Thunderstorms at four.
Tide foam swallows her ankles.
Swisher Sweet tips glow.
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Black and white photo-
graphs, jog memory lapse through
school memory tracks.
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First seen in circulation February 52′
Could this strip be inspired from Schulz’s childhood? His father did own a barbershop in Minnesota.
Or taken from his own weekly visits to the barber?
The line Yes, sir, “It pays to look well” is subtle but real. I’ve never had my hair cut during the 1950’s, but that sounds like true old timey barber-speak to me.
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iUSt6YCXMV0
You couldn’t look at Jason’s drawings and not be compelled to draw.
Two heartfelt tributes to an inspirational artist:
Draw whatever you want, by Austin Kleon
No One Looked at New York Like Jason Polan, by Jerry Saltz
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Grooved notes, scratched vinyl.
Rewinds Yellow Submarines
Microphone feeds back.
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Franz Ferdinand brew.
Milk, burnt toast, with ham slices
quells morning hunger.
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Truffaut’s acolyte.
Stop motion bottle rocket.
Lone visionary.
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Sweet Bluetooth speakers,
suffer sound wave cavities
leaves us in silence.
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Dirt beneath my nails.
Sin blackens my soul. Choirs
sing redemption songs.
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Late Saturday nights
sink old men’s eyelids while
the sermon hums on.
Floodlights and Goalposts 