John Ritter's dad!
Ever one o' them thar images below is whatcha call a hy-per-link to a bigger pitcher.

Yay, ya var-mints!








HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-WEE! Now, that wuz excitin'!

From a mouse chewed smelly issue of Six Gun Heroes- March, 1953

Labels: cartoon, comics, texas

As Mrs Lex10 put it with not a little sarcasm: "I'm sure your Frank and Ernest fans will enjoy that...."



Get it?!?! SHAM - PAIN !! Get it?!?!?!

Labels: champagne, comedy, comics, funny

Want this joke on a t-shirt? Forget it.

Labels: comedy, comics, humor

.....with "person" as a politically correct substitution for "man".

Here's the panel:



Here's the song title as illustrated on an early EP:



and wow! somebody put it on boomp3! cool!:

boomp3.com

Labels: 33 1/3rpm, 60's, cartoon, comics, fun, funny, rock, rock n' roll, rolling stones

Apologies to Roy Doty & Popular Mechanics

Labels: cartoon, comedy, comics, fun, funeral, funny

Here's 77 Sunset Strip Comics as a response to the ever amusing and informative Baikinange's Shadenfreudian Therapy blog, where she generously provided the 77 Sunset Strip Album.

In its entirety ...... at the link embedded in any of the images below, or here.





GOD FORBID SHE GIVES ME A LINK

NOTE: Many of these images are part of the "Sequitur" Flash Presentation I put together a while back. Have a look.

Labels: 60's, comics, cool

1945....

Just one story this time. I was reminded by Frankenstein comics guy that Bushmiller used to draw Nancy with a toothpick. The Tootsie Roll ad in the back is fantastic.



Spark Man...WTF?


Volto The Shill


Hey Kids! Cuts Like Razors!


Big-haired Hap


Slats' ladies:


All pix = link

All pix = link

Labels: 40's, art, comics, fun, funny, nancy, sluggo

Bill from Frankenstein Comics gave me this copy "because it was missing a page" Original 10 cent copy. Yow.

Embiggen via click

Labels: 50's, color, comics

This post is for my daughters, but it also has a connection to the vibrant, witty, and copiously post-laden I'm Learning to Share! hosted by The In Crowd. He bought some old Archies and immediately saw the value in their reflection of the culture of the times. My daughters, by contrast, just wanted the clothes. Having said that, instead of me scanning page after page in order to reassure myself that no matter how rich the content is, no one is reading this, I propose as an alternative that you scroll down 7,000 pixels or so, and check out these covers. They are, in fact, groovy. If you are jonesing for more, I suggest you go to Mr. In Crowd's rich and deep Flick'r set His thoughts on the whole subject can be found here

One final note, and I'll keep it short because too many words turn things off, is that mine were given to me free, by Bill of Frankenstein Comics. Frankenstein Comics is the best comic store in the world. While it caters expertly to jagovs who have to have the new X-Men, it also has piles and piles of crap comics that contain long lost advertising, themes that reflect forgotten morality, odd publishers long out of business, and more. Bill knows that this is my sole interest, and handed me a box saying, "Here, these are for you, they are missing covers, have pages torn out, are falling apart, and have been cut up, so don't complain, but they are my gift to you." That's where the covers come from. The last thing I'll say about Bill is he knows the history of comics, and not your garden variety Siegel and Shuster, Stan Lee, Bob Kane BS, but how one publisher started from a prison cell, artists who drank themselves to death, who is still drawing at 114 years old, why Gold Key had no ads, and every 1/4 cover seller's location on the Eastern Seaboard since 1967. Therefore, I could never give a dollar to a Member's Only jacketed douche with a copy of Previews in his face - only Bill.

All pics link to embiggened versions.

Labels: 60's, Archie, comics, zeitgeist

I've been sitting on this for a while now (so it's nice and flat) because I was worried about too much comics stuff, but the PCL Linkdump (where I contribute) put up the Girl From U.N.C.L.E. Soundtrack and I decided it was time....

So, here (and at the image) is the Girl From U.N.C.L.E. Comic!!



It also got me thinking about a friend I had when I first got married who loved the Man From U.N.C.L.E. He writes movie scripts and has a blog- go see it: The World of Wolcott Wheeler. He's got a dark vision!

Every U.N.C.L.E. story was referred to as an "Affair" this use of euphemism reminded me of this routine by the great Mitchell & Webb:

Labels: 60's, beauty, cockney, comics, history, tv

Mexcian Comic featuring loads o' whippin', punchin' & shootin' - brightly colored cactus drama with an dissapointingly Aryan protagonist.



Mira!

Labels: action, blanket, booklet, comics, country, Cowboy, girls, history, Mexican, mexico, outsider, spanish, violence

I'm working on a concept piece using "Three Quarter Covers" comics (comics remaindered but given credit for by returning the title area or the top quarter of the cover to the distributor) called Sequitur, using largely non-verbal panels to form a concept stream.

