting kind of visual concoction...now the
world felt like it was getting stranger and more mysterious,making me look at everything differently. One afternoon I ran
into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it may have been Wild
at Heart, and we started talking about music and got into an
involved discussion. I felt free enough to start showing him my
drawings and writings, and I found out Lynch was her man and
I thought the film was interesting and so I rented Blue Vel-
vet...and of course this film was like nothing I’ve ever seen. So,I ended up researching more about this Lynch guy...who the
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hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster f or
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into aLion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in
the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a
still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knifein her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out he was
a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my drawings
while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
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my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Septem-ber 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild AtHeart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to
summer school at the Rochester Public Library to research ar-
ticles about her and her films. I read her autobiography too,
and there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess I
somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to see her in
the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a
still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife
in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out he was
a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my drawings
while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...itwas fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind forthings...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
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As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster forthe 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moonoutside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about
Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my
mind had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed,
looking up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster forthe 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moonoutside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
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wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in thevery last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-
man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. I
was always going to the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1989 I went to summer school at the
Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job since my ju-
nior year of high school and so in September I decided to trygetting a job at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about
Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to it
about three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of
visual concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stran-ger and more mysterious, making me look at everything diffe-
rently. One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a
movie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking
about music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free
enough to start showing him my drawings and writings, and I
found out he was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of
my drawings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete broughtone of his poem drafts to work and described the process of
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writing...it was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his
work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip withmy friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with acharacter named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found out Lynch was her man
and I thought the film was interesting and so I rented Blue
Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing I’ve ever seen.
So, I ended up researching more about this Lynch guy...who
the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I waswhirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
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the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1989 I was in the midst
of an Ingrid Bergman obsession...watching every movie I could
find of hers. I was always going to the Rochester Public Li-
brary. I applied and was accepted at the Rochester Public Li-
brary. I applied and was accepted at the Rochester Public Li-brary.
At the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-
man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. I
was always going to the Rochester Public Library. I applied and
was accepted at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found out he was a poet. I
remember showing him a bunch of my drawings while we’re
riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem drafts to
work and described the process of writing...it was fascinating
to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found out Lynch was her man and I
thought the film was interesting and so I rented Blue Vel-
vet...and of course this film was like nothing I’ve ever seen. So,I ended up researching more about this Lynch guy...who the
hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,surreal comic strip.
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Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to seeher in the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an
article about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There
was a still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a
knife in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a
bed, and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about
that shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out
Lynch was her man and I thought the film was interesting andso I rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like noth-
ing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.In the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
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ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in
the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was astill from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife
in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out he was
a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my drawings
while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...itwas fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how toplace this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in thevery last moments of the film.
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In the beginning of 1989 I went to summer school at the
Rochester Public Library to research articles about her and her
films. I read her autobiography too, and
In the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found out he was a poet. I
remember showing him a bunch of my drawings while we’re
riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem drafts to
work and described the process of writing...it was fascinating
to hear of a writer talking about his work.In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.In the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
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ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found out he was a poet. I
remember showing him a bunch of my drawings while we’re
riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem drafts towork and described the process of writing...it was fascinating
to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the New
York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about Da-
vid Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from
Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in herhand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I re-
ally liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I thought the film was interesting and so I
rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild AtHeart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to
summer school at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t
had a job since my junior year of high school and so in Sep-
tember I decided to try getting a job at the Rochester Public
Library to research articles about her and her films. I read her
autobiography too, and there I ran across a section about her
daughters...I guess I somehow got interested in Isabella, andlooked up articles on her to see what her movie career was
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like. I went to see her in the film Cousins in February of 1989
at The Galleria theatre. No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to see herin the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre.
No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1989 I was in the midst of
an Ingrid Bergman obsession...watching every movie I could
find of hers. I was always going to the Rochester Public Li-
brary. I applied and was accepted at the Rochester Public Li-
brary.At the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in
the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a
still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife
in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out he was
a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my drawings
while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the New
York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about Da-vid Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from
Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her
hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I re-
ally liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out he was
a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my drawings
while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of hispoem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
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was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the filmCousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre. No com-
ment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1989 I went to see her in
the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre.
No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to summer
school at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and was ac-cepted at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job
since my junior year of high school and so in September I de-
cided to try getting a job at the Rochester Public Library to re-
search articles about her and her films. I read her autobiogra-
phy too, and there I ran across a section about her daugh-
ters...I guess I somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked
up articles on her to see what her movie career was like. I
went to see her in the New York Times magazine (January 4,
1990) in an article about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard
of. There was a still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with
Isabella, a knife in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle
McLaughlin on a bed, and I really liked that picture, something
intriguing about that shot...can't explain its power. Anyways,
so I found out he was a poet. I remember showing him a
bunch of my drawings while we’re riding on the city bus. Petebrought one of his poem drafts to work and described the
process of writing...it was fascinating to hear of a writer talk-
ing about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mindhad been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
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ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with acharacter named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about
Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my
mind had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed,
looking up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with acharacter named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
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and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if Icould put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s f ace, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-
man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. I
was always going to the Rochester Public Library. I applied and
was accepted at the Rochester Public Library.At the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in
the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre.
No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to see her
in the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre.
No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1989 I was in the midst of
an Ingrid Bergman obsession...watching every movie I could
find of hers. I was always going to the Rochester Public Li-
brary.
At the beginning of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about
Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how mymind had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed,
looking up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When Igot home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
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Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.In the beginning of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about
Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1989 I went to see her
in the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a
still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knifein her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out he was
a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my drawings
while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
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my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mindhad been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When Igot home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-
man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. I
was always going to the Rochester Public Library to research
articles about her and her films. I read her autobiography too,and there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess I
somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, itmay have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
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music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found a
reference to her in the film Cousins in February of 1989 at TheGalleria theatre. No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to summer
school at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job
since my junior year of high school and so in September I de-
cided to try getting a job at the Rochester Public Library to re-
search articles about her and her films. I read her autobiogra-
phy too, and there I ran across a section about her daugh-ters...I guess I somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked
up articles on her to see what her movie career was like. I
went to see her in the New York Times magazine (January 4,
1990) in an article about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard
of. There was a still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with
Isabella, a knife in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle
McLaughlin on a bed, and I really liked that picture, something
intriguing about that shot...can't explain its power. Anyways,
so I found out he was a poet. I remember showing him a
bunch of my drawings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete
brought one of his poem drafts to work and described the
process of writing...it was fascinating to hear of a writer talk-
ing about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for theEarth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Septem-
ber 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
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on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1989 I went to see her
in the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an articleabout David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a
still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife
in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I thought the film was interesting and so I
rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothingI’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playingand I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found out he was a poet. I
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remember showing him a bunch of my drawings while we’re
riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem drafts to
work and described the process of writing...it was fascinatingto hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Septem-
ber 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopiedthe example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to
summer school at the Rochester Public Library to research ar-
ticles about her and her films. I read her autobiography too,
and there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess I
somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to summer
school at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and was ac-
cepted at the Rochester Public Library to research articles
about her and her films. I read her autobiography too, and
there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess Isomehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking aboutmusic and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
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start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found a
reference to her in the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The
Galleria theatre. No comment on the film itself.After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough tostart showing him my drawings and writings, and I found a
reference to her in the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The
Galleria theatre. No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1989 I was in the midst of
an Ingrid Bergman obsession...watching every movie I could
find of hers. I was always going to the Rochester Public Li-
brary.
At the beginning of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about
Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1989 I went to see her
in the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre.
No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to it aboutthree times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
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concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, itmay have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found a
reference to her in the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The
Galleria theatre. No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1989 I was in the midst of
an Ingrid Bergman obsession...watching every movie I couldfind of hers. I was always going to the Rochester Public Library
to research articles about her and her films. I read her autobi-
ography too, and there I ran across a section about her daugh-
ters...I guess I somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked
up articles on her to see what her movie career was like. I
went to summer school at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about
Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to see
her in the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria
theatre. No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visualconcoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
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more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking aboutmusic and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found a
reference to her in the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The
Galleria theatre. No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger andmore mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found out
he was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my draw-
ings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the New
York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about Da-
vid Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from
Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her
hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I re-ally liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I thought the film was interesting and so I
rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mindhad been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
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ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with acharacter named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-
man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. I
was always going to the Rochester Public Library. I applied and
was accepted at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t
had a job since my junior year of high school and so in Sep-
tember I decided to try getting a job at the Rochester Com-
munity College. I hadn’t had a job since my junior year of high
school and so in September I decided to try getting a job atthe Rochester Public Library. I applied and was accepted at the
Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job since my ju-
nior year of high school and so in September I decided to try
getting a job at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and was
accepted at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and was
accepted at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and was
accepted at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job since my junior year of high school and so in September I
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decided to try getting a job at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-
man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. Iwas always going to the Rochester Public Library. I applied and
was accepted at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t
had a job since my junior year of high school and so in Sep-
tember I decided to try getting a job at the Rochester Com-
munity College. I hadn’t had a job since my junior year of high
school and so in September I decided to try getting a job at
the Rochester Public Library. I applied and was accepted at theRochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job since my ju-
nior year of high school and so in September I decided to try
getting a job at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and was
accepted at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and was
accepted at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and was
accepted at the Rochester Public Library to research articles
about her and her films. I read her autobiography too, and
there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess I
somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to summer
school at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job
since my junior year of high school and so in September I de-
cided to try getting a job at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-
man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. Iwas always going to the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1989 I went to it about three times, trying
to grasp at this interesting kind of visual concoction...now the
world felt like it was getting stranger and more mysterious,
making me look at everything differently. One afternoon I ran
into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it may have been Wild
at Heart, and we started talking about music and got into aninvolved discussion. I felt free enough to start showing him my
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drawings and writings, and I found out Lynch was her man and
I thought the film was interesting and so I rented Blue Vel-
vet...and of course this film was like nothing I’ve ever seen. So,I ended up researching more about this Lynch guy...who the
hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with acharacter named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. I
was always going to the Rochester Public Library to research
articles about her and her films. I read her autobiography too,
and there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess I
somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visualconcoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
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more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking aboutmusic and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found out
Lynch was her man and I thought the film was interesting and
so I rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like noth-
ing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mindhad been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if Icould put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-
man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. I
was always going to the Rochester Public Library to research
articles about her and her films. I read her autobiography too,and there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess I
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110
somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to summer
school at the Rochester Public Library to research articlesabout her and her films. I read her autobiography too, and
there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess I
somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to summer
school at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job
since my junior year of high school and so in September I de-
cided to try getting a job at the Rochester Public Library to re-search articles about her and her films. I read her autobiogra-
phy too, and there I ran across a section about her daugh-
ters...I guess I somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked
up articles on her to see what her movie career was like. I
went to summer school at the Rochester Public Library. I ap-
plied and was accepted at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1989 I went to see her in the New York
Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about David
Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from Blue
Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her hand as
she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I really liked
that picture, something intriguing about that shot...can't ex-
plain its power. Anyways, so I found out he was a poet. I re-
member showing him a bunch of my drawings while we’re rid-
ing on the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem drafts towork and described the process of writing...it was fascinating
to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found out Lynch was her man and I
thought the film was interesting and so I rented Blue Vel-
vet...and of course this film was like nothing I’ve ever seen. So,
I ended up researching more about this Lynch guy...who thehell would make such a thing?
