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Paul Gringle, Paul Norris, Jim Whiting, Karyl Miller under
SCCS Gallery at Grandma's Hilltop Hideaway in Oceanside
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Show and Tell: Advanced Edition
Everybody was friendly but after I sat down it got quiet. Everyone was smiling, really smiling.
“So …We’ve never had a woman come to breakfast,” said Gringle. The others agreed. “You’
re the first one, ever.” Ohmygosh was I inhibiting their private macho-talk where men hatched
their secret schemes to get us in bed and also make more money than us? I wondered.
cartoon that featured a Betty Grable-ish pin-up. Paul Gringle passed out a stack of his oldest
cartoon that featured a Betty Grable-ish pin-up. Paul Gringle passed out a stack of his oldest
original cartoons. They were wonderfully drawn and inked of and featured references to the
1940’s. Not to be outdone, Jim Whiting whipped out his piece were all impressed and emitted
an a collective “Ohhhh!”
an a collective “Ohhhh!”
of nostalgia – an ancient comic book, “Tarzan” from 1939. There was no holding back. We
were all impressed and emitted an a collective “Ohhhh!”
As Jim proudly waved his memorabilia in the air, it released an unmistakable pungent eau ‘de
mildew, which is mildew, but GOOD mildew. Comic book mildew. Mmmmmm. Then as if to
prove this was not just some recent Comic-Con purchase, he carefully turned to the inside
cover and showed us a child’s best fountain pen scrawl “Jimmy Whiting.”
As the men reminisced about the old days and chuckled about the ads in the back of the
comic it became obvious that it’s not the thing you saved as much as the story about the thing
that’s most interesting.
I thought about my old cool stuff – of which I have lots. In fact Jack and I have one entire
garage stuffed with our respective old cool stuffs. What are we saving it for?
And I realized when you take a walk down memory lane you want it to be with somebody who
“gets it,” somebody who’s old enough to appreciate this thing that you’ve saved all these
years. Had I known this breakfast included Advanced Show and Tell I most certainly would
have worn my Shmoo.
Our November meeting will be dinner at Grandma’s. Please bring your cartoon collectables
for Show and Tell, Advanced. I’ll bring my Shmoo.
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