Don't yew judge me! Don't judge me!

The picture immediately below is a link to SEQUITUR


BUT That's not all!!!

I found a couple of other oddities while collecting the images for Sequitur:

First, this pre-Bruno Magli OJ Simpson ad for Dingo boots!

(Link to bigger on click)

Next, this LOLmeme panel from 77 Sunset Strip Comics


Lastly, Barney Bear trying to get his chickens to explore alternative lifestyles....

Link to bigger above^^

The chickens looked shocked, I must admit.

Labels: 50's, action, ads, advertising, adverts, cartoon, comedy, comics, comments, cool, files, flash, fritzi Ritz, fun, funny, mojo, nihilism, yaaaaaaH

Lookit:

Fritzi Ritz 18 - part 2


enjoy!!!!

Labels: Aunt Fritzi, comics, fritzi Ritz, fun, funny, nancy

Little Iodine - daughter of Henry Tremblechin from They'll Do It Every Time by Jimmy Hatlo.
16 pages' worth. More "Little" tomorrow.......

as usual- link at pic


........and here's a long-overdue wallpaper:

Labels: action, awesome, cartoon, color, comics, friggin, fun, funny

What's that Phil got goin' on?

link at pic-

Want the pix? Get in touch.

Labels: 50's, Aunt Fritzi, book, booklet, comedy, comics, delicious, fun, funny, nancy, slideshow, sluggo

Complete comic - the flash control panel is draggable.
Link at pic:

Link at this pic too....


and a spiffy wall paper for you kids!


Hey want these pics? Get in touch.

Labels: 50's, comedy, comics, fritzi Ritz, fun, funny, girls

Labels: Amazon, comics, vinyl, wonder

I SWEAR I will post this entire comic, but I wanted to rush to publish this first page. Many treats inside, but hey, I gotta job!!!!!!

And - fer chrissakes, PIC @ LINK !!!

Labels: 50's, Aunt Fritzi, comics, fun, funny, nancy, used books

Hey, Dell comics are good comics.......they insist every issue.

I don't know who did this but it's not Bushmiller, more like his beatnik nephew or something....

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But, y'know, Nancy looked like this pretty much for much of my later childhood I guess.

My favorite thing is that the first bug she sees is a house centipede.

Labels: 50's, classic, comics, fritzi Ritz, fun, funny, house centipede, nancy, sluggo

Picture it: You're 8, you've got the flu, and your lying there, with only this beaten up coverless comic within reach. The content is dreary, like Ozzie & Harriet only with animals, but you read on, because it's all you're capable of.

Out of your haze an alternate reality arises, gels, and becomes real. The ape dad is your Dad, the little bear is your pal, Kenny, and the little girl is either your sister or Judy from up the street. You're now walking around in the comic, they are talking to you.

You exist there.

You've escaped. It's all an illusion. Hold on to that.

Labels: 50's, animals, color, comics, monkey

Tom and Jerry:
Protagonist/Antagonist
Worker/Establishment
Beatle/Stone
Bowie/Jagger
Me/Jerks
fehrui/renhjiq


Picture is a link to a charming story told in Bigpanelovision

Labels: 50's, action, book, cartoon, cat, classic, color, comics, culture, fun, funny, genius, greatness, history, humor, illustration, magazine, MGM, mouse

This is something I wanted to try - a new flash slideshow tool.
The story is from The Jaguar, September 1962 (Kennedy commits to moon, Beatles get a record contract) so, uh, smell that spoor, Jaguar! The whole single-panel-at-a-time works for me, I guess, and the tool's a no-brainer to use (link to it at the end of the show).

Picture contains a hyperlink to take you to the Jaguar in: the Jaguar's 6th Sense!!

Labels: 1962, comics, flash, slideshow, The Jaguar

Nancy makes the scene again.
...with a crush


This was so falling apart, I haven't even read it.
Sparkler was a good value - 52 pages - a compilation of different titles-

Ella Cinders- with high priced society dames becoming luchadoras


Tarzan the Ape Man (monkey! monkey! monkey!) making the Tek Jansen scene:


Sluggo making an early reference to this fine blog (picture's a link to a wallpaper)


Pud!:


Strange goings-on with the Sons of Abraham.......:


Red Ryder shootin' yer eye out, kid:


Katzenjammer Kids screwing everything up (expect to see this revisited again at Christmas):


and South American root foods:

and another wallpaper for you kiddies:

So, uh, have fun kiddies!