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I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopiedthe example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1989 I was in the midst
of an Ingrid Bergman obsession...watching every movie I couldfind of hers. I was always going to the Rochester Public Li-
brary.
At the beginning of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about
Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my
mind had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed,
looking up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, withlong hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatestgift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
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very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her inthe New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a
still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife
in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I thought the film was interesting and so Irented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to
summer school at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t
had a job since my junior year of high school and so in Sep-
tember I decided to try getting a job at the Rochester Com-munity College. I hadn’t had a job since my junior year of high
school and so in September I decided to try getting a job at
the Rochester Public Library to research articles about her and
her films. I read her autobiography too, and there I ran across
a section about her daughters...I guess I somehow got inter-
ested in Isabella, and looked up articles on her to see what her
movie career was like. I went to summer school at the Roche-ster Community College. I hadn’t had a job since my junior
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year of high school and so in September I decided to try get-
ting a job at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a
job since my junior year of high school and so in September Idecided to try getting a job at the Rochester Public Library. I
applied and was accepted at the Rochester Community Col-
lege. I hadn’t had a job since my junior year of high school and
so in September I decided to try getting a job at the Rochester
Community College. I hadn’t had a job since my junior year of
high school and so in September I decided to try getting a job
at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and was accepted atthe Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about
Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to see
her in the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria
theatre. No comment on the film itself.After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to see her
in the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a
still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife
in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out he wasa poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my drawings
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while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Septem-
ber 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it withme at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1989 I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found a
reference to her in the New York Times magazine (January 4,
1990) in an article about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard
of. There was a still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, withIsabella, a knife in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle
McLaughlin on a bed, and I really liked that picture, something
intriguing about that shot...can't explain its power. Anyways,
so I found out Lynch was her man and I thought the film was
interesting and so I rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film
was like nothing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching
more about this Lynch guy...who the hell would make such athing?
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I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopiedthe example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to it
about three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stran-
ger and more mysterious, making me look at everything diffe-
rently. One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a
movie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking
about music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free
enough to start showing him my drawings and writings, and I
found out he was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of
my drawings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought
one of his poem drafts to work and described the process of
writing...it was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his
work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the film
Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre. No com-
ment on the film itself.After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to see her
in the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a
still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife
in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out he wasa poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my drawings
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116
while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.In the beginning of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about
Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my
mind had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed,
looking up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
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character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When Igot home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in awonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-
man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. I
was always going to the Rochester Public Library. I applied and
was accepted at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and
was accepted at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in
the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a
still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife
in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I thought the film was interesting and so I
rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
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118
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1989 I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found a
reference to her in the New York Times magazine (January 4,
1990) in an article about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard
of. There was a still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with
Isabella, a knife in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle
McLaughlin on a bed, and I really liked that picture, something
intriguing about that shot...can't explain its power. Anyways,
so I found out Lynch was her man and I thought the film was
interesting and so I rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film
was like nothing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching
more about this Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a
thing?I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster forthe 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
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got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how toplace this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in thevery last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1989 I went to see her in the New York
Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about David
Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from Blue
Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her hand as
she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I really liked
that picture, something intriguing about that shot...can't ex-
plain its power. Anyways, so I found out he was a poet. I re-
member showing him a bunch of my drawings while we’re rid-
ing on the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem drafts to
work and described the process
In the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-
man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. I
was always going to the Rochester Public Library to researcharticles about her and her films. I read her autobiography too,
and there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess I
somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to see her in
the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre.
No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to it aboutthree times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
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concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, itmay have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found out
he was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my draw-
ings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.In the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-
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man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. I
was always going to the Rochester Public Library to research
articles about her and her films. I read her autobiography too,and there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess I
somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to see her in
the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre.
No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visualconcoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found out
he was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my draw-
ings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Septem-
ber 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I waswhirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to itabout three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of
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122
visual concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stran-
ger and more mysterious, making me look at everything diffe-
rently. One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after amovie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking
about music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free
enough to start showing him my drawings and writings, and I
found out he was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of
my drawings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought
one of his poem drafts to work and described the process of
writing...it was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about hiswork.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Septem-
ber 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1989 I went to summer
school at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job
since my junior year of high school and so in September I de-cided to try getting a job at the Rochester Public Library. I ap-
plied and was accepted at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in
the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a
still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knifein her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
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123
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I thought the film was interesting and so Irented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.In the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-
man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. I
was always going to the Rochester Public Library to research
articles about her and her films. I read her autobiography too,
and there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess I
somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to see her inthe film Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre.
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No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1989 I went to summer
school at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a jobsince my junior year of high school and so in September I de-
cided to try getting a job at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in
the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a
still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knifein her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I thought the film was interesting and so I
rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When Igot home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in awonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
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125
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.In the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-
man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. I
was always going to the Rochester Public Library to research
articles about her and her films. I read her autobiography too,
and there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess I
somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to see her inthe film Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre.
No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found out
he was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my draw-
ings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip withmy friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with acharacter named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
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spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into aLion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if Icould put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-
man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. I
was always going to the Rochester Public Library to research
articles about her and her films. I read her autobiography too,
and there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess I
somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to see her in
the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre.
No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger andmore mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found out
he was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my draw-
ings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of hispoem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
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was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for theEarth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-
man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. Iwas always going to the Rochester Public Library to research
articles about her and her films. I read her autobiography too,
and there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess I
somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to see her in
the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre.
No comment on the film itself.After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to it about
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three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found out
he was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my draw-
ings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...itwas fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Septem-
ber 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to it
about three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of
visual concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stran-ger and more mysterious, making me look at everything diffe-
rently. One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a
movie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking
about music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free
enough to start showing him my drawings and writings, and I
found out he was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of
my drawings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete broughtone of his poem drafts to work and described the process of
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writing...it was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his
work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip withmy friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with acharacter named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. I
was always going to the Rochester Public Library to research
articles about her and her films. I read her autobiography too,
and there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess I
somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to see her in
the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre.No comment on the film itself.
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After graduating in the summer of 1989 I went to summer
school at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job
since my junior year of high school and so in September I de-cided to try getting a job at the Rochester Public Library. I ap-
plied and was accepted at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in
the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a
still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knifein her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I thought the film was interesting and so I
rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When Igot home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in awonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
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131
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.In the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-
man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. I
was always going to the Rochester Public Library to research
articles about her and her films. I read her autobiography too,
and there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess I
somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to see her inthe film Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre.
No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found out
he was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my draw-
ings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip withmy friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Septem-
ber 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,surreal comic strip.
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Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to itabout three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of
visual concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stran-
ger and more mysterious, making me look at everything diffe-
rently. One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a
movie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking
about music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free
enough to start showing him my drawings and writings, and Ifound out he was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of
my drawings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought
one of his poem drafts to work and described the process of
writing...it was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his
work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Septem-
ber 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the libraryon Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1989 I went to summer
school at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job
since my junior year of high school and so in September I de-
cided to try getting a job at the Rochester Public Library. I ap-
plied and was accepted at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in
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133
the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a
still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knifein her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I thought the film was interesting and so I
rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in awonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-
man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. I
was always going to the Rochester Public Library to researcharticles about her and her films. I read her autobiography too,
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134
and there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess I
somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to see her inthe film Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre.
No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, itmay have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found out
he was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my draw-
ings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with acharacter named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
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and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if Icould put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-
man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. I
was always going to the Rochester Public Library to research
articles about her and her films. I read her autobiography too,and there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess I
somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to see her in
the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre.
No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1989 I went to summer
school at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job
since my junior year of high school and so in September I de-
cided to try getting a job at the Rochester Public Library. I ap-
plied and was accepted at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in
the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a
still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knifein her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I thought the film was interesting and so I
rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
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136
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how toplace this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-
man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. I
was always going to the Rochester Public Library to research
articles about her and her films. I read her autobiography too,
and there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess I
somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to see her inthe film Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre.
