IT'S TOUCH AND GO!

Ray Bradbury's tale of murder, obsession and paranoia, "The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl", appeared in ELLERY QUEEN'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE (January 1953). Since it was first published as "Touch and Go" in DETECTIVE BOOK Winter 1948, it has proven to have some longevity, being reprinted numerous times in books, magazines, and adapted for a TV episode of THE RAY BRADBURY THEATER broadcast on January 28, 1988, starring Michael Ironside and Robert Vaughn.

I first read it in this paperback edition of THE GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN (Bantam, 1967).

Here is the story as it appeared chronologically in three different magazines:

DETECTIVE BOOK (Winter 1948)

ELLERY QUEEN'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE (January 1953)

CAVALIER (February 1960)

It was also adapted in EC's CRIME SUSPENSTORIES #17 (April–May 1953) as "Touch and Go",  with script and art by Johnny Craig.

JUNE IN AUGUST

Thought you'd seen the last of June Wilkinson and her big Macumba Love here at WoM? Not a chance! Here she is from CAVALIER (February, 1960) photographed by famed Hollywood portrait photographer George Hurrell.

See more of June HERE.

ANDY WARHOL SPEAKS!

Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was a leading  personality of the 1960s and most famous for his works that exemplified the movement called Pop Art. Gay, eccentric as hell and at one time nearly dying from an assassination attempt by one of his "disciples", Warhol produced many iconic images from his Reynold's Wrap aluminum covered walls in a Manhattan studio dubbed, The Factory. Among others, his most recognizable works were the infamous Campbell's Soup can and his painting of Marilyn Monroe.

Warhol was not shy about an interview, either, and his words and thoughts appeared in various publications during his most productive period. This one is from the men's magazine, CAVALIER (September, 1966).

JUNE IN JULY

It's no surprise that outsiders believe that the South American folk religion known as Macumba is just a form of black magic and witchcraft.

Another "form" spun her own black magic spell in MACUMBA LOVE (1960) -- the fabulous June Wilkinson.

Along with Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield and Mamie van Doren, Miss Wilkinson was one of the many blonde bombshells of the day and at one point was dubbed, "the most photographed nude in America".

This example is from BEWITCHED (Vol. 1 No. 1, 1962).

More June HERE.