tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46600336549987960132024-03-04T23:05:03.256-08:00CommuniqueAshley Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694826125128220544noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660033654998796013.post-78318476249554920162022-08-22T14:28:00.004-07:002022-08-22T14:28:38.251-07:00Perfect Wokeness<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2KE6rsKsv-LdaoyjWAw3G3S_1tyDPNiu56xPawbv1_bovlpJJIKa4cV-bdY8-sJCVBqhtOhM5o6CETszEDnIgMVruPJwjI4HylVvRDft8vqxJdZ5h4D1PMs1nk0PsGNh56Di-j6kKGzFTRdFm8hwQuyaTVvVl5qSEQFCLzPYTWWmPo1XNqw8-NHMmew/s1600/jumaanewilliamsblog.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2KE6rsKsv-LdaoyjWAw3G3S_1tyDPNiu56xPawbv1_bovlpJJIKa4cV-bdY8-sJCVBqhtOhM5o6CETszEDnIgMVruPJwjI4HylVvRDft8vqxJdZ5h4D1PMs1nk0PsGNh56Di-j6kKGzFTRdFm8hwQuyaTVvVl5qSEQFCLzPYTWWmPo1XNqw8-NHMmew/s1600/jumaanewilliamsblog.jpg"/></a></div>
Jumaane Williams for Crain'sAshley Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694826125128220544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660033654998796013.post-42009051879672292862022-08-14T06:55:00.001-07:002022-08-14T06:55:32.826-07:00The Brains in Crain's<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh80ZmMfb-iulvmDGMnxHu4uP2h3ifLARfWE8yqfm5N0uUjxgsSe3opwRP3RAykiHxHg9XZdGi6pLBiScH8l1MQtIgFSJc3MyJngKXozOcTexWyB6byJGkg6sW88J-e_LPshwsx11E7UiNKBa5CrNLphx91FHGpuOBtROfx2xHvwtO3gqQziipY9Zk80g/s786/Shekar%20Krishnan%20blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="575" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh80ZmMfb-iulvmDGMnxHu4uP2h3ifLARfWE8yqfm5N0uUjxgsSe3opwRP3RAykiHxHg9XZdGi6pLBiScH8l1MQtIgFSJc3MyJngKXozOcTexWyB6byJGkg6sW88J-e_LPshwsx11E7UiNKBa5CrNLphx91FHGpuOBtROfx2xHvwtO3gqQziipY9Zk80g/s16000/Shekar%20Krishnan%20blog.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Shekar Krishnan for Crain's New York Business</div><br /> <p></p>Ashley Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694826125128220544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660033654998796013.post-69537181093562873982022-08-01T08:59:00.002-07:002022-08-01T12:17:05.937-07:00This Studs for You<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">New and improved Studs Terkel. My plan is keep redrawing all the old portraits again and again until I'm dead. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQG_Ze-jmASGsHhKnEzw6e4cW42E1IGJ91j-xcW36ghdxC88710o8jfhhxu0tJHon4xV9ns_4aexUM4_zGAvEGE3cmXQEah0fUQl4YOD87GesntFij734ys6K0cgxnefp-haRhZkm6gD2flkZQAimlIoi5eMNcdXqAi5eHoQuX1gFRnuWtDPPRE17j4w/s575/studsblog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="575" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQG_Ze-jmASGsHhKnEzw6e4cW42E1IGJ91j-xcW36ghdxC88710o8jfhhxu0tJHon4xV9ns_4aexUM4_zGAvEGE3cmXQEah0fUQl4YOD87GesntFij734ys6K0cgxnefp-haRhZkm6gD2flkZQAimlIoi5eMNcdXqAi5eHoQuX1gFRnuWtDPPRE17j4w/s16000/studsblog.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Ashley Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694826125128220544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660033654998796013.post-8294656838641426482022-08-01T08:56:00.001-07:002022-08-01T08:56:53.156-07:00Biz Wizards<p>New series of portraits for Crain's New York Business, featuring those bridging the gap between the business world and the New York community.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHUXY3uGwMCIoiIYh9aZ5vtrRQkhF2-hfecKSm6oZHgwhCkG7omNg4GYrxqsVu9VS6YlXRtwWP8lmcGxUNDxUEGEzUc9i39Cv47RAeCI07AgxGSVdi7wBsnAFsHLVfmAgUN4szRrTbqhZZZddSqnVwMOTIbeW4CsThwZ-8JBeNVCYpNcIw0ydb6gR27g/s713/kathywyldeblog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="713" data-original-width="575" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHUXY3uGwMCIoiIYh9aZ5vtrRQkhF2-hfecKSm6oZHgwhCkG7omNg4GYrxqsVu9VS6YlXRtwWP8lmcGxUNDxUEGEzUc9i39Cv47RAeCI07AgxGSVdi7wBsnAFsHLVfmAgUN4szRrTbqhZZZddSqnVwMOTIbeW4CsThwZ-8JBeNVCYpNcIw0ydb6gR27g/s16000/kathywyldeblog.