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Newspeak Block Party, May 1993

Von Ryan’s Express @ Newspeak Block Party in Providence RI, May 1993

Thanks to Frank Difficult for posting this amazing video to youTube, and to Chris Adams (a/k/a Major Hemisphere) for filming the footage in the first place.


(originally published Tuesday June 28, 2011)
Homage to the Mad Peck
… Friendship is a one-way street.
Joke Attribution: Mad Peck Studios
(Monday, May 11, 2012: I can’t believe I didn’t notice, but that’s the corner of Friendship and Peck.)

(originally published Tuesday June 28, 2011)

Homage to the Mad Peck

… Friendship is a one-way street.

Joke Attribution: Mad Peck Studios

(Monday, May 11, 2012: I can’t believe I didn’t notice, but that’s the corner of Friendship and Peck.)



Lynd Ward is the father of the American graphic novel and one of the most prolific book illustrators and printmakers in the history of American art. A special screening of 217 Films’ new documentary “O Brother Man: The Art and Life of Lynd Ward” will be held May 21 at 6:00 pm in the Providence Public Library’s Auditorium (150 Empire Street, Providence). The screening will be introduced by filmmaker Michael Maglaras with a short discussion to follow. Admission is free.

Lynd Ward is the father of the American graphic novel and one of the most prolific book illustrators and printmakers in the history of American art. A special screening of 217 Films’ new documentary “O Brother Man: The Art and Life of Lynd Ward” will be held May 21 at 6:00 pm in the Providence Public Library’s Auditorium (150 Empire Street, Providence). The screening will be introduced by filmmaker Michael Maglaras with a short discussion to follow. Admission is free.