tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36901762009-11-06T09:15:00.548-08:00Bob Boze Bell's Big Bad Book of Bad Diary EntriesIf you've ever wondered what it's like to run a magazine or how crazy my personal life is, be sure to read the behind-the-scenes peek at the daily trials and tribulations of running True West. Culled straight from my Franklin Daytimer, it contains actual journal entries, laid out raw and uncensored. Some of it is enlightening. Much of it is embarrassing, but all of it is painfully true.
Are you a True West Maniac? Get True West for LIFE...Click here!Bob Bozehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884865420067145231noreply@blogger.comBlogger2776125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-43504766548569115222009-11-06T09:14:00.000-08:002009-11-06T09:15:00.561-08:00November 6, 2009The kids came over last night with Bill Glenn and Grandma Betty for Tacos de Bell (or, as Deena calls them, "Tacos de Bobby"). Lots of laughs all around. By the way, when Deena and Tommy and I were on our recent Mexican Food road trip to southern Arizona and northern Sonora, I got to listen to a whole bunch of their music. Here's the ride we got thanks to Deena and her road Bob Bozehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884865420067145231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-48849081573815792252009-11-05T11:10:00.001-08:002009-11-05T11:10:15.410-08:00November 5, 2009Last night when I was driving home from work I caught this spectacular sunset over The Seven Sisters:Then, this morning, as I walked out the driveway to pick up the newspaper, I caught this sunrise:True West Moment Question:"In the old west movies they always seem to show a single sheriff or marshal with maybe one deputy. Going up against maybe 4 or 5 gun toting folks in a saloon Bob Bozehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884865420067145231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-71405934194902803132009-11-05T09:47:00.001-08:002009-11-05T09:47:16.950-08:00November 5, 2009 Got a call this morning from a reporter for the Baltimore Sun, who is doing an obit piece on Ted Yeatman, who passed away on November 1. After praising Yeatman's stellar research and skills regarding Jesse James, Fred Rasmussen, the reporter, asked me how I got along with Ted. That was a tough one. Ted was a challenge for my staff, to say the least. I tried to answer as Bob Bozehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884865420067145231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-42363955835787517012009-11-04T16:20:00.001-08:002009-11-04T16:20:27.211-08:00November 4, 2009Met Kathy for lunch and then came home to work up sketches for a friend of mine who wants an illustration of the Medicine Lodge lynching where they hanged three guys with two ropes. This is the infamous bank robbery attempt by ex-Billy the Kid gang member Henry Brown (we think, some don't agree). He and his lanky deputy Ben Wheeler, along with two Texas cowboys, attempted to rob Bob Bozehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884865420067145231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-30792978964961642242009-11-04T11:06:00.001-08:002009-11-04T11:06:44.595-08:00November 4, 2009A couple of loose items to catch up on. When I was in Tombstone for the Vendetta Ride, I gave a walking tour and afterwards I signed books outside the Crystal Palace. One of the riders presented me with a complimentary bottle of wine:That night, in Bisbee, we opened the wine and sat on the balcony of the El Dorado Hotel on O.K. Street. Our porch looked right down on Brewery Gulch Bob Bozehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884865420067145231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-22669450347223627542009-11-04T09:37:00.000-08:002009-11-04T09:38:03.856-08:00November 4, 2009As we continue into 2007 on our 100 Covers march, we did another sepia cover on our good friend Jim Clark, aka, The Trainman:After a successful run of 11 sepia covers we decided to mix it up a bit and try something completely different:Royal Wade Kimes joined us for this photo shoot, which we shot on the top of the hill on School House Road, cattywampus from the town library. The Bob Bozehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884865420067145231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-169211092142504332009-11-04T08:31:00.001-08:002009-11-04T08:31:09.535-08:00November 4, 2009 With yesterday's posting on the passing of Jesse James author Ted Yeatman, I got the following thank you email from Ted's cousin, Jean Yeatman:Thank you for posting about Ted on your blog. This response really helped me feel better: Dear Ms. Yeatman, On behalf of The James Preservation Trust, and the historical interests of the family of Frank & Jesse James, you have our Bob Bozehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884865420067145231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-5649660952753451972009-11-03T12:51:00.000-08:002009-11-03T12:52:03.704-08:00November 3, 2009 While I was on one of my walks with Peaches last week I met one of my neighbors, Joe Yager, who is a tractor expert (he owns several). We set up a tractor date: that's when I go buy the gas, hose off the