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kathy Wylde</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYdLTW7kmHFzHzYnYexz4oQ1RmCnVDrzzK86ThR0I8s42AfA5x2ydevjZlYMcyLcSR_L37OZJoMwADero2Uebo5rf7T7AJwYom0jUQsdK304ETl5U33QsTBXebF90ySkbcfgs_Z8nJVSZcAONy8TxjHkVO7kBJSRPWVaBiVv2ldCVr5cvZiKjhVFUctg/s737/melindakatzblog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="737" data-original-width="575" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYdLTW7kmHFzHzYnYexz4oQ1RmCnVDrzzK86ThR0I8s42AfA5x2ydevjZlYMcyLcSR_L37OZJoMwADero2Uebo5rf7T7AJwYom0jUQsdK304ETl5U33QsTBXebF90ySkbcfgs_Z8nJVSZcAONy8TxjHkVO7kBJSRPWVaBiVv2ldCVr5cvZiKjhVFUctg/s16000/melindakatzblog.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Melinda Katz</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkT9poyiRaZ1l0PVq7IUA3kAdlOajMhULYbkH_hdHLxnj8MVIXb0riVlXrGZULfaFmxblR_aRbw1YfQDpABpDj7A7vW9OOJ-xVx1fXeW7UT0rZx_Mp67QxlfJ8Ek6_xEffhgCaUXdxXcxjbeJF2ukj3vemHdxkIO0yZPhrbCSNDkPjfZi8Zi5ZFxLZHg/s756/reginamyerblog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="575" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkT9poyiRaZ1l0PVq7IUA3kAdlOajMhULYbkH_hdHLxnj8MVIXb0riVlXrGZULfaFmxblR_aRbw1YfQDpABpDj7A7vW9OOJ-xVx1fXeW7UT0rZx_Mp67QxlfJ8Ek6_xEffhgCaUXdxXcxjbeJF2ukj3vemHdxkIO0yZPhrbCSNDkPjfZi8Zi5ZFxLZHg/s16000/reginamyerblog.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Regina Myer</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWLQzgIiCZ7qFE-2feUzKhjI1C4caD5IFPvcekq8oCycwMmNHHBHH01X2ZDg35RjROE-axFqJTdN5vTCiBuecYG1N6mAwJ1ccnLtF7RU_7UhoLRt-WIOybIeIjYPgrW9JTjzBMKM9zofm2WJV1QOAKEPol3V-POTc7Eu2rvXd7Sd_U1PqdWSzV-FfDTQ/s783/reinblog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="783" data-original-width="575" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWLQzgIiCZ7qFE-2feUzKhjI1C4caD5IFPvcekq8oCycwMmNHHBHH01X2ZDg35RjROE-axFqJTdN5vTCiBuecYG1N6mAwJ1ccnLtF7RU_7UhoLRt-WIOybIeIjYPgrW9JTjzBMKM9zofm2WJV1QOAKEPol3V-POTc7Eu2rvXd7Sd_U1PqdWSzV-FfDTQ/s16000/reinblog.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Andrew Rein</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </p>Ashley Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694826125128220544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660033654998796013.post-82808542389461220392022-06-09T13:58:00.005-07:002022-06-09T13:58:56.308-07:00Cut-Rate Emancipator<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwgIsTXn93VnP4WyNu0vt9MlN6k9WKJtp__ilIAAh7aD5lTSvYUrtU5l4mdki4t414feQD0X7naGZ-o6TNsUflozt8DpNk9YVKOu2YJ3D8kVAiTsAMU-oErFye4omEzjUNIPAv2LoWPfXcUZZ2hxBH5V9IEIyQLT6sa4YAtu6LkuHyxb-0m8P4JRQCDQ/s682/duckabeblog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="575" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwgIsTXn93VnP4WyNu0vt9MlN6k9WKJtp__ilIAAh7aD5lTSvYUrtU5l4mdki4t414feQD0X7naGZ-o6TNsUflozt8DpNk9YVKOu2YJ3D8kVAiTsAMU-oErFye4omEzjUNIPAv2LoWPfXcUZZ2hxBH5V9IEIyQLT6sa4YAtu6LkuHyxb-0m8P4JRQCDQ/s16000/duckabeblog.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; text-align: start;">Bedbugs #788: During the “Booze and Breakfast” portion of the party, I swam through the air while my old college classmate horsed around in his creepy Abe Lincoln mask.<br /><i><br />Subscribe to <a href="https://thesymptoms.substack.com/" target="_blank">The Symptoms</a> for updates on my condition.</i></span></div><br /><p></p>Ashley Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694826125128220544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660033654998796013.post-68459044844878812412022-06-06T04:48:00.000-07:002022-06-06T04:48:08.367-07:00Enter the Naggin'<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwS0ztS3ENsIYcvpbqWJY2HZ-O9ToZ7R5tM42WKKLuqi6Ntq92Wjm2385NbKAJRou3veILmXLRRqyzOKWYRlmdvm2Psb8L3Vn_per4M_LFjyjkJaT09M_ekTHFrstw3Qj5WaDhTQbSYNaCbTlMz0O7SxVlB4kd4zo2caD0p15Y7siqfMfEO6aeZYRhWA/s748/moovieblog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="575" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwS0ztS3ENsIYcvpbqWJY2HZ-O9ToZ7R5tM42WKKLuqi6Ntq92Wjm2385NbKAJRou3veILmXLRRqyzOKWYRlmdvm2Psb8L3Vn_per4M_LFjyjkJaT09M_ekTHFrstw3Qj5WaDhTQbSYNaCbTlMz0O7SxVlB4kd4zo2caD0p15Y7siqfMfEO6aeZYRhWA/s16000/moovieblog.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><text style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">I had sold the tickets, served the refreshments, darkened the one-room theater, and cranked the projector to serve the latest arthouse film du jour to the matinee audience.