Comments on: Jamie Easterly

By: Scott Long

Scott Long — Mon, 28 May 2007 06:20:21 +0000

6. Is it just me or does Easterly look like a dead-ringer to Kip Dynamite?

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g222/Suzy-Lee_2006/kipcagefighter.jpg

By: Ennui Willie Keeler

Ennui Willie Keeler — Sat, 26 May 2007 05:00:47 +0000

5. When I was in the Army, I remember some dork claiming that he was good at fingering his girl and he made us smell his fingers. But he wasn't to sharp. I spotted that can of Nine Lives on his windowsill.

By: Chiron Brown

Chiron Brown — Fri, 25 May 2007 23:19:12 +0000

4. Dick Pole is now the pitching coach for Cincinnati where he offers his tutelage to Jon Coutlangus, among others.

By: Josh Wilker

Josh Wilker — Fri, 25 May 2007 19:32:00 +0000

3. 1: I once waited on line to meet Mr. Clowes for an hour or so with fellow funnybook enthusiast Chuck Chance, and when we finally got up there I presented him with a Dick Pole (note to non-initiates: "Dick Pole" is not a euphemism but the name of a player whose brick-faced visage graced the front of many an enjoyable card from the Cardboard God era). I had wanted to get him to sign the card, but we were told with some vehemence by a bookstore functionary that Clowes would only be signing copies of his books. So I just gave him the Pole, or, no, it was a LaCock, come to think of it. Yeah, a Peter LaCock. Clowes accepted the gift hesitantly, unsure what to make of a grown man presenting him with phallic-themed gifts, and everyone in the vicinity was sort of embarassed. He mumbled something about seeing LaCock play at Wrigley when he was a kid. Then I slinked away, another in a small series of vaguely humiliating meetings with heroes complete. 2: Easterly was a Texas high school phenom, according to the back of this card. I actually don't have the card on me right now, but it said he struck out like 270 guys in 110 innings or something his senior year. It's just hard for me to imagine this character being a fearsome entity on the baseball diamond at any level. Once he got to the majors whatever aura of dominance he once had dissolved, leaving the pained, inward journeyman you see here. He lasted an incredible 13 seasons in the bigs, despite winning only 23 total games.

By: staffok68

staffok68 — Fri, 25 May 2007 18:51:09 +0000

2. Can you imagine running into Jamie Easterly in a bar and trying to hold your laughter in while he makes ridiculous claims about being a "professional athlete." If I hadn't seen this card, I'd have thought the only "sport" he was good at was stalking school children on there way to and from the bus stops he passes by.

By: brer Ian

brer Ian — Fri, 25 May 2007 18:30:08 +0000

1. Now, what the world TRULY needs is a Dan Clowes-illustrated (http://urltea.com/mse) sketchbook of the Museum of Hazy Conceptions of Sex.