From Voyageurs National Park on FB: Called “Catamaran” by locals, Bert Upton is among the strangest of historical characters on area waters. He lived in a hut built over a dug-out at Squirrel Narrows. Found frozen to death in the 1930s by Kettle Falls pioneer Oliver Knox; Upton was perched lifeless in the snow just a half-mile from his home. Shunning civilization, Upton defined the word hermit. First spotted rowing his crude log raft on Namakan, no one knows how he got there. Upton’s accent implied an English heritage but any personal inquiries brought a stony silence. Some suspected him a man fleeing the law; others saw a bizarre outcast; everyone knew he was peculiar. Just five feet tall and wildly unkempt, Catamaran wore hacked-off pants and walked barefoot with a stick. Winter demanded shoes but no socks, a cast-off Mackinaw, and a trailing cap made from the leg of old underwear. He was oddly religious, and suspicious of being poisoned. Surviving on snared rabbits and fish, he ofte...
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ReplyDeleteWell, I bought it.
ReplyDeleteNote to self. Watch "Django Unchained" on Netflix. I used to be such a Tarentino fan but Kill Bill 2 was kinda of the last one I watched.
ReplyDeletei thought it was the first time since jackie brown where he seemed to actually be trying to make the movie good
ReplyDeleteI think this was announced back at San Diego, or maybe New York.
ReplyDeleteIt reads like a superhero team up more than Tarantino, but that's fine. Very entertaining.
ReplyDeleteSo does Matt Wagner just do the art? Or does he pitch in on the writing as well?
ReplyDeleteWagner is the writer. Tarantino's involvement was mostly plot approval.
ReplyDeleteDoes that mean that Django will have more than a handful of lines?
ReplyDeleteDZangoro?
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