</text><br style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;" /><br style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;" /><text style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">Suddenly, the she threw open the door, flooding the room with Charlestonian sunshine, and yelled:</text><br style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;" /><br style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;" /><strong style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">”HAZ DE MOOVIE SHTAHRTED?!”</strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: start;">The vision still comes to me in the night, some thirty-plus years later, filling me with panic and revulsion.</p></div><p><br /></p>Ashley Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694826125128220544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660033654998796013.post-71763097878093653362022-06-01T04:03:00.001-07:002022-06-01T04:03:19.750-07:00"Hi, I'm Ruger"<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbB9mjPmDlXGwjghcFGkz9MiS8XRTvphdQ3f474M4wbWH4EkkxRGNOXbneT6O2VkDXq9icT7oneyhL5dVCC3UKB6yMW7H1HEhRfcg_r0VnMD0yrJzMXBIJNXV7Ebr28aAspMFAPp4EQXft3_e6M0gF62qQ1QKQ_qzeHFuIKdhWXGVksX5zLTIOr0o_9A/s761/coltonblog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="761" data-original-width="575" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbB9mjPmDlXGwjghcFGkz9MiS8XRTvphdQ3f474M4wbWH4EkkxRGNOXbneT6O2VkDXq9icT7oneyhL5dVCC3UKB6yMW7H1HEhRfcg_r0VnMD0yrJzMXBIJNXV7Ebr28aAspMFAPp4EQXft3_e6M0gF62qQ1QKQ_qzeHFuIKdhWXGVksX5zLTIOr0o_9A/s16000/coltonblog.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">New Symptoms post, all about the care and feeding of a potential mass shooter.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Remember to subscribe on Substack to have these uplifting essays delivered directly to your inbox, complete with amusing cartoon drawings.
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</div></div></div><p><br /> </p>Ashley Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694826125128220544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660033654998796013.post-32628966827877446732022-05-07T13:58:00.003-07:002022-05-07T13:58:41.253-07:00E.O. Wilson<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTAz70zreBHVLcktwUHxeinPrtsSdDB8C0M6kK8bR-otM2THG78-_yOGvJDDnaXwwdpx6xOuB4f4VUuchLrQ_LeOSszJOVfE1G5-3im1BDN799EhWz-1FzPpEFX6OcmWgCebLg3Zd6hQVbSrpxQ5paLn-o97DpG1CH-PDB-_O4jH-MV7qduc7Fh5X5Hw/s668/eowilsongradientsmallsmall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTAz70zreBHVLcktwUHxeinPrtsSdDB8C0M6kK8bR-otM2THG78-_yOGvJDDnaXwwdpx6xOuB4f4VUuchLrQ_LeOSszJOVfE1G5-3im1BDN799EhWz-1FzPpEFX6OcmWgCebLg3Zd6hQVbSrpxQ5paLn-o97DpG1CH-PDB-_O4jH-MV7qduc7Fh5X5Hw/s16000/eowilsongradientsmallsmall.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">Portrait of famed naturalist E.O. Wilson for the cover of the latest issue of <a href="https://skepticalinquirer.org/" target="_blank">Skeptical Inquirer.</a> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thanks to Alex Nicaise for the invite.</span></div><br /> <p></p>Ashley Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694826125128220544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660033654998796013.post-10668223012956577132022-04-18T08:14:00.002-07:002022-04-18T08:15:06.744-07:00Karl May: The Boy Who Cried Winnetou<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj0S0XcFLa3TF80E6Zi29ZHEz03Y8DLBNw-OVePQwvcbu4HRdiwlICDZcws1o-Btv1wrJOoq_1aYH6xCziDgp8n1mQAbkMtNoODgb6Bs2akU5TBXsgcC6o2hyxuMAIsbrn0IVI64W7U6ota7ZEmoN9Ky3HDijsHSOGfZCxPOh0E6Pbfa_F4K_sd8AQlA/s707/karlmaysmall.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="707" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj0S0XcFLa3TF80E6Zi29ZHEz03Y8DLBNw-OVePQwvcbu4HRdiwlICDZcws1o-Btv1wrJOoq_1aYH6xCziDgp8n1mQAbkMtNoODgb6Bs2akU5TBXsgcC6o2hyxuMAIsbrn0IVI64W7U6ota7ZEmoN9Ky3HDijsHSOGfZCxPOh0E6Pbfa_F4K_sd8AQlA/s16000/karlmaysmall.jpg" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"> If
you grow up in Germany, you absorb the stories of Karl May, if not from his
vast catalog of literary works then from the film adaptations of the 1960s. (Chances
are good your parents had the soundtrack LP in the family record collection).