family John Deere, clean out the rat crap, drag an extension cord out to the Tractor shed, air up the tires and cool down two Miller Lites in the fridge. I always know when Bob Bozehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884865420067145231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-76845542088799627152009-11-03T10:42:00.000-08:002009-11-03T10:43:01.361-08:00November 3, 2009I've been walking Peaches every day (sometimes twice a day) and noticing that I sometimes get really good ideas while I'm walking along. So, I have been coming back to the house, going inside and writing down, what I call, The Big Idea. For example, Sunday I was thinking about the John Ford classic "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence," and in the old story telling tradition of usingBob Bozehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884865420067145231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-54124655444843559722009-11-02T14:35:00.000-08:002009-11-02T14:36:02.634-08:00November 2, 2009We have been doing this magazine for ten years and in all that time I can't recall a typo that has created such an uproar (the photograph in the current issue that identifies Guy Madison as Jock Mahoney):I have received dozens of emails (I got two today), two hand written letters and several phone calls. This afternoon I got a call from Bridget Madison, Guy Madison's oldest Bob Bozehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884865420067145231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-16071235486931757412009-11-02T10:43:00.001-08:002009-11-02T10:46:10.417-08:00November 2, 2009 I just got the word from my producer Jeff Hildebrandt that the new True West Moments we filmed in August will premiere tonight on the Westerns Channel. "Rocks On Graves" will run this evening at approximately 6:36 pm (eastern time) and the "Water Trough" is scheduled at 7:53 pm (eastern time). The Water Trough True West Moment is the one where we shot a Colt .45, a Winchester Bob Bozehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884865420067145231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-25425256307232107412009-11-02T08:58:00.001-08:002009-11-02T08:58:20.123-08:00November 2, 2009It was ten years ago today—November 2, 1999—three moving vans pulled up to Clantonville and demanded a cashier's check for $12,000 and change. The vans were full of True West back issues and assorted office materials from a warehouse in Stillwater, Oklahoma. As me and my small staff helped the Mayflower crew unload and put the boxes in our flimsy storage shed behind the Goat Bob Bozehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884865420067145231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-19872048561990352942009-10-30T16:59:00.000-07:002009-10-30T17:00:03.920-07:00October 30, 2009Went to Tonto Bar & Grill for lunch with Paul Hutton. Had a club sandwich. He bought. Jammed on finishing Mickey Free. Paul came up with a possible breakthrough for telling the story in a more succinct way. Very encouraging. Both of us have been diverted with health issues and we are finally able to clear the decks and talk about bringing this project to fruition.Mole Man's Top Bob Bozehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884865420067145231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-46367809927033281042009-10-30T09:28:00.001-07:002009-10-30T09:28:09.416-07:00October 30, 2009Really chilly this morning, but it's supposed to get up to 80 today. The Top Secret Writer is coming out for lunch today to go over our wayward half-breed, Mickey Free.We got attacked by five beefy javelinas last night (our gates are off, being fixed and we piled chairs and wooden barricades in the gaps but the Bastards blew right by that). Peaches was going crazy. I finally took Bob Bozehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884865420067145231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-87253577686055442822009-10-29T15:39:00.001-07:002009-10-29T15:39:12.165-07:00October 29, 2009Just had a young man in the offices who loves Doc Holliday. I met Marshall Tanner, 12, last week in Bisbee. Actually, it was at the Breakfast Club in Lowell, as Deena and Tommy and I came in for a late breakfast after the walking tour in Tombstone. Tanner came over to our table and asked for an autograph on his Doc Holliday book which he had just purchased. I told Marshall he Bob Bozehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884865420067145231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-1866528124053301052009-10-29T09:45:00.001-07:002009-10-29T09:57:04.253-07:00October 29, 2009I received a batch of the long-awaited DVDs of The Perfect Exit and it is damn near perfect:Starting with Dan The Man Harshberger's excellent graphics (turn the DVD over and you will see that the Exit logo is backwards and the drum sticks are in front of it, as it would be if you were looking at the front from the back. Ha. Too clever.Tom and Nicole Erickson did a fine job on the Bob Bozehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884865420067145231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-30531077796274561332009-10-29T08:52:00.001-07:002009-10-29T08:52:47.989-07:00October 29, 2009 Here at True West we