I interrupt this hiatus for an important news bulletin: Vladimir Tretchikoff, painter of the iconic "Chinese Girl" (AKA Green Lady), the best-selling art print in history, has passed away at age 92. Here's an excellent bio of the man, written by, of all people, spoon-bending psychic, Uri Geller.

Tretchikoff's Green Lady was a fixture on the walls of many a space-age bachelor pad and cocktail lounge in the 1960s, and it can be seen in the 1966 film, Alfie. It enjoyed a resurgence in popularity during the 1990s, thanks to the Cocktail Nation movement.

Godspeed, you Green Kitsch Emperor!

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Here's a doodle I made in high school of X-8, Johnny Heck, and me, shortly after our return from riding dune buggies in the desert outside of Los Angeles. I was clearly in an altered state of mind, and heavily influenced by Gilbert Shelton's Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers. We called ourselves the L.O.A (Loados of America).

As Johnny used to say, "Let's smoke some weeeeeeed!"

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While rooting around in the cellar, I came across this fine sketch by Laurence J. Doering, a name my readers from the talk.bizarre community will no doubt recognize. The man was a paragon of punkitude (and German grammar).

Larry, wherever you are, this is for you, "Au, au, au!" schreit Maria, "Steck du deinem Faust in meinem Teeny Fotze!"

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