May’s numerous volumes are such a staple of German culture that endless
critical debates have raged over the generations, not as to whether or not his books
are any good, but how exactly they uphold the ideals of one political faction
over another. Everyone wants to adopt May as their own. Hitler was a fan, so
rather than banning the books for their anti-nationalist leanings during the
Nazi era, the stories were simply edited to promote wholesome German ideals rather
than those of the decidedly non-white characters that May admired.<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And what makes this eternal glorification of Karl May as the Bard of the
Fatherland so curious is that he primarily wrote Westerns. Westerns, as in the
American West, covered wagons, buffalo stampedes, and all the rest. Chief, so
to speak, among May’s creations is Winnetou, noblest of the noble savages, an
Apache with perfect marksmanship, fluency in multiple languages, unmatched
bravery, unquestionable leadership skills, and, as the author repeatedly points
out, incredibly sexy lips. Most of the
adventures center around Winnetou’s relationship with an equally-noble
white man known as Old Shatterhand, blood brother to the Apache and narrator of
the thrilling tales. Americans might think of this as a spin on the Lone
Ranger, in which Tonto is the star and his white companion is the one brushing
the horses.</span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOQXBYwIzS4oaM-U9kLPc75C495aOFzTZ93evHpbVwLgKD6KQkrThdptw_xl_eIMbw8FIOMjfI0dZyJV3KkPVD73nLfQOT732FU9GdI8zhni13XB1u3gDItxqa9LJAQhXTCNbpF98wXvkDPsnfwwSakMdJuOtH_DUqwPIEwXS0ZyUwp9lQ43JErvbQw/s350/karlsketch1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOQXBYwIzS4oaM-U9kLPc75C495aOFzTZ93evHpbVwLgKD6KQkrThdptw_xl_eIMbw8FIOMjfI0dZyJV3KkPVD73nLfQOT732FU9GdI8zhni13XB1u3gDItxqa9LJAQhXTCNbpF98wXvkDPsnfwwSakMdJuOtH_DUqwPIEwXS0ZyUwp9lQ43JErvbQw/s16000/karlsketch1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">It’s all perfectly pulpy fun. (What we categorize as “popular fiction”
translates directly from the German as “trivial fiction,” and they have no
qualms characterizing Winnetou as such.) But what makes Karl May’s standing in
the Deutsch pantheon further flummoxing is the author’s legacy as the biggest
bullshit artist in literary history. May engaged in fictitious
self-aggrandizement on a Trumpian scale, claiming the he himself was the real
Old Shatterhand and that the Winnetou epics were actually his memoirs. It was a
blurring of fact and fiction akin to Harland Sanders claiming to not only be a
real Southern Colonel but also the chicken you are eating. May lied about his
travels, lied about his awards and degrees, claimed to speak 27 languages, and
of course, plagiarized a good deal of his work. One might suggest that his compulsive
fibbery was simply an extension of his early life as a career criminal, but
even that part of his biography was largely fabricated.</span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIc_P_QVvdOCCVYyDoaXtcXScCFipyX0gATFv2OyfWXswETcIiDWh1utvaOjdpkSbqW8B0J_IblaSYgtc9n26o6Qtrn78HzxejhZZ88hPpCveF2hdK6PkOg5eRLuXwXl-hBE6dsgUFFOYyPIyqfzAIbcXg2tvZM8If5QrqXvdBK3mMF7ZnO3S2v9-kaA/s350/karlsketch2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIc_P_QVvdOCCVYyDoaXtcXScCFipyX0gATFv2OyfWXswETcIiDWh1utvaOjdpkSbqW8B0J_IblaSYgtc9n26o6Qtrn78HzxejhZZ88hPpCveF2hdK6PkOg5eRLuXwXl-hBE6dsgUFFOYyPIyqfzAIbcXg2tvZM8If5QrqXvdBK3mMF7ZnO3S2v9-kaA/s16000/karlsketch2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">No matter. May’s deceits are accepted as part of the thrill ride of his
masterworks. It’s as if the German reading public identifies strongly enough
with his daydream of wild-west heroism to overlook his bamboozlement. The
durability of the Western genre in America is a curious thing, but even more
fascinating is the enduring appeal of cowboy and Indian tales in Europe. Gary
Cooper in chaps may be the measure of a man in America, but the Italian
elevation of Clint Eastwood to an almost phantom-like, supernatural creature
seems to suggest a downright religious level of reverence of the Western
legend. It’s notable that a German narcissist looking to promote himself as
Adventurer Supreme would portray himself not as a military hero or regional sportsman,
but as an American Daniel Boone type, conquering the untamed land across the