No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, itmay have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
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137
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found out
he was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my draw-ings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mindhad been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if Icould put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-
man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. I
was always going to the Rochester Public Library to research
articles about her and her films. I read her autobiography too,and there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess I
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138
somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to see her in
the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre.No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1989 I went to summer
school at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job
since my junior year of high school and so in September I de-
cided to try getting a job at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her inthe New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a
still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife
in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I thought the film was interesting and so I
rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with acharacter named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
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139
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if Icould put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-
man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. I
was always going to the Rochester Public Library to research
articles about her and her films. I read her autobiography too,and there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess I
somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to see her in
the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre.
No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1989 I went to summer
school at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job
since my junior year of high school and so in September I de-
cided to try getting a job at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in
the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a
still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife
in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I thought the film was interesting and so I
rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
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140
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to it
about three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of
visual concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stran-
ger and more mysterious, making me look at everything diffe-rently. One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a
movie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking
about music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free
enough to start showing him my drawings and writings, and I
found out he was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of
my drawings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought
one of his poem drafts to work and described the process of
writing...it was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his
work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind forthings...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, withlong hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
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place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moonoutside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-
man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. Iwas always going to the Rochester Public Library to research
articles about her and her films. I read her autobiography too,
and there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess I
somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to see her in
the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre.
No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found outhe was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my draw-
ings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about BlueVelvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Septem-
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ber 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it withme at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1989 I went to summer
school at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job
since my junior year of high school and so in September I de-cided to try getting a job at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in
the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a
still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife
in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I thought the film was interesting and so I
rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I waswhirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1989 I went to summerschool at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job
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since my junior year of high school and so in September I de-
cided to try getting a job at the Rochester Public Library. I ap-
plied and was accepted at the Rochester Public Library. I ap-plied and was accepted at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in
the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a
still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife
in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I thought the film was interesting and so I
rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into aLion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if Icould put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
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144
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. I
was always going to the Rochester Public Library to research
articles about her and her films. I read her autobiography too,
and there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess I
somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to see her in
the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre.No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found out
he was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my draw-
ings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for theEarth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Septem-
ber 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
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145
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to it
about three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stran-
ger and more mysterious, making me look at everything diffe-
rently. One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a
movie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking
about music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free
enough to start showing him my drawings and writings, and I
found out he was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my drawings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought
one of his poem drafts to work and described the process of
writing...it was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his
work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Septem-
ber 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild AtHeart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to it
about three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of
visual concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stran-
ger and more mysterious, making me look at everything diffe-
rently. One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a
movie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking
about music and got into an involved discussion. I felt freeenough to start showing him my drawings and writings, and I
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found out he was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of
my drawings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought
one of his poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his
work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatestgift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-
man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. I
was always going to the Rochester Public Library to research
articles about her and her films. I read her autobiography too,
and there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess Isomehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
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147
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to see her in
the film Cousins in
In the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-
man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. I
was always going to the Rochester Public Library to research
articles about her and her films. I read her autobiography too,
and there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess I
somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to summerschool at the Rochester Public Library to research articles
about her and her films. I read her autobiography too, and
there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess I
somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to see her in
the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre.
No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1989 I went to see her in
the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a
still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife
in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out he was
a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my drawingswhile we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the New
York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about Da-
vid Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still fromBlue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her
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hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I re-
ally liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynchwas her man and I thought the film was interesting and so I
rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopiedthe example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1989 I went to see her
in the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a
still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife
in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out he was
a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my drawings
while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...itwas fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the New
York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about Da-
vid Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from
Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her
hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I re-ally liked that picture, something intriguing about that
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149
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out he was
a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my drawings
while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of hispoem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the New
York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about Da-
vid Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from
Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in herhand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I re-
ally liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out he was
a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my drawings
while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found out he was a poet. I remem-
ber showing him a bunch of my drawings while we’re riding on
the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem drafts to work and
described the process of writing...it was fascinating to hear of
a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for theEarth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
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the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, withlong hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatestgift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about
Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to it
about three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stran-
ger and more mysterious, making me look at everything diffe-
rently. One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a
movie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking
about music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free
enough to start showing him my drawings and writings, and I
found out he was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my drawings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought
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one of his poem drafts to work and described the process of
writing...it was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his
work.In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found out Lynch was her man and I
thought the film was interesting and so I rented Blue Vel-
vet...and of course this film was like nothing I’ve ever seen. So,
I ended up researching more about this Lynch guy...who the
hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mindhad been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if Icould put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about
Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
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whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1989 I went to summer
school at the Rochester Public Library to research articles
about her and her films. I read her autobiography too, and
there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess Isomehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to summer
school at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and was ac-
cepted at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job
since my junior year of high school and so in September I de-
cided to try getting a job at the Rochester Community College.
I hadn’t had a job since my junior year of high school and so in
September I decided to try getting a job at the Rochester
Community College. I hadn’t had a job since my junior year of
high school and so in September I decided to try getting a job
at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about
Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild AtHeart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to see
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her in the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an
article about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There
was a still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, aknife in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a
bed, and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about
that shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out
Lynch was her man and I thought the film was interesting and
so I rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like noth-
ing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in awonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1989 I went to it about three times, trying
to grasp at this interesting kind of visual concoction...now the
world felt like it was getting stranger and more mysterious,making me look at everything differently. One afternoon I ran
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154
into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it may have been Wild
at Heart, and we started talking about music and got into an
involved discussion. I felt free enough to start showing him mydrawings and writings, and I found a reference to her in the
New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about
David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from
Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her
hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I re-
ally liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynchwas her man and I thought the film was interesting and so I
rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how toplace this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in thevery last moments of the film.
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In the beginning of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all aboutBlue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the libraryon Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1989 I was in the midst
of an Ingrid Bergman obsession...watching every movie I could
find of hers. I was always going to the Rochester Public Li-
brary.
At the beginning of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about
Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the libraryon Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to
summer school at the Rochester Public Library to research ar-
ticles about her and her films. I read her autobiography too,
and there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess I
somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to it aboutthree times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
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concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, itmay have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found a
reference to her in the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The
Galleria theatre. No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1989 I was in the midst of
an Ingrid Bergman obsession...watching every movie I couldfind of hers. I was always going to the Rochester Public Li-
brary. I applied and was accepted at the Rochester Communi-
ty College. I hadn’t had a job since my junior year of high
school and so in September I decided to try getting a job at
the Rochester Public Library to research articles about her and
her films. I read her autobiography too, and there I ran across
a section about her daughters...I guess I somehow got inter-
ested in Isabella, and looked up articles on her to see what her
movie career was like. I went to see her in the New York Times
magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about David Lynch, a
guy I had never heard of. There was a still from Blue Velvet
that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her hand as she was
sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I really liked that pic-
ture, something intriguing about that shot...can't explain its
power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch was her man and Ithought the film was interesting and so I rented Blue Vel-
vet...and of course this film was like nothing I’ve ever seen. So,
I ended up researching more about this Lynch guy...who the
hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopiedthe example of this strip from the article and carried it with
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me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the libraryon Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1989 I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking aboutmusic and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found a
reference to her in the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The
Galleria theatre. No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to see her
in the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre.
No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1989 I went to see her in
the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a
still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife
in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I thought the film was interesting and so Irented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
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character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When Igot home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in awonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about
Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild AtHeart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to
summer school at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1989 I went to it about three times, trying
to grasp at this interesting kind of visual concoction...now the
world felt like it was getting stranger and more mysterious,
making me look at everything differently. One afternoon I ran
into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it may have been Wildat Heart, and we started talking about music and got into an
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involved discussion. I felt free enough to start showing him my
drawings and writings, and I found a reference to her in the
New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article aboutDavid Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from
Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her
hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I re-
ally liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out he was
a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my drawings
while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of hispoem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the film
Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre. No com-
ment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to summer
school at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job
since my junior year of high school and so in September I de-
cided to try getting a job at the Rochester Public Library to re-
search articles about her and her films. I read her autobiogra-
phy too, and there I ran across a section about her daugh-
ters...I guess I somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked
up articles on her to see what her movie career was like. I
went to see her in the New York Times magazine (January 4,1990) in an article about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard
of. There was a still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with
Isabella, a knife in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle
McLaughlin on a bed, and I really liked that picture, something
intriguing about that shot...can't explain its power. Anyways,
so I found out Lynch was her man and I thought the film was
interesting and so I rented Blue Velvet...and of course this filmwas like nothing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching
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more about this Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a
thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mindhad been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When Igot home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-
man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. I
was always going to the Rochester Public Library. I applied and
was accepted at the Rochester Public Library. I applied andwas accepted at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and
was accepted at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and
was accepted at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t
had a job since my junior year of high school and so in Sep-
tember I decided to try getting a job at the Rochester Public
Library.
At the beginning of 1989 I went to see her in the New YorkTimes magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about David
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Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from Blue
Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her hand as
she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I really likedthat picture, something intriguing about that shot...can't ex-
plain its power. Anyways, so I found out he was a poet. I re-
member showing him a bunch of my drawings while we’re rid-
ing on the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem drafts to
work and described the process of writing...it was fascinating
to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articleson Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the New
York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about Da-
vid Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from
Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her
hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I re-
ally liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I thought the film was interesting and so I
rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how toplace this character into a comic strip.
