Showing posts with label Camberwell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Camberwell. Show all posts

Sunday, June 5, 2011

The Weekend 4-5 June 2011






I bought a copy of Colin Wilson's recent French book Qui a tué le président ? He drew a great sketch in the front as is the fashion in Europe.

  Plant found behind my table at the Emerging Writers Festival 2011 Page Parlour.



 Some people at the Page Parlour






Here is a cool English comic I picked up at the Camberwell Fair today. It has some great Leo Baxendale cartoons and a Ken Reid Frankie-stein strip.


Leo Baxendale double page in the centre

 
 here is a cool Gold Key UFO comic I bought for 2 clams at Camberwell market today
 
 
Here is an Irishman's wallet I found on the way to Camberwell this morning. I found him on facebook and messaged him to return it. I havn't heard back yet. I've found 4 or 5 wallets and purses in the last four years.

 
Here are some nice white people dining at the Crown Casino as is the fashion in Melbourne.


Here is a wall I visit everyday when delivering mail
 




Sunday, February 20, 2011

Camberwell Haul #2


On the road this morning at 6:30. About 6:40 a disoriented guy was stumbling towards me. As I got closer I realised he had no top on. As I passed him I saw he was naked save a shirt wrapped around his waist. I though for a second maybe I should offer him my shirt and I could go home and get another. But really he was probably an idiot and I should not help him. Plus I really liked the shirt I was wearing. So I went on my way. There was some neat stuff around today, I almost bought a Los Angeles newspaper from 1951 that had a full page of Comics, Nancy, Abbie & Slatts, Mary Worth etc. If it had been a sunday comics section I would have snapped it up.

What i got:

5 Walter Foster art books for $2 each. I already have the cartooning and animation books in this series but thought it would be cool to snap up some more since they were cheap. They had come from an estate sale and had belonged to a lady that painted. There were another 40-50 books in this series there as well as many painting and illustration instructional books. I have to be careful not to get carried away.

King City #6 - $2 - Am waiting for a collection of Brandon Graham's series but for $2 I couldn't resist. Probably should have bought Orc Stain #1 which they had as well.

Bruce Lee - Words of the Dragon - 50 cents - I was a Steve McQueen fan when I was younger and my best pal was Bruce Lee fan. I still love Mcqueen, especially Papillion but probably lean more to Lee these days. Hell, they're both great! I always got a kick that Bruce's wife's maiden name was the same as mine. This is a book of interviews with Bruce.

Bone vol one - $2 - Already bought this a few times but makes a good present for folk.

Stalin's Nemesis The Exile and Murder of Leon Trotsky - Free - (found on the ground on my way back from the market.) My knowledge of Trotsky stems solely from Geoffrey Rush's portrayal in the Frida Kahlo film. This looks like a comprehensive look at his life.