ocean.</span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgysQzdPIfSuntb-Z9bMS_CZafOnLvsJBrE9OOUeKPq9Zkwp-Ox3qpSYlaWf2L4iWr-lt91vnNLlbrdGhX52ABm_l5NaQBOeSU5Fhqwa9LrJi3jJBYVd_di83ZmAdHLq9sOU_0_GC2AhCIXSuAs5JZAQ-3iuq0xxOP8H_rr3gIioWvFos7Nks2M0KwMLw/s350/karlsketch3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgysQzdPIfSuntb-Z9bMS_CZafOnLvsJBrE9OOUeKPq9Zkwp-Ox3qpSYlaWf2L4iWr-lt91vnNLlbrdGhX52ABm_l5NaQBOeSU5Fhqwa9LrJi3jJBYVd_di83ZmAdHLq9sOU_0_GC2AhCIXSuAs5JZAQ-3iuq0xxOP8H_rr3gIioWvFos7Nks2M0KwMLw/s16000/karlsketch3.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">But it’s also notable that May, upon finally visiting the US for real late in
his life, dodged the American press with the deftness of Old Shatterhand
dodging enemy gunfire.</span></span></div></div>Ashley Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694826125128220544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660033654998796013.post-32107633705176576182021-10-29T09:51:00.000-07:002021-10-29T09:51:07.382-07:00How to Art<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT3vZpnXIpSV8vuT_ccJyfNFQm2Hf9Eaqo3t87tAbyEkvc7FrWS0IDJdktSG1hpcAyuHRRm5nEkpVUv8sPNgP5sxg00R6q7egoL_9KY19Gn6O_vl8XFH0Gobs5H93JRk7vWJsMdP4vf8iI/s1316/zoom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1316" data-original-width="1314" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT3vZpnXIpSV8vuT_ccJyfNFQm2Hf9Eaqo3t87tAbyEkvc7FrWS0IDJdktSG1hpcAyuHRRm5nEkpVUv8sPNgP5sxg00R6q7egoL_9KY19Gn6O_vl8XFH0Gobs5H93JRk7vWJsMdP4vf8iI/w399-h400/zoom.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Want to hear career advice for college students from a penniless crackpot recluse? Sure you do! Hit the link below and listen to me regale eager youngsters with my demoralizing tales of commercial art woe. It's filmed in YELLOWVISION (tm)!</span></span>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOEOlHWJW3c">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOEOlHWJW3c</a></span></span>
</span><p></p>Ashley Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694826125128220544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660033654998796013.post-64714968679126520642021-10-15T08:52:00.002-07:002021-10-15T08:52:17.489-07:00Slides from My 50-Year Vacation<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yXSQlW0qAmE" width="320" youtube-src-id="yXSQlW0qAmE"></iframe></div><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is a slideshow featured in the <b>Character Witness</b> exhibit in the <b>Limestone University Gallery</b>, October 19 - November 30, 2021.
Virtual Artist Talk: October 26 at 12:45 pm Reception: October 27 at 2:00 pm
Contact Gallery Director Emily Tuttle at etuttle@limestone.edu for more information.
Music: "Solitude" by Jamie Slater, copyright 2021</span>Ashley Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694826125128220544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660033654998796013.post-52864493169098147632021-10-11T09:37:00.002-07:002021-10-11T09:37:32.875-07:00Show 'Nuff<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi5XVBB56jZJgen3Bj7duw07VArLMDKQp2evdmB-VPXkZSeKeQIWb5fpo-gkeeUNCRvQeJhYMSDg_N7qy0gk4EgiRTQjqGUXmd-u8WoQxk6lHcTcb2MqpYVySHZ8tiMaueVLLmFkJtwTBW/s500/Poster+for+Ashley+Holt+Showsmall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="324" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi5XVBB56jZJgen3Bj7duw07VArLMDKQp2evdmB-VPXkZSeKeQIWb5fpo-gkeeUNCRvQeJhYMSDg_N7qy0gk4EgiRTQjqGUXmd-u8WoQxk6lHcTcb2MqpYVySHZ8tiMaueVLLmFkJtwTBW/s16000/Poster+for+Ashley+Holt+Showsmall.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Presented in the pit of the Deep South (that would be the pit of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peachoid" target="_blank">giant peach</a> in Gaffney, SC), a new gallery exhibit featuring the illustrated toil of yours truly. Emily Tuttle and Carolyn Ford of Limestone University have assembled a powerhouse collection of my boldest portraits and associated images. Plus I'll be appearing via Zoom from across the pond! More information as we proceed to the finish line. Many thanks to everyone at Limestone for pulling this all together while I sit in another country and eat cheese doodles.</div></div><br /> <p></p>Ashley Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694826125128220544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660033654998796013.post-71216983561028329992021-10-04T03:38:00.002-07:002021-10-04T03:54:25.914-07:00Ready, Freddy, Go<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ATbB2dxtRlebg7H12dui3v9Ajh9i4NMBy37tWSGH0FoaWUNAcruwcaaxQb4BNQHGr2FpDmN8JZwzrq9vs6hOWwpROJQyEaVwaAwblFkeuawk4j1hD8UV3XqHVedqumejTyDz6Keirh8_/s759/freddyheinesmall.