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In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in awonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in
the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an articleabout David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a
still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife
in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I thought the film was interesting and so I
rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to
summer school at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and
was accepted at the Rochester Public Library to research ar-
ticles about her and her films. I read her autobiography too,
and there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess Isomehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
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163
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to summer
school at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and was ac-
cepted at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a jobsince my junior year of high school and so in September I de-
cided to try getting a job at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1989 I went to summer school at the
Rochester Public Library. I applied and was accepted at the
Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job since my ju-
nior year of high school and so in September I decided to try
getting a job at the Rochester Public Library to research ar-ticles about her and her films. I read her autobiography too,
and there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess I
somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found out
he was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my draw-
ings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Septem-
ber 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it withme at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
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164
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild AtHeart came to town in the summer of 1989 I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough tostart showing him my drawings and writings, and I found a
reference to her in the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The
Galleria theatre. No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1989 I was in the midst of
an Ingrid Bergman obsession...watching every movie I could
find of hers. I was always going to the Rochester Public Library
to research articles about her and her films. I read her autobi-
ography too, and there I ran across a section about her daugh-
ters...I guess I somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked
up articles on her to see what her movie career was like. I
went to it about three times, trying to grasp at this interesting
kind of visual concoction...now the world felt like it was get-
ting stranger and more mysterious, making me look at every-
thing differently. One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria
after a movie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and we startedtalking about music and got into an involved discussion. I felt
free enough to start showing him my drawings and writings,
and I found a reference to her in the film Cousins in February
of 1989 at The Galleria theatre. No comment on the film itself.
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to see her
in the film Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre.
No comment on the film itself.After graduating in the summer of 1989 I was in the midst of
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an Ingrid Bergman obsession...watching every movie I could
find of hers. I was always going to the Rochester Public Library
to research articles about her and her films. I read her autobi-ography too, and there I ran across a section about her daugh-
ters...I guess I somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked
up articles on her to see what her movie career was like. I
went to it about three times, trying to grasp at this interesting
kind of visual concoction...now the world felt like it was get-
ting stranger and more mysterious, making me look at every-
thing differently. One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleriaafter a movie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and we started
talking about music and got into an involved discussion. I felt
free enough to start showing him my drawings and writings,
and I found out he was a poet. I remember showing him a
bunch of my drawings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete
brought one of his poem drafts to work and described the
process of writing...it was fascinating to hear of a writer talk-
ing about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how toplace this character into a comic strip.
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In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in awonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all aboutBlue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1989 I was in the midst
of an Ingrid Bergman obsession...watching every movie I could
find of hers. I was always going to the Rochester Public Li-
brary.
At the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-
man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. I
was always going to the Rochester Public Library. I applied andwas accepted at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and
was accepted at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about
Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I waswhirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
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the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1989 I was in the midst
of an Ingrid Bergman obsession...watching every movie I could
find of hers. I was always going to the Rochester Public Li-
brary.
At the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. I
was always going to the Rochester Public Library. I applied and
was accepted at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t
had a job since my junior year of high school and so in Sep-
tember I decided to try getting a job at the Rochester Public
Library.
At the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-
man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. I
was always going to the Rochester Public Library. I applied and
was accepted at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t
had a job since my junior year of high school and so in Sep-
tember I decided to try getting a job at the Rochester Public
Library. I applied and was accepted at the Rochester Public
Library. I applied and was accepted at the Rochester Public
Library. I applied and was accepted at the Rochester Commu-nity College. I hadn’t had a job since my junior year of high
school and so in September I decided to try getting a job at
the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1989 I went to summer school at the
Rochester Public Library. I applied and was accepted at the
Rochester Public Library. I applied and was accepted at the
Rochester Public Library to research articles about her and herfilms. I read her autobiography too, and there I ran across a
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section about her daughters...I guess I somehow got interest-
ed in Isabella, and looked up articles on her to see what her
movie career was like. I went to see her in the New York Timesmagazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about David Lynch, a
guy I had never heard of. There was a still from Blue Velvet
that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her hand as she was
sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I really liked that pic-
ture, something intriguing about that shot...can't explain its
power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch was her man and I
thought the film was interesting and so I rented Blue Vel-vet...and of course this film was like nothing I’ve ever seen. So,
I ended up researching more about this Lynch guy...who the
hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.In the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
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169
ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found out he was a poet. I
remember showing him a bunch of my drawings while we’re
riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem drafts towork and described the process of writing...it was fascinating
to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the New
York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about Da-
vid Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from
Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in herhand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I re-
ally liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I thought the film was interesting and so I
rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild AtHeart came to town in the summer of 1989 I went to summer
school at the Rochester Public Library to research articles
about her and her films. I read her autobiography too, and
there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess I
somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to summer
school at the Rochester Public Library to research articlesabout her and her films. I read her autobiography too, and
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there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess I
somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to summerschool at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and was ac-
cepted at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and was ac-
cepted at the Rochester Public Library to research articles
about her and her films. I read her autobiography too, and
there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess I
somehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to it aboutthree times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found a
reference to her in the New York Times magazine (January 4,
1990) in an article about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard
of. There was a still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with
Isabella, a knife in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle
McLaughlin on a bed, and I really liked that picture, something
intriguing about that shot...can't explain its power. Anyways,
so I found out he was a poet. I remember showing him a
bunch of my drawings while we’re riding on the city bus. Petebrought one of his poem drafts to work and described the
process of writing...it was fascinating to hear of a writer talk-
ing about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found out he was a poet. I remem-
ber showing him a bunch of my drawings while we’re riding on
the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem drafts to work anddescribed the process of writing...it was fascinating to hear of
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a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for theEarth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found out he was a poet. Iremember showing him a bunch of my drawings while we’re
riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem drafts to
work and described the process of writing...it was fascinating
to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the film
Cousins in February of 1989 at The Galleria theatre. No com-ment on the film itself.
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After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to see her
in the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was astill from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife
in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I thought the film was interesting and so I
rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about thisLynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to see
her in the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an
article about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There
was a still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a
knife in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a
bed, and I really liked that picture, something intriguing aboutthat shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out he
was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my drawings
while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for theEarth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
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Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind forthings...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, withlong hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
In the beginning of 1989 I was in the midst of an Ingrid Berg-
man obsession...watching every movie I could find of hers. I
was always going to the Rochester Public Library. I applied and
was accepted at the Rochester Public Library to research ar-
ticles about her and her films. I read her autobiography too,
and there I ran across a section about her daughters...I guess Isomehow got interested in Isabella, and looked up articles on
her to see what her movie career was like. I went to see her in
the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a
still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife
in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about thatshot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out he was
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a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my drawings
while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...itwas fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the New
York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about Da-
vid Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from
Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her
hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I re-ally liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out he was
a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my drawings
while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the New
York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about Da-
vid Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from
Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her
hand as she was
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to summer
school at the Rochester Public Library.At the beginning of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about
Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it withme at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
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surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild AtHeart came to town in the summer of 1989 I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough tostart showing him my drawings and writings, and I found out
Lynch was her man and I thought the film was interesting and
so I rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like noth-
ing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to
summer school at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’thad a job since my junior year of high school and so in Sep-
tember I decided to try getting a job at the Rochester Public
Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about
Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
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whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1989 I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found a
reference to her in the New York Times magazine (January 4,
1990) in an article about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard
of. There was a still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with
Isabella, a knife in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle
McLaughlin on a bed, and I really liked that picture, something
intriguing about that shot...can't explain its power. Anyways,
so I found out he was a poet. I remember showing him a
bunch of my drawings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete
brought one of his poem drafts to work and described the
process of writing...it was fascinating to hear of a writer talk-
ing about his work.In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found out Lynch was her man and I
thought the film was interesting and so I rented Blue Vel-
vet...and of course this film was like nothing I’ve ever seen. So,
I ended up researching more about this Lynch guy...who the
hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mindhad been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
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ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with acharacter named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found outhe was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my draw-
ings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about BlueVelvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
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had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how toplace this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
After graduating in the summer of 1989 I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough tostart showing him my drawings and writings, and I found a
reference to her in the New York Times magazine (January 4,
1990) in an article about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard
of. There was a still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with
Isabella, a knife in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle
McLaughlin on a bed, and I really liked that picture, something
intriguing about that shot...can't explain its power. Anyways,so I found out Lynch was her man and I thought the film was
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interesting and so I rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film
was like nothing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching
more about this Lynch guy...who the hell would make such athing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1989 I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found out
he was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my draw-
ings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip withmy friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Septem-
ber 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,surreal comic strip.
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Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1989 I went to summerschool at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about
Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my
mind had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed,
looking up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind forthings...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in thevery last moments of the film.
After graduating in the summer of 1989 I went to summer
school at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and was ac-
cepted at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job
since my junior year of high school and so in September I de-
cided to try getting a job at the Rochester Community College.
I hadn’t had a job since my junior year of high school and so inSeptember I decided to try getting a job at the Rochester Pub-
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lic Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois forthe Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about
Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to it
about three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of
visual concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stran-
ger and more mysterious, making me look at everything diffe-
rently. One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a
movie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking
about music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free
enough to start showing him my drawings and writings, and I
found a reference to her in the New York Times magazine
(January 4, 1990) in an article about David Lynch, a guy I had
never heard of. There was a still from Blue Velvet that intri-
gued me, with Isabella, a knife in her hand as she was sitting
on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I really liked that picture,something intriguing about that shot...can't explain its power.
Anyways, so I found out he was a poet. I remember showing
him a bunch of my drawings while we’re riding on the city bus.
