DISGRACE, BANKRUPTCY, PRISON

Springtime in the Unifactor.

A BITTEN

'MORNIN' REVEREND

They took away my honey to a camp for happy gals.

GOLDEN SLUMPER

Wherever did you get that derringer this afternoon?

ACT QUICK AND GIVE OR GET MR. BUMPER IN ABSENTIA FOR THE HOLIDAYS

The long-awaited Mr. Bumper has been released in limited numbers to select stores during December; alas, the overwhelming bulk of 'em won't be available until January. However, you can reserved a SIGNED Mr. Bumper and have a handsome gift certificate verifying the fact delivered to its intended recipient. For details just visit http://store.jimwoodring.com/

YOUR STORIED BROWS

In that old apartment, where the paint was so thick and the floor was so sloped, we spent the daylong coin of rajas, dreaming, paralysed.

TAKE A PAGE FROM MY BOOK

If you are fortunate enough to be in Japan this and next month, you can temper the experience with a visit to BILLIKEN in Tokyo and TRANCEPOP in Kyoto to see two separate exhibitions of sketches by your old pal Jim. No finished drawings; no deliberate masterpieces; just vigorous little "splodies" on sketchbook pages. The skinny:

TOKYO: Billiken Gallery, December 16th to 28th, www.billiken-shokai.co.jp
KYOTO: Trancepop Gallery, December 14th to January 21st, www.trancepop.jp

I'VE GOT A SNEAKRET