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ATbB2dxtRlebg7H12dui3v9Ajh9i4NMBy37tWSGH0FoaWUNAcruwcaaxQb4BNQHGr2FpDmN8JZwzrq9vs6hOWwpROJQyEaVwaAwblFkeuawk4j1hD8UV3XqHVedqumejTyDz6Keirh8_/s16000/freddyheinesmall.jpg" /></a><br /><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yesterday we celebrated the birthday of the legendary Freddy Hein. Despite our requests, he did not play his invisible acoustic. (In need of a portrait for your own celebratory purposes? Please <a href="mailto:thrdgll@gmail.com">get in touch.</a>)</span></div><br /> <p></p>Ashley Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694826125128220544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660033654998796013.post-18920835212688666612021-10-01T03:19:00.001-07:002021-10-07T13:58:03.666-07:00Rocks Around the Clock<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHtk5te_tokO2_O4P8BivoA49hdOOu1o-oO5zOEImfEeQfBnSUUxigAF1sx1dwohjwRQySB8wjDnOu59agYXjHM5gg86R3dFVd3eE9-ke25qKrDROR31wcyzd_0_EVNabj4RQa3UDe83J8/s697/erniesmall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHtk5te_tokO2_O4P8BivoA49hdOOu1o-oO5zOEImfEeQfBnSUUxigAF1sx1dwohjwRQySB8wjDnOu59agYXjHM5gg86R3dFVd3eE9-ke25qKrDROR31wcyzd_0_EVNabj4RQa3UDe83J8/s16000/erniesmall.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">New print: Another edition to the Gods of Geek Mythology series, the zen master of the cartoon arts, Ernie Bushmiller! The Nancy creator works with precision in his den of domestic order, contemplating not one, not two, but three rocks just outside his window. Complete the domestic order of your own domain with Ernie's beatific visage on your wall.</span></span>
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</span></div><br /> <p></p>Ashley Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694826125128220544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660033654998796013.post-26209806243092230892021-09-25T08:12:00.002-07:002021-09-26T13:17:23.946-07:00Putting a Little English on that Pidgeon<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzR_5UPfLthUGjJu8Qm0R60EXRQMxNDErksew9VH7BLVfNTJoglfB4elh7xv3zlfZusuq0qR_F6RqiVDVRRqRfOfhJORBna_QV7_IyfA3WlPUGJvtI0unaaV7ttUcOWtaP9mA4baNsW7J/s717/pidgeonsmall.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="717" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzR_5UPfLthUGjJu8Qm0R60EXRQMxNDErksew9VH7BLVfNTJoglfB4elh7xv3zlfZusuq0qR_F6RqiVDVRRqRfOfhJORBna_QV7_IyfA3WlPUGJvtI0unaaV7ttUcOWtaP9mA4baNsW7J/s16000/pidgeonsmall.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another reworking of an older piece: Walter Pidgeon, as he appeared in Forbidden Planet, originally drawn for Turner Classic Movies several years ago. I was clearly not in my right mind when I made the first attempt - and no, you can't see it! Hopefully, this pass shows a bit more respect to this noble screen presence. </div><br /> <p></p>Ashley Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694826125128220544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660033654998796013.post-30565257910511503992021-09-13T03:56:00.003-07:002021-09-13T03:56:39.965-07:00The Product-al Son Returns!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9SYpCQfeXfcDB0hv85fzmSiCXeHlIPp5LBfUGx6Jl4zrt_2eIWxmngjZFucmeBzyYGaVEtSG38LNucCXAzWQP9jHXdM8dmE0wW9leCQpYzLFjm114U-igNJTYbvPlUzZ67VMt7N7ZI5wV/s500/mrproductadsmall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9SYpCQfeXfcDB0hv85fzmSiCXeHlIPp5LBfUGx6Jl4zrt_2eIWxmngjZFucmeBzyYGaVEtSG38LNucCXAzWQP9jHXdM8dmE0wW9leCQpYzLFjm114U-igNJTYbvPlUzZ67VMt7N7ZI5wV/s16000/mrproductadsmall.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Marketers and focus groups agree: Now is the time for MR. PRODUCT! Through the modern miracle of online purchasing, owning Mr. Product products is easier and more satisfying than ever! Attain the lifestyle fulfillment of Product Consciousness with the full line of Mr. Product merchandise! 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(Don't forget to subscribe!)