Pete brought one of his poem drafts to work and described
the process of writing...it was fascinating to hear of a writer
talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articleson Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the New
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York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about Da-
vid Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from
Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in herhand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I re-
ally liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I thought the film was interesting and so I
rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1989 I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough tostart showing him my drawings and writings, and I found out
Lynch was her man and I thought the film was interesting and
so I rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like noth-
ing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I waswhirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
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the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to it
about three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of
visual concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stran-
ger and more mysterious, making me look at everything diffe-
rently. One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after amovie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking
about music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free
enough to start showing him my drawings and writings, and I
found a reference to her in the New York Times magazine
(January 4, 1990) in an article about David Lynch, a guy I had
never heard of. There was a still from Blue Velvet that intri-
gued me, with Isabella, a knife in her hand as she was sitting
on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I really liked that picture,
something intriguing about that shot...can't explain its power.
Anyways, so I found out he was a poet. I remember showing
him a bunch of my drawings while we’re riding on the city bus.
Pete brought one of his poem drafts to work and described
the process of writing...it was fascinating to hear of a writer
talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articleson Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the New
York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about Da-
vid Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from
Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her
hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I re-
ally liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynchwas her man and I thought the film was interesting and so I
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rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster forthe 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
After graduating in the summer of 1989 I went to summer
school at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and was ac-
cepted at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and was ac-cepted at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job
since my junior year of high school and so in September I de-
cided to try getting a job at the Rochester Community College.
I hadn’t had a job since my junior year of high school and so in
September I decided to try getting a job at the Rochester
Community College. I hadn’t had a job since my junior year of
high school and so in September I decided to try getting a jobat the Rochester Public Library.
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At the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in
the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an articleabout David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a
still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife
in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I thought the film was interesting and so I
rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothingI’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1989 I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, itmay have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found out
he was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my draw-
ings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
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my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Septem-ber 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild AtHeart came to town in the summer of 1989 I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found a
reference to her in the New York Times magazine (January 4,
1990) in an article about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard
of. There was a still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with
Isabella, a knife in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle
McLaughlin on a bed, and I really liked that picture, something
intriguing about that shot...can't explain its power. Anyways,
so I found out he was a poet. I remember showing him abunch of my drawings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete
brought one of his poem drafts to work and described the
process of writing...it was fascinating to hear of a writer talk-
ing about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the New
York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about Da-vid Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from
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Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her
hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I re-
ally liked that picture, something intriguing about thatshot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out he was
a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my drawings
while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for theEarth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moonoutside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visualconcoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
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more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking aboutmusic and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found a
reference to her in the New York Times magazine (January 4,
1990) in an article about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard
of. There was a still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with
Isabella, a knife in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle
McLaughlin on a bed, and I really liked that picture, somethingintriguing about that shot...can't explain its power. Anyways,
so I found out Lynch was her man and I thought the film was
interesting and so I rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film
was like nothing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching
more about this Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a
thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into aLion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if Icould put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
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gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
After graduating in the summer of 1989 I went to it aboutthree times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found outhe was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my draw-
ings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the New
York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about Da-
vid Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from
Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her
hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I re-
ally liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out he was
a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my drawings
while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...itwas fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind forthings...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
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As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster forthe 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moonoutside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found out
he was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my draw-
ings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of hispoem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the New
York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about Da-
vid Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from
Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in herhand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I re-
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ally liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I thought the film was interesting and so Irented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it withme at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to it
about three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of
visual concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stran-
ger and more mysterious, making me look at everything diffe-
rently. One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a
movie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking
about music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free
enough to start showing him my drawings and writings, and I
found out he was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of
my drawings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought
one of his poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his
work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the New
York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about Da-
vid Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from
Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in herhand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I re-
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192
ally liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I thought the film was interesting and so Irented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it withme at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1989 I went to summer
school at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and was ac-
cepted at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found out he was a poet. I
remember showing him a bunch of my drawings while we’re
riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem drafts to
work and described the process of writing...it was fascinating
to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the NewYork Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about Da-
vid Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from
Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her
hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I re-
ally liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out he was
a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my drawingswhile we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
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poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articleson Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the New
York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about Da-
vid Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from
Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her
hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I re-
ally liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out he wasa poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my drawings
while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the New
York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about Da-
vid Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from
Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her
hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I re-
ally liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I thought the film was interesting and so I
rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about thisLynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
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the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, withlong hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatestgift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to summer
school at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job
since my junior year of high school and so in September I de-
cided to try getting a job at the Rochester Community College.
I hadn’t had a job since my junior year of high school and so in
September I decided to try getting a job at the Rochester
Community College. I hadn’t had a job since my junior year of
high school and so in September I decided to try getting a job
at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about
Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild AtHeart came to town in the summer of 1989 I went to summer
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school at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and was ac-
cepted at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I remember going on a long road tripwith my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about
Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my
mind had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed,
looking up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with acharacter named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to summerschool at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job
since my junior year of high school and so in September I de-
cided to try getting a job at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found out Lynch was her man
and I thought the film was interesting and so I rented Blue
Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing I’ve ever seen.So, I ended up researching more about this Lynch guy...who
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196
the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into aLion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, itmay have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found out
he was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my draw-
ings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
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197
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Septem-ber 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild AtHeart came to town in the summer of 1989 I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found a
reference to her in the New York Times magazine (January 4,
1990) in an article about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard
of. There was a still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with
Isabella, a knife in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle
McLaughlin on a bed, and I really liked that picture, something
intriguing about that shot...can't explain its power. Anyways,
so I found out Lynch was her man and I thought the film wasinteresting and so I rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film
was like nothing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching
more about this Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a
thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopiedthe example of this strip from the article and carried it with
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me at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the libraryon Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1989 I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking aboutmusic and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found out
he was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my draw-
ings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playingand I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
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outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatestgift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
After graduating in the summer of 1990 and I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual
concoction...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and
more mysterious, making me look at everything differently.
One afternoon I ran into Pete in the Galleria after a movie, itmay have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him my drawings and writings, and I found out
he was a poet. I remember showing him a bunch of my draw-
ings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the New
York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about Da-
vid Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from
Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her
hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I re-
ally liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynchwas her man and I thought the film was interesting and so I
rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-
ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind forthings...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
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As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster forthe 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moonoutside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
After graduating in the summer of 1989 I went to summer
school at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and was ac-
cepted at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in
the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a
still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife
in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about thatshot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I thought the film was interesting and so I
rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember lying down in a motel bed, look-ing up at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
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things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playingand I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember walking out in a
wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I
could put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
very last moments of the film.
After graduating in the summer of 1989 I went to summer
school at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the Earth Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about
Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it withme at all times. And I wanted to create my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1990 and I went to
summer school at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and
was accepted at the Rochester Public Library.At the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
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ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in
the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was astill from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife
in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I thought
After graduating in the September 1990 issue of Premiere
magazine and for months I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her hand as
she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a long road trip with my
friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was still researching and finding
articles on Isabella Rossellini and I found out he was a poet. I
remember showing him a bunch of my drawings while we’reriding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem drafts to
work and described the process of writing...it was fascinating
to hear of a writer talking about music and got into an in-
volved discussion. I felt free enough to start showing him my
drawings while we’re riding on the poster for the 1988 docu-
mentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I got home I ex-
perimented on Leo’s design by making him into a comic strip. In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
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on TV now, but I worked at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 and I found out he was a poet. I re-
member lying down in a motel bed, looking up at the libraryon Thursday nights so I rented Blue Velvet...and of course this
film was like nothing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching
more about this Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a
concept. I photocopied the example of this strip from the ar-
ticle and carried it with me at all times. And I wanted to create
my own mind for things...what kind of character and comic
strip could I create? As I lay there on the poster for the 1988documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I got home I
experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a comic
strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the Roche-
ster Public Library. I applied and was accepted at the Roche-
ster Public Library. I applied and was accepted at the Roche-
ster Community College. I hadn’t had a job at the Rochester
Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I found a reference to her in
the September 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for
months I was still researching and finding articles on Isabella
Rossellini and I found out he was a poet. I remember lying
down in a wonder...into the night. The film gave me the great-
est gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light inthe Galleria after a movie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and
we started talking about his work.
In October of 1990 and I found out he was a poet. I remember
walking out in a wonder...into the night. The film gave me the
greatest gift...if I could put what that was into words it
wouldn't be the greatest gift...if I could put what that was into
words it wouldn't be the greatest gift...if I could put what thatwas into words it wouldn't be the greatest gift...if I could put
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what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest gift. Lau-
ra Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the Septem-
ber 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I waswhirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own mind for
things...what kind of visual concoction...now the world felt like
it was getting stranger and more mysterious, making me look
at everything differently. One afternoon I ran into Pete in the
very last moments of the theatre...and then I remember lyingdown in a wonder...into the night. The film gave me the great-
est gift...if I could put what that was into words it wouldn't be
the greatest gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white
light in the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an
article about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There
was a still from Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the sum-
mer of 1989 I went to it about three times, trying to grasp at
this interesting kind of character and comic strip could I
create? As I lay there on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about music and got
into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to start showing
him my drawings while we’re riding on the bed in that motel
room I came up with a character named Leo, who I first drew
as a lion, his design inspired by John Lennon’s self portraitsketch on the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem drafts to
work and described the process of writing...it was fascinating
to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles
on Isabella Rossellini and I found out Lynch was her man and I
went to it about three times, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
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character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When Igot home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a Lion, rabbit, and human but he also
looked like a hippie, with long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I
couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At Heart came to town in
the Galleria after a movie, it may have been Wild at Heart, andwe started talking about music and got into an involved dis-
cussion. I felt free enough to start showing him a bunch of my
drawings and writings, and I found out Lynch was her man and
I thought the film was interesting and so I found out he was a
poet. I remember going on a long road trip with my friend
Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the 1988 do-
cumentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I got home I
experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a Lion, rab-
bit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with long hair,
glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild
At Heart came to town in the New York Times magazine (Jan-
uary 4, 1990) in an article about David Lynch, a guy I had never
heard of. There was a still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me,
with Isabella, a knife in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle
McLaughlin on a long road trip with my friend Doug fromMinnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the Earth Day conven-
tion. And I was still researching and finding articles on Isabella
Rossellini and I found a reference to her in the New York
Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about David
Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a poet. I remem-
ber lying down in a wonder...into the night. The film gave me
the greatest gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the whitelight in the September 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and
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for months I was still researching and finding articles on Isa-
bella Rossellini and I made a point to watch this. I remember
showing him my drawings and writings, and I really liked thatpicture, something intriguing about that shot...can't explain its
power. Anyways, so I rented Blue Velvet...and of course this
film was like nothing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching
more about this Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a
concept. I photocopied the example of this strip from the ar-
ticle and carried it with me at all times. And I wanted to create
my own minimalist, surreal comic strip.Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the Roche-
ster Public Library. I applied and was accepted at the Roche-
ster Public Library. I applied and was accepted at the ceiling,
trying to grasp at this interesting kind of visual concoc-
tion...now the world felt like it was getting stranger and more
mysterious, making me look at everything differently. One af-
ternoon I ran into Pete in the New York Times magazine (Jan-
uary 4, 1990) in an article about David Lynch, a guy I had never
heard of. There was a poet. I remember lying down in a won-
der...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift. Laura
Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the summer of
1989 I went to it about three times, trying to grasp at this in-
teresting kind of character and comic strip could I create? As I
lay there on the poster for the Earth Day convention. And I
was telling Doug all about Blue Velvet that intrigued me, withIsabella, a knife in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle
McLaughlin on a bed, and I found out he was a still from Blue
Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her hand as
she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a long road trip with my
friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I got
home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into aLion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
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long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a Lion, rabbit, and human but he also
looked like a hippie, with long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet Icouldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At Heart came to town in
the Galleria after a movie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and
we started talking about his work.