are still debating the Cross vs. Mowry gunfight. Here is Mark Boardman's response:"You may be overthinking this Cross-Mowry gunfight thing."I mean, there's no evidence that the duel was fixed, with both intending to miss every shot. I've been through a bunch of accounts, some including witness statements, and none indicates suspicion over the fight. And Bob Bozehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884865420067145231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-91003933383198808552009-10-28T16:20:00.001-07:002009-10-28T16:20:43.579-07:00October 28, 2009Got a sneak preview (from Alan Huffines) of a new film on the Donner Party. Check it out.I Can't Believe I Drew ItAnother page from my quest to do 10,000 bad drawings:I'm doing research on a Classic Gunfight that took place in Tubac, Arizona in 1859. One of the fighters was a newspaper editor, of the Weekly Arizonian. As I researched today I found the description of a printer Bob Bozehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884865420067145231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-36684027586076905412009-10-28T10:49:00.000-07:002009-10-28T10:50:09.195-07:00October 28, 2009Very cool out and windy today. Wore a jacket for the first time in a long time.100 Covers: From Jesse James to Jay LenoAfter 9•11 we slowly got back on our feet, but it took a couple issues. We continued our very successful Collector's Editions starting with the Alamo:Notice the flag draped in the top corner. This was a continuation of the mourning for those who died in the World Bob Bozehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884865420067145231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-11858897724565324072009-10-27T11:17:00.001-07:002009-10-27T11:17:27.035-07:00October 27, 2009Lots of great comments from Sunday's Arizona Republic article on the O.K. Corral. Although the piece was only 600 words, it was a major challenge to make sure all the info was correct. For example, number of feet between buildings (18), number of shots fired (30, "approximate"), age of Doc Holliday (30), year of the first Helldorado (1929), the actual name of Walter Noble Burns' Bob Bozehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884865420067145231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-73114291320631563912009-10-26T11:14:00.001-07:002009-10-26T11:14:47.196-07:00October 26, 2009 Two great quotes I gleaned from yesterday's New York Times Book Reviews:"There is no standard nowadays of elegant letter writing, as there used to be in our time. It is a sort of go as you please development, and the result is atrocious."—An unnamed woman at the turn of the Twentieth Century criticizing the postcard craze"Our desire to outstrip Time has been fatal to more Bob Bozehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884865420067145231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-18023371291407653922009-10-26T09:55:00.001-07:002009-10-26T09:55:42.899-07:00October 26, 2009Did some serious reflection on Saturday. One of my heroes, Charlie Russell died on October 24 at the age of 62. Same age as I am now. Remington died even younger in his early forties (41?). Is it cheating to be blessed with extra time to catch up to them? In my Lutheran-guilt laden brain stem, that's the way it's stored.Speaking of manic-ego-mania and today's date, I woke up Bob Bozehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884865420067145231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-87615214958727096642009-10-23T11:05:00.001-07:002009-10-23T11:05:59.497-07:00October 23, 2009 Continuing our journey back through 100 covers, in the year 2000, my editor, Marcus Huff, and I had a bold vision for where the magazine should go in order to survive. Declining circulation and the declining health of the subscribers was quite worrisome for me and my two partners. Here's a photo of me and Marcus in front of our new offices in Cave Creek, dubbed Clantonville byBob Bozehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884865420067145231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-90169159544483183852009-10-22T16:40:00.000-07:002009-10-22T16:41:43.590-07:00October 22, 2009 Ten years ago this month, Carole Glenn and I flew to Stillwater, Oklahoma to finish negotiations and preparations to move True West magazine to Arizona. And, we wanted to graft on our newly designed logo and cover art onto their January, 2000 issue. As I've stated before we wanted to own the new century and even though the sale wasn't quite finalized, the then owners of True Bob Bozehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884865420067145231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-18112257626416183232009-10-22T09:28:00.001-07:002009-10-22T09:28:24.509-07:00October 22, 2009Another one of my old Kingman classmates has passed. Steve Whaley, who had been sick for some time, died earlier this week. When he was being wheeled into the emergency room for one of his operations, the nurses asked him how he was doing and he replied, "I think my water broke." Funny guy. According to our class governor, Mickey Campa, we have lost 23 out of 128.Speaking of Bob Bozehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884865420067145231noreply@blogger.com