<br /><br /><a href="https://thesymptoms.substack.com/p/the-sound-of-violence?justPublished=true&fbclid=IwAR3H1a8S1WtdXXLyzbmj19awC1gxK5QGNz9cmhMc6GLpUEMXVABNMTuLAx8">https://thesymptoms.substack.com/p/the-sound-of-violence?justPublished=true&fbclid=IwAR3H1a8S1WtdXXLyzbmj19awC1gxK5QGNz9cmhMc6GLpUEMXVABNMTuLAx8</a></div><br /> <p></p>Ashley Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694826125128220544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660033654998796013.post-25032497455726240162021-09-07T07:20:00.001-07:002021-09-07T07:20:15.005-07:00Flimsy Post<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdZ0Qy1WMCgVVDm4H1lBO6fHW2g20R_ZI1JUpXzpaK8FpmSFJU5biW2yqUK9Qwf0ZG6EwC3s9Ox3kvrLLntBS1ilVsXNoJOA-7adWbqVd_ZmKZ3MgHVd5o_w7zZhuDwqCayVnR1sPf_wFr/s521/flimsysmall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="521" data-original-width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdZ0Qy1WMCgVVDm4H1lBO6fHW2g20R_ZI1JUpXzpaK8FpmSFJU5biW2yqUK9Qwf0ZG6EwC3s9Ox3kvrLLntBS1ilVsXNoJOA-7adWbqVd_ZmKZ3MgHVd5o_w7zZhuDwqCayVnR1sPf_wFr/s16000/flimsysmall.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Ashley Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694826125128220544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660033654998796013.post-10599430372418903592021-08-13T07:31:00.007-07:002021-08-30T12:08:43.565-07:00Zoom Meeting Fashion?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDPbabxhSLTmv83FPfy1xrKg31vsko9iQ9PYId-lsNW40OM94FdD8NbeSNZycvcujEZqsR9CiX8PwKRBE2qTOW-do9_KJ7eOZBVh-ac6SThxPOnG2u3g0O6m29YTNIs2u-xp_6HrVwmRM9/s704/bahnfoddersmall.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDPbabxhSLTmv83FPfy1xrKg31vsko9iQ9PYId-lsNW40OM94FdD8NbeSNZycvcujEZqsR9CiX8PwKRBE2qTOW-do9_KJ7eOZBVh-ac6SThxPOnG2u3g0O6m29YTNIs2u-xp_6HrVwmRM9/s16000/bahnfoddersmall.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spotted in the wild: Waist-up Monday, waist-down weekend.</span></div><br /> <p></p>Ashley Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694826125128220544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660033654998796013.post-76439484393996262112021-07-24T13:32:00.001-07:002021-07-24T13:32:49.284-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqzxk4i0flukTUIjV0jVLMJMax99KG6lQzDUBilbcy_GpUnLhRWAlvuGWAExc5r_S66T7cz8wUuWhne_V9hyH0LauavDUdhMPZdlguJpaIa-99P4iHz2gJQFVVIZwcnRzMVzdqblBjEZU/s740/roysmall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqzxk4i0flukTUIjV0jVLMJMax99KG6lQzDUBilbcy_GpUnLhRWAlvuGWAExc5r_S66T7cz8wUuWhne_V9hyH0LauavDUdhMPZdlguJpaIa-99P4iHz2gJQFVVIZwcnRzMVzdqblBjEZU/s16000/roysmall.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="3udlh" data-offset-key="95k4n-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="95k4n-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="95k4n-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">NEW PRINT: Nothing makes a comic book fanboy foam with rage like the mention of Pop Art legend Roy Lichtenstein. It's just one of the many reasons I love Roy Lichtenstein.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="3udlh" data-offset-key="3obuv-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3obuv-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="3obuv-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="3udlh" data-offset-key="e9j86-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="e9j86-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="e9j86-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">And so I've officially added Roy to the pantheon of Gods of Geek Mythology. And this brand-spanking-new portrait is the latest print available in my Etsy shop. Have I mentioned how happy I am with the quality of these new 11 x 14 prints? Free shipping in the US, if you're into that sort of thing.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="3udlh" data-offset-key="4nbrs-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4nbrs-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="4nbrs-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="3udlh" data-offset-key="er0nm-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="er0nm-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span class="py34i1dx" style="color: var(--blue-link); font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1042750636/roy-lichtenstein-caricature-print-by?ref=shop_home_active_1&frs=1">https://www.etsy.com/listing/1042750636/roy-lichtenstein-caricature-print-by?ref=shop_home_active_1&frs=1</a></span></div></div></div><p><br /> </p>Ashley Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694826125128220544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660033654998796013.post-28456553979064075952021-07-18T02:30:00.003-07:002021-07-18T04:33:15.665-07:00Pina Nicotina<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheUaVmxkIKBDagWqpg1YHoAN7BMf_bWshEE8b9pDfBnivgAWLZPDIIOxiTW9_h-Yjn4FQjnrsSx6sxN5Q2sCppchmU41hE-RXCsrX4lqAiFatNSByAJSjDD0-iTW_w_tZsyHRAH5q3XMUo/s624/pinasmall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheUaVmxkIKBDagWqpg1YHoAN7BMf_bWshEE8b9pDfBnivgAWLZPDIIOxiTW9_h-Yjn4FQjnrsSx6sxN5Q2sCppchmU41hE-RXCsrX4lqAiFatNSByAJSjDD0-iTW_w_tZsyHRAH5q3XMUo/s16000/pinasmall.