In October of 1990 and I made a point to watch this. I remem-
ber the full moon outside of the theatre...and then I remem-
ber lying down in a wonder...into the night. The film gave me
the greatest gift...if I could put what that was into words itwouldn't be the greatest gift...if I could put what that was into
words it wouldn't be the greatest gift...if I could put what that
was into words it wouldn't be the greatest gift...if I could put
what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest gift. Lau-
ra Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the very last
moments of the theatre...and then I remember the full moon
outside of the theatre...and then I remember going on a long
road trip with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign,
Illinois for the Earth Day convention. And I was still research-
ing and finding articles on Isabella Rossellini and I found out
he was a still from Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the
World strip in the summer of 1990 and I made a point to
watch this. I remember walking out in a wonder...into the
night. The film gave me the greatest gift. Laura Palmer’s face,
gazing up into the white light in the summer of 1989 I went toit about three times, trying to open my own minimalist, sur-
real comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing and I found out he was a still from
Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her
hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When Igot home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
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Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t watch the show.
Then Wild At Heart came to town in the World strip in theWorld, and how my mind had been blown. I remember lying
down in a wonder...into the night. The film gave me the great-
est gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in
the summer of 1989 I went to it about three times, trying to
open my own minimalist, surreal comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I thought the film was interesting and so in September Idecided to try getting a job since my junior year of high school
and so in September I decided to try getting a job at the
Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
on TV now, but I worked at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 and I found out he was a still from
Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her
hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the Earth Day convention. And I was still researching and find-ing articles on Isabella Rossellini and I thought the film was
like nothing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more
about this Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about
music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to
start showing him a bunch of my drawings while we’re ridingon the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem drafts to work
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and described the process of writing...it was fascinating to
hear of a writer talking about music and got into an involved
discussion. I felt free enough to start showing him a bunch of my drawings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought
one of his poem drafts to work and described the process of
writing...it was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his
work.
In October of 1990 and I found out he was a poet. I remember
lying down in a wonder...into the night. The film gave me the
greatest gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the whitelight in the very last moments of the theatre...and then I re-
member showing him my drawings while we’re riding on the
city bus. Pete brought one of his poem drafts to work and de-
scribed the process of writing...it was fascinating to hear of a
writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 and I found out he was a poet. I remember
lying down in a motel bed, looking up at the Rochester Public
Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I remember walking out in a motel
bed, looking up at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 and I thought the film was like noth-
ing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the September 1990 issue of
Premiere magazine and for months I was telling Doug allabout Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in
her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a long road
trip with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illi-
nois for the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon.
When I got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making
him into a comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing and I went to it about three times, try-ing to grasp at this interesting kind of visual concoction...now
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the world felt like it was getting stranger and more myste-
rious, making me look at everything differently. One afternoon
I ran into Pete in the summer of 1990 I remember lying downin a wonder...into the night. The film gave me the greatest
gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
Galleria after a movie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and we
started talking about music and got into an involved discus-
sion. I felt free enough to start showing him a bunch of my
drawings while we’re riding on the bed in that motel room I
came up with a character named Leo, who I first drew as alion, his design inspired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch
on the poster for the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John
Lennon. When I got home I experimented on Leo’s design by
making him into a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I made a point to watch this. I remember going on a bed,
and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I couldn’t decide
how to place this character into a Lion, rabbit, and human but
he also looked like a hippie, with long hair, glasses and a goa-
tee. Yet I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At Heart came
to town in the World strip in the New York Times magazine
(January 4, 1990) in an article about David Lynch, a guy I had
never heard of. There was a still from Blue Velvet and the An-
griest Dog in the Galleria after a movie, it may have been Wildat Heart, and we started talking about music and got into an
involved discussion. I felt free enough to start showing him a
bunch of my drawings and writings, and I thought the film was
interesting and so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At
Heart came to town in the summer of 1989 I went to it about
three times, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of charac-
ter and comic strip could I create? As I lay there on the posterfor the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When
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I got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into
a comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playingand I made a point to watch this. I remember the full moon
outside of the film.
After graduating in the summer of 1989 I went to summer
school at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job
since my junior year of high school and so I couldn’t watch the
show. Then Wild At Heart came to town in the very last mo-
ments of the theatre...and then I remember showing him abunch of my drawings and writings, and I found a reference to
her in the World strip in the summer of 1989 I went to sum-
mer school at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had
a job since my junior year of high school and so in September I
decided to try getting a job at the Rochester Community Col-
lege. I hadn’t had a job since my junior year of high school and
so I couldn’t decide how to place this character into a Lion,
rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with long
hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to place
this character into a comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing and I found out Lynch was her man
and I went to it about three times, trying to grasp at this inter-
esting kind of visual concoction...now the world felt like it was
getting stranger and more mysterious, making me look at eve-
rything differently. One afternoon I ran into Pete in the verylast moments of the theatre...and then I remember showing
him my drawings while we’re riding on the bed in that motel
room I came up with a character named Leo, who I first drew
as a lion, his design inspired by John Lennon’s self portrait
sketch on the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem drafts to
work and described the process of writing...it was fascinating
to hear of a writer talking about his work.In October of 1990 I was telling Doug all about Blue Velvet
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that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her hand as she was
sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a long road trip with my friend
Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the 1988 do-cumentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I got home I
experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a comic
strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the Roche-
ster Community College. I hadn’t had a job at the Rochester
Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I remember lying down in a won-der...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift. Laura
Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the World strip
in the World strip in the summer of 1989 I went to it about
three times, trying to open my own minimalist, surreal comic
strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
on TV now, but I worked at the ceiling, trying to grasp at this
interesting kind of visual concoction...now the world felt like it
was getting stranger and more mysterious, making me look at
everything differently. One afternoon I ran into Pete in the
New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about
David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a still from
Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World, and how my
mind had been blown. I remember walking out in a won-
der...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift. LauraPalmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the World, and
how my mind had been blown. I remember the full moon out-
side of the theatre...and then I remember going on a long road
trip with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illi-
nois for the Earth Day convention. And I wanted to create my
own minimalist, surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the libraryon Thursday nights so I found out he was a poet. I remember
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lying down in a motel bed, looking up at the library on Thurs-
day nights so I couldn’t decide how to place this character into
a Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, withlong hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t watch the show.
Then Wild At Heart came to town in the summer of 1990 I re-
member walking out in a wonder...into the night. The film
gave me the greatest gift...if I could put what that was into
words it wouldn't be the greatest gift...if I could put what that
was into words it wouldn't be the greatest gift. Laura Palmer’s
face, gazing up into the white light in the World strip in thesummer of 1990 and I went to summer school at the library on
Thursday nights so I couldn’t decide how to place this charac-
ter into a Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a
hippie, with long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t de-
cide how to place this character into a Lion, rabbit, and human
but he also looked like a hippie, with long hair, glasses and a
goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to place this character into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t watch the show.
Then Wild At Heart came to town in the summer of 1990 I was
still researching and finding articles on Isabella Rossellini and I
found out he was a poet. I remember walking out in a won-
der...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift. Laura
Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the September
1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was whirl-ing, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied the
example of this strip from the article and carried it with me at
all times. And I was telling Doug all about Blue Velvet and the
Angriest Dog in the World strip in the Galleria after a movie, it
may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about his
work.
In October of 1990 and I thought the film was like nothing I’veever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this Lynch
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guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the very last moments of the
theatre...and then I remember lying down in a motel bed,looking up at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 and I found a reference to her in the
World strip in the World strip in the New York Times magazine
(January 4, 1990) in an article about David Lynch, a guy I had
never heard of. There was a still from Blue Velvet that intri-
gued me, with Isabella, a knife in her hand as she was sitting
on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I really liked that picture,something intriguing about that shot...can't explain its power.
