Laughing In The Dusk: How Right Do You Have to Be to Know Everything?

 May 24, 2026

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   I'm working with the creative kids down at State Forty Eight on some new BBB merch. Check it out:

BBB & State Forty Eight

   I've learned a few things in my seven-plus decades on the planet, and here are a few of my faves.

   Teach your children art and they will never have enough money for drugs.

   In 1964, I earned more money playing drums in The Exits than Mick Jagger did playing in the Stones. This is because, according to Keith Richards, the Rolling Stones didn't make a dime that year because of all their road expenses.

"Draw what you see, not what you think you see."

—Old Kingman Cartoonist Saying

"The only thing new in this world is the history you don't know."

—Harry Truman

   Physical deformities are funnier in Mexico than in the United States.

"Normal people do not create art."

—Irving Stone

Navajos On Carousels Create Art 

   "That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats. You make 'em follow you."

—Ray Bradbury

Daily Whip Out: "Jesse James In Hell"

   Strip mine your past and find the glory holes.

Daily Whip Out: "Bee Bop A Lula"

   Don't be afraid to back up.

Daily Scratchboard Whip Out:

"I'm Backing Up, Ese!"

Daily Scratchboard Whip Out:

"The Real Dead Heads"

   Just one of the bars in New Mexico where my Billy the Kid stories would NOT go over well.

The Billy the Kid Bar, Mesilla, New Mexico

1951

"The best way to raise the price on something is to say you would never sell it."

—Old Vaquero Saying

Daily Whip Out: "Mister Hell-On-Horses"

Daily Whip Out: "Mister Know-It-All"

"Nobody is as wrong as the guy who thinks he has all the answers."

—Old Vaquero Saying