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Famed Wuppertal choreographer and dancer Pina Bausch.</div><br /> <p></p>Ashley Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694826125128220544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660033654998796013.post-36164737340950726742021-07-12T13:12:00.000-07:002021-07-12T13:12:17.481-07:00Curly the Conqueror <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuobtKWWh4hoS6x4N-fK1TZIbwYGKKOVw39nceCZfervJrFjKdMpUTM8Bs7xZZQYFJ7GziF3DdLFCFl_49N1etQ-3YQxANOB0qd7nNCShDL7t7mCadn5DazanRx_AZLXWOXpwR-xAYmB7V/s652/ilyasmall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuobtKWWh4hoS6x4N-fK1TZIbwYGKKOVw39nceCZfervJrFjKdMpUTM8Bs7xZZQYFJ7GziF3DdLFCFl_49N1etQ-3YQxANOB0qd7nNCShDL7t7mCadn5DazanRx_AZLXWOXpwR-xAYmB7V/s16000/ilyasmall.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Ilya Atlialp celebrates his fifth birthday as Link from the Legend of Zelda.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Ashley Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694826125128220544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660033654998796013.post-67725061042589008702021-06-11T13:49:00.006-07:002021-07-20T02:22:42.477-07:00Dope Floats<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuchvLGY436WPgvn0xsXOsFJ7koihOstt1JhWam-mIYx5CnSVsnrSCfRdThQCWptl5UArEJ8uEqigckP-h5ithu3BCYjHryD_JNDXVtOGDGcq05b2eGWdamdJulPbnHT1Q_I3zLjtXdv6H/s757/tillysmall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="757" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuchvLGY436WPgvn0xsXOsFJ7koihOstt1JhWam-mIYx5CnSVsnrSCfRdThQCWptl5UArEJ8uEqigckP-h5ithu3BCYjHryD_JNDXVtOGDGcq05b2eGWdamdJulPbnHT1Q_I3zLjtXdv6H/s16000/tillysmall.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jacques Tilly, designer of the outrageous, political Carneval floats of Düsseldorf's Rose Monday parade.</span></div><br /><p></p>Ashley Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694826125128220544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660033654998796013.post-14768304290586289702021-06-01T11:24:00.003-07:002021-06-01T11:24:31.377-07:00Illos on Illoz<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj327MgXN89EPB03V-LkibXQA-1CSOtCJq8RoMklLMxI2isZFT773pYPQW-PtsPcKi6fCYBUJGiO6SwvkD8zQTleD4wn4G4ILRFQRi-3nz1VbuyJAl3IpASCW5-YuJ2rFYiOL9zGHDy-qrg/s500/illoz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj327MgXN89EPB03V-LkibXQA-1CSOtCJq8RoMklLMxI2isZFT773pYPQW-PtsPcKi6fCYBUJGiO6SwvkD8zQTleD4wn4G4ILRFQRi-3nz1VbuyJAl3IpASCW5-YuJ2rFYiOL9zGHDy-qrg/s16000/illoz.jpg" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">My portrait-like renderings now featured on the esteemed Illoz online gallery of illustration superstars. I'm verklemmt! Tell your friends! Especially your friends who are art directors! <a href="https://illoz.com/ashleyholt/">https://illoz.com/ashleyholt/</a></div></div><br /><p></p>Ashley Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694826125128220544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660033654998796013.post-48211138422709856792021-05-28T02:59:00.002-07:002021-05-28T03:30:07.306-07:00Better Ritter<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg66vc5MW05ovgCZMjKgSzJrwWWe0BIHwX81uFQyOMCdDkLOwz2xKTP3D0BVxwbMXHhO7_YvKuHLnbfOF6Re6raXyphb1hzLA2YbNlEdcb8eyBY5E7SVWH1yeS8TwCA4GdJ6IE-3-waH2io/s744/thelmasmall.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg66vc5MW05ovgCZMjKgSzJrwWWe0BIHwX81uFQyOMCdDkLOwz2xKTP3D0BVxwbMXHhO7_YvKuHLnbfOF6Re6raXyphb1hzLA2YbNlEdcb8eyBY5E7SVWH1yeS8TwCA4GdJ6IE-3-waH2io/s16000/thelmasmall.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I took another crack at the Thelma Ritter portrait I drew for TCM some years ago. I won't show you the original because it's so revolting I couldn't have possibly been in my right mind when I drew it. I adore Ritter, often considering her performance the salvation of even the worst films she appeared in, so I couldn't let my previous, dog-poo effort at capturing her lie uncorrected.<br /><br />Ritter is portrayed here as she appeared in Pickup on South Street, a substantial film-noir B-picture in which she has one of her few starring roles. As always, she is the best part of the movie.</div><br /> <p></p>Ashley Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694826125128220544noreply@blogger.com0