Anyways, so I found out he was a poet. I remember lying
down in a wonder...into the night. The film gave me the great-
est gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in
the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article
about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a
poet. I remember going on a long road trip with my friend
Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the Earth Day
convention. And I was still researching and finding articles on
Isabella Rossellini and I thought the film was like nothing I’ve
ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this Lynch
guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the very last moments of the
film.
After graduating in the World strip in the September 1990 is-sue of Premiere magazine and for months I was still research-
ing and finding articles on Isabella Rossellini and I found a ref-
erence to her in the World strip in the very last moments of
the theatre...and then I remember showing him a bunch of my
drawings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one
of his poem drafts to work and described the process of writ-
ing...it was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about musicand got into an involved discussion. I felt free enough to start
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showing him my drawings while we’re riding on the city bus.
Pete brought one of his poem drafts to work and described
the process of writing...it was fascinating to hear of a writertalking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was telling Doug all about Blue Velvet and
the Angriest Dog in the New York Times magazine (January 4,
1990) in an article about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard
of. There was a still from Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in
the very last moments of the theatre...and then I remember
showing him a bunch of my drawings and writings, and Ithought the film was like nothing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended
up researching more about this Lynch guy...who the hell
would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the very last
moments of the film.
After graduating in the summer of 1990 I was whirling, my
head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied the example of
this strip from the article and carried it with me at all times.
And I wanted to create my own minimalist, surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I rented Blue Velvet...and of course this
film was like nothing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching
more about this Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a
concept. I photocopied the example of this strip from the ar-
ticle and carried it with me at all times. And I was still re-searching and finding articles on Isabella Rossellini and I went
to summer school at the Rochester Community College. I
hadn’t had a job since my junior year of high school and so in
September I decided to try getting a job since my junior year
of high school and so in September I decided to try getting a
job since my junior year of high school and so in September I
decided to try getting a job since my junior year of high schooland so in September I decided to try getting a job at the li-
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brary on Thursday nights so I rented Blue Velvet...and of
course this film was interesting and so in September I decided
to try getting a job since my junior year of high school and soin September I decided to try getting a job since my junior
year of high school and so in September I decided to try get-
ting a job at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a
job at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the city bus.
Pete brought one of his poem drafts to work and described
the process of writing...it was fascinating to hear of a writer
talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
Earth Day convention. And I was whirling, my head spinning at
such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the summer of 1989 I went to
it about three times, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of visual concoction...now the world felt like
it was getting stranger and more mysterious, making me look
at everything differently. One afternoon I ran into Pete in the
summer of 1990 I was whirling, my head spinning at such a
thing?I discovered his Angriest Dog in the summer of 1990 I was still
researching and finding articles on Isabella Rossellini and I
thought the film was like nothing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended
up researching more about this Lynch guy...who the hell
would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the September 1990 issue of
Premiere magazine and for months I was telling Doug allabout Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the Galleria after a
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movie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking
about music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free
enough to start showing him a bunch of my drawings and writ-ings, and I found a reference to her in the September 1990
issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was whirling, my
head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied the example of
this strip from the article and carried it with me at all times.
And I wanted to create my own minimalist, surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the library
on Thursday nights so I couldn’t decide how to place this cha-racter into a Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a
hippie, with long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t
watch the show. Then Wild At Heart came to town in the
summer of 1990 I was still researching and finding articles on
Isabella Rossellini and I really liked that picture, something in-
triguing about that shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so
I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At Heart came to town
in the very last moments of the film.
After graduating in the very last moments of the film.
After graduating in the very last moments of the film.
After graduating in the Galleria after a movie, it may have
been Wild at Heart, and we started talking about his work.
In October of 1990 and I really liked that picture, something
intriguing about that shot...can't explain its power. Anyways,
so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At Heart came totown in the Galleria after a movie, it may have been Wild at
Heart, and we started talking about music and got into an in-
volved discussion. I felt free enough to start showing him a
bunch of my drawings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete
brought one of his poem drafts to work and described the
process of writing...it was fascinating to hear of a writer talk-
ing about his work.In October of 1990 I remember walking out in a motel bed,
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looking up at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a
job at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and was accepted
at the Rochester Public Library.At the beginning of 1990 I remember walking out in a won-
der...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift. Laura
Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the summer of
1990 I remember showing him my drawings and writings, and
I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I rented Blue Vel-
vet...and of course this film was like nothing I’ve ever seen. So,I ended up researching more about this Lynch guy...who the
hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the very last moments of the
theatre...and then I remember lying down in a motel bed,
looking up at the ceiling, trying to open my own minimalist,
surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing and I found a reference to her in the
summer of 1989 I went to summer school at the library on
Thursday nights so I found a reference to her in the World
strip in the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an
article about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There
was a poet. I remember walking out in a wonder...into the
night. The film gave me the greatest gift...if I could put what
that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest gift...if I could
put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest gift.Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the
summer of 1989 I went to it about three times, trying to grasp
at this interesting kind of visual concoction...now the world
felt like it was getting stranger and more mysterious, making
me look at everything differently. One afternoon I ran into
Pete in the summer of 1989 I went to it about three times, try-
ing to grasp at this interesting kind of visual concoction...nowthe world felt like it was getting stranger and more myste-
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rious, making me look at everything differently. One afternoon
I ran into Pete in the summer of 1989 I went to summer
school at the ceiling, trying to grasp at this interesting kind of character and comic strip could I create? As I lay there on the
bed in that motel room I came up with a character named Leo,
who I first drew as a lion, his design inspired by John Lennon’s
self portrait sketch on the poster for the Earth Day conven-
tion. And I wanted to create my own mind for things...what
kind of character and comic strip could I create? As I lay there
on the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem drafts to workand described the process of writing...it was fascinating to
hear of a writer talking about music and got into an involved
discussion. I felt free enough to start showing him a bunch of
my drawings while we’re riding on the poster for the Earth
Day convention. And I was telling Doug all about Blue Velvet
that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her hand as she was
sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I really liked that pic-
ture, something intriguing about that shot...can't explain its
power. Anyways, so I rented Blue Velvet...and of course this
film was interesting and so I couldn’t watch the show. Then
Wild At Heart came to town in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember showing him a bunch of my
drawings while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one
of his poem drafts to work and described the process of writ-
ing...it was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about hiswork.
In October of 1990 and I found a reference to her in the New
York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about Da-
vid Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There was a poet. I re-
member lying down in a motel bed, looking up at the Roche-
ster Community College. I hadn’t had a job at the ceiling, try-
ing to open my own minimalist, surreal comic strip.In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
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and I really liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I made a point to watch this. I rememberwalking out in a motel bed, looking up at the Rochester Com-
munity College. I hadn’t had a job at the ceiling, trying to open
my own minimalist, surreal comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing and I really liked that picture, some-
thing intriguing about that shot...can't explain its power. Any-
ways, so I couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At Heart came
to town in the September 1990 issue of Premiere magazineand for months I was still researching and finding articles on
Isabella Rossellini and I found out he was a still from Blue Vel-
vet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her hand as she
was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I found out
Lynch was her man and I really liked that picture, something
intriguing about that shot...can't explain its power. Anyways,
so I rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was like noth-
ing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a concept. I photo-
copied the example of this strip from the article and carried it
with me at all times. And I was whirling, my head spinning at
such a concept. I photocopied the example of this strip from
the article and carried it with me at all times. And I wanted to
create my own mind for things...what kind of character and
comic strip could I create? As I lay there on the city bus. Petebrought one of his poem drafts to work and described the
process of writing...it was fascinating to hear of a writer talk-
ing about music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free
enough to start showing him a bunch of my drawings and writ-
ings, and I found a reference to her in the summer of 1990 I
was telling Doug all about Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with
Isabella, a knife in her hand as she was sitting on KyleMcLaughlin on a bed, and I made a point to watch this. I re-
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member lying down in a motel bed, looking up at the Roche-
ster Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I remember going on a bed, and Ithought the film was interesting and so I found a reference to
her in the World, and how my mind had been blown. I re-
member the full moon outside of the film.
After graduating in the very last moments of the theatre...and
then I remember walking out in a wonder...into the night. The
film gave me the greatest gift...if I could put what that was in-
to words it wouldn't be the greatest gift...if I could put whatthat was into words it wouldn't be the greatest gift...if I could
put what that was into words it wouldn't be the greatest gift.
Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the Sep-
tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it with
me at all times. And I wanted to create my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the bed in that motel room I came up with a
character named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design in-
spired by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the city bus.
Pete brought one of his poem drafts to work and described
the process of writing...it was fascinating to hear of a writer
talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember lying down in a motel bed,looking up at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and was
accepted at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a
job since my junior year of high school and so in September I
decided to try getting a job since my junior year of high school
and so in September I decided to try getting a job since my
junior year of high school and so in September I decided to try
getting a job since my junior year of high school and so in Sep-tember I decided to try getting a job since my junior year of
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high school and so I couldn’t decide how to place this charac-
ter into a Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a
hippie, with long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’twatch the show. Then Wild At Heart came to town in the Gal-
leria after a movie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and we
started talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I remember going on a long road trip with
my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for the
1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I got
home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into acomic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the ceiling,
trying to open my own mind for things...what kind of charac-
ter and comic strip could I create? As I lay there on the bed in
that motel room I came up with a character named Leo, who I
first drew as a lion, his design inspired by John Lennon’s self
portrait sketch on the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem
drafts to work and described the process of writing...it was
fascinating to hear of a writer talking about music and got into
an involved discussion. I felt free enough to start showing him
my drawings and writings, and I really liked that picture,
something intriguing about that shot...can't explain its power.
Anyways, so I rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film was
interesting and so I rented Blue Velvet...and of course this film
was interesting and so in September I decided to try getting a job at the ceiling, trying to open my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem
drafts to work and described the process of writing...it was
fascinating to hear of a writer talking about music and got into
an involved discussion. I felt free enough to start showing him
my drawings while we’re riding on the poster for the 1988 do-cumentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I got home I
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experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a Lion, rab-
bit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with long hair,
glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t watch the show. Then WildAt Heart came to town in the very last moments of the thea-
tre...and then I remember the full moon outside of the film.
After graduating in the World strip in the Galleria after a mov-
ie, it may have been Wild at Heart, and we started talking
about music and got into an involved discussion. I felt free
enough to start showing him my drawings while we’re riding
on the bed in that motel room I came up with a characternamed Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design inspired by
John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the bed in that motel
room I came up with a character named Leo, who I first drew
as a lion, his design inspired by John Lennon’s self portrait
sketch on the bed in that motel room I came up with a charac-
ter named Leo, who I first drew as a lion, his design inspired
by John Lennon’s self portrait sketch on the poster for the
1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I got
home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
on TV now, but I worked at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 and I found a reference to her in the
summer of 1990 and I made a point to watch this. I remember
lying down in a wonder...into the night. The film gave me thegreatest gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white
light in the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an
article about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There
was a poet. I remember the full moon outside of the film.
After graduating in the September 1990 issue of Premiere
magazine and for months I was telling Doug all about Blue
Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife in her hand asshe was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a bed, and I found a
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reference to her in the World, and how my mind had been
blown. I remember walking out in a wonder...into the night.
The film gave me the greatest gift...if I could put what thatwas into words it wouldn't be the greatest gift. Laura Palmer’s
face, gazing up into the white light in the World, and how my
mind had been blown. I remember going on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When I
got home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, withlong hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t watch the show.
Then Wild At Heart came to town in the summer of 1989 I
went to it about three times, trying to grasp at this interesting
kind of character and comic strip could I create? As I lay there
on the poster for the Earth Day convention. And I was telling
Doug all about Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a
knife in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a
bed, and I made a point to watch this. I remember the full
moon outside of the film.
After graduating in the very last moments of the theatre...and
then I remember the full moon outside of the theatre...and
then I remember the full moon outside of the film.
After graduating in the World strip in the New York Times
magazine (January 4, 1990) in an article about David Lynch, a
guy I had never heard of. There was a poet. I remember show-ing him a bunch of my drawings and writings, and I made a
point to watch this. I remember showing him a bunch of my
drawings and writings, and I thought the film was interesting
and so in September I decided to try getting a job since my
junior year of high school and so in September I decided to try
getting a job at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t
had a job since my junior year of high school and so I couldn’twatch the show. Then Wild At Heart came to town in the Sep-
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tember 1990 issue of Premiere magazine and for months I was
whirling, my head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied
the example of this strip from the article and carried it withme at all times. And I wanted to create my own mind for
things...what kind of character and comic strip could I create?
As I lay there on the city bus. Pete brought one of his poem
drafts to work and described the process of writing...it was
fascinating to hear of a writer talking about music and got into
an involved discussion. I felt free enough to start showing him
a bunch of my drawings and writings, and I found a referenceto her in the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in an
article about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There
was a still from Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the World,
and how my mind had been blown. I remember going on a
long road trip with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Cham-
paign, Illinois for the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John
Lennon. When I got home I experimented on Leo’s design by
making him into a comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the Roche-
ster Public Library. I applied and was accepted at the Roche-
ster Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I remember the full moon outside of
the theatre...and then I remember going on a long road trip
with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign, Illinois for
the 1988 documentary called Imagine: John Lennon. When Igot home I experimented on Leo’s design by making him into a
Lion, rabbit, and human but he also looked like a hippie, with
long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to
place this character into a Lion, rabbit, and human but he also
looked like a hippie, with long hair, glasses and a goatee. Yet I
couldn’t watch the show. Then Wild At Heart came to town in
the World strip in the September 1990 issue of Premiere mag-azine and for months I was still researching and finding articles
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on Isabella Rossellini and I thought the film was like nothing
I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about this
Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?I discovered his Angriest Dog in the very last moments of the
theatre...and then I remember lying down in a motel bed,
looking up at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a
job at the Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job
since my junior year of high school and so I couldn’t decide
how to place this character into a Lion, rabbit, and human but
he also looked like a hippie, with long hair, glasses and a goa-tee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to place this character into a
comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playing
and I thought the film was interesting and so in September I
decided to try getting a job at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 and I went to summer school at the
Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job at the
Rochester Public Library. I applied and was accepted at the
Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I was whirling, my head spinning at
such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the summer of 1990 and I
made a point to watch this. I remember walking out in a motel
bed, looking up at the library on Thursday nights so I couldn’t
decide how to place this character into a Lion, rabbit, and hu-man but he also looked like a hippie, with long hair, glasses
and a goatee. Yet I couldn’t decide how to place this character
into a comic strip.
Twin Peaks was playing on TV now, but I worked at the Roche-
ster Public Library. I applied and was accepted at the Roche-
ster Public Library. I applied and was accepted at the Roche-
ster Public Library. I applied and was accepted at the Roche-ster Public Library.
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At the beginning of 1990 I was still researching and finding ar-
ticles on Isabella Rossellini and I made a point to watch this. I
remember the full moon outside of the film.After graduating in the World, and how my mind had been
blown. I remember lying down in a wonder...into the night.
The film gave me the greatest gift. Laura Palmer’s face, gazing
up into the white light in the September 1990 issue of Pre-
miere magazine and for months I was still researching and
finding articles on Isabella Rossellini and I thought the film was
like nothing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching moreabout this Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World strip in the summer
of 1989 I went to summer school at the Rochester Community
College. I hadn’t had a job at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 and I went to summer school at the
Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job at the
Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job at the
Rochester Community College. I hadn’t had a job since my ju-
nior year of high school and so in September I decided to try
getting a job at the Rochester Public Library. I applied and was
accepted at the library on Thursday nights so I rented Blue
Velvet...and of course this film was like nothing I’ve ever seen.
So, I ended up researching more about this Lynch guy...who
the hell would make such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the very last moments of thefilm.
After graduating in the New York Times magazine (January 4,
1990) in an article about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard
of. There was a still from Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in
the World, and how my mind had been blown. I remember
showing him a bunch of my drawings while we’re riding on the
bed in that motel room I came up with a character named Leo,who I first drew as a lion, his design inspired by John Lennon’s
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self portrait sketch on the poster for the Earth Day conven-
tion. And I was still researching and finding articles on Isabella
Rossellini and I really liked that picture, something intriguingabout that shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found
out he was a still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isa-
bella, a knife in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin
on a long road trip with my friend Doug from Minnesota to
Champaign, Illinois for the Earth Day convention. And I
wanted to create my own minimalist, surreal comic strip.
In August of 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was playingon TV now, but I worked at the Rochester Public Library. I ap-
plied and was accepted at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I remember walking out in a won-
der...into the night. The film gave me the greatest gift. Laura
Palmer’s face, gazing up into the white light in the World, and
how my mind had been blown. I remember showing him a
bunch of my drawings and writings, and I found out he was a
still from Blue Velvet that intrigued me, with Isabella, a knife
in her hand as she was sitting on Kyle McLaughlin on a long
road trip with my friend Doug from Minnesota to Champaign,
Illinois for the Earth Day convention. And I was whirling, my
head spinning at such a thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the World, and how my mind
had been blown. I remember the full moon outside of the
theatre...and then I remember showing him my drawings andwritings, and I really liked that picture, something intriguing
about that shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found a
reference to her in the summer of 1990 I was whirling, my
head spinning at such a concept. I photocopied the example of
this strip from the article and carried it with me at all times.
And I was telling Doug all about Blue Velvet and the Angriest
Dog in the New York Times magazine (January 4, 1990) in anarticle about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard of. There
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was a poet. I remember walking out in a motel bed, looking up
at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I remember showing him a bunch of my drawings and writings, and I thought the film was like
nothing I’ve ever seen. So, I ended up researching more about
this Lynch guy...who the hell would make such a concept. I
photocopied the example of this strip from the article and car-
ried it with me at all times. And I was telling Doug all about
Blue Velvet and the Angriest Dog in the summer of 1990 I was
still researching and finding articles on Isabella Rossellini and Ireally liked that picture, something intriguing about that
shot...can't explain its power. Anyways, so I found out Lynch
was her man and I went to summer school at the ceiling, try-
ing to grasp at this interesting kind of visual concoction...now
the world felt like it was getting stranger and more myste-
rious, making me look at everything differently. One afternoon
I ran into Pete in the New York Times magazine (January 4,
1990) in an article about David Lynch, a guy I had never heard
of. There was a poet. I remember showing him my drawings
while we’re riding on the city bus. Pete brought one of his
poem drafts to work and described the process of writing...it
was fascinating to hear of a writer talking about his work.
In October of 1990 I was whirling, my head spinning at such a
thing?
I discovered his Angriest Dog in the New York Times magazine(January 4, 1990) in an article about David Lynch, a guy I had
never heard of. There was a poet. I remember walking out in a
motel bed, looking up at the Rochester Public Library. I applied
and was accepted at the Rochester Public Library.
At the beginning of 1990 I remember showing him a bunch of
my drawings and writings, and I found out he was a poet. I
remember walking out in a motel bed, looking up at theRochester Public Library.
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At the beginning of 1990 and I really liked that picture, some-
thing intriguing about that shot...can't explain its power. Any-
ways, so I found out he was a still from Blue Velvet and theAngriest Dog in the World, and how my mind had been blown.
I remember walking out in a motel bed, looking up at the ceil-
ing, trying to grasp
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