Labels: comics, Ella Cinders, katzenjammer kids, monkey, nancy, sluggo, Sparkler, Tarzan

LINK to Larger Images at EACH below:





Lambiek entry
Toonopedia entry
Wikipedia T.D.I.E.T. entry
Wikipedia Lil' Iodine entry

Labels: comics, fun, funny, hatlo, story, style

(will this work in 2007?)
EASY TRANSFER FUNNIES
Moke Exact Reproductions Of Newspaper Pictures
Home-made transfer pictures are easy to make, and here is a simple process any boy or girl can follow. This is a project that is good for many afternoons and evenings of fun.
Obtain a candle. A fat, white one will serve best.,, Next, select out of the newspaper some picture that you would like to transfer to another sheet of smooth, white paper. It can be a figure out of a comic strip, out of an advertise ment, or it can be a reproduction of a photograph. The more recently the paper has been printed, the better your transfer picture will be.
The third step is to obtain a piece of smooth white paper. To prepare it, rub the candle over one entire side as shown in Figure 1.
Next, place the tallow side of the paper upon the picture you wish to transfer, as in Figure 2.
Hold an old spoon in your hand as in Figure 3 and vigorously rub the top side of the tallowed paper with the back of the spoon's bowl.
When you have done this and are sure the spoon has not missed any corners, carefully lift the paper up. You will find that the newspaper picture now appears on the tallowed surface of the second paper. The difference will be that the transfer picture (or reprint) will appear reversed, as in Figure 4. If lettering is in the picture, it also will be backward.
If you wish, you can transfer the reprint to still another piece of paper. This will cause the printing to run forward instead of backward. Simply lay the transfer picture on plain white paper and run the spoon over its hack. Lift the top paper and the second reprint will appear on the new sheet.


(..since I dig rock & don't dig golf - an alternative!)
HOW TO PLAY ROCK GOLF
Two Holes And Some Rocks Are The Equipment
Rock golf is a fine game for boys and girls to play and, because it is so easy to fix up the necessary equipment, it is an ideal spur-of-the-moment pastime.
All you need are two holes in the ground (or in the sand, if you play the game at a beach) and some rocks which are light enough for you to toss a distance of 20 feet.
Each player should have three rocks. These can be flat, round or any other shape that suits the player's fancy.
After the players have selected their rocks, each rock should be identified in some manner. Perhaps the easiest way to do this is for each player to scratch his initial on his rocks, using a nail, as shown in Figure 2.
Next, the two holes must be dug (Figure 1). These should be at least 20 feet apart and should be no less than 6 inches deep and not more than 10 inches in diameter. If they are any bigger in diameter it will be too easy to toss the rocks into them.
When the holes have been dug, you are ready to play the game. One player at a time stands beside one of the holes and, taking careful aim, tosses one of his rocks at the other hole (Figure 3), his object being to cause his rock to fall into the hole.
He throws all three of his rocks, one at a time, and then it is the next player's turn.
Each rock that lands in the hole gives its owner three points. Each rock that does not land in the hole penalizes him two points. The player who gets 25 points first is the winner.
When the players have thrown all their rocks at one hole, they go to that hole, remove the rocks and then toss them back at the other hole, continuing in this manner until someone has won the-game.


RUBBER-BAND MOANER
Whines When You Whirl It Around Your Head

A piece of cardboard about, six inches long and four inches wide (Figure 1) and four rubber bands are required to make a rubber-band moaner.

With scissors or a sharp knife, cut the center out of the cardboard as shown in Figure 2, leaving a frame about one inch wide at the top and bottom and three-fourths of an inch wide at each side.

Punch a small hole in one end of this frame and tie a long string to it.

Over the frame stretch the four rubber bands as shown in Figure 3. The moaner is now ready for use.

Take hold of the free end of the long string and begin to swing the moaner around and around, going faster and faster. Soon you will begin to understand how this toy got its name, for the rubber bands will begin to moan as the air swiftly passes through them. The faster you swing the moaner, the higher the pitch of its sound.

The results can be improved, if you wish, by slipping a small piece of wood beneath the rubber bands at each end of the cardboard frame, thus moving them away from the frame and placing them more in the current of air as the moaner is whirled.

Labels: Cappy Dick, comics, comments, fun, project

SECRET HIDING PLACE
You Make It Out Of An Old Book
If you belong to a club that needs a place in which important papers can be safely hidden, make a secret book. It's a good hiding place for small articles. When it is placed on a table or shelf with other books, no one would likely suspect it Contains anything but ordinary pages.
All you need is an old book nobody wants any more and some glue. The pages of the book must be glued together and then an oblong hole must be cut through them. This hull becomes the receptacle for things to be hidden.
Be sure the book you choose is no longer useful. To be on the safe side, get permission from Mother or Dad to use it.
Figure 1 shows how to glue the pages together. The glue is applied only around the three loose edges of the pages. The first 15 or 20 pages of the book should not be glued together. Allow them to be loose as in an ordinary book. Glue all other pages however, and the last page should be glued to the inside of the back cover of the book.
Figure 2 shows how to use a sharp knife to cut the oblong hiding place in the glued pages. Figure 3 shows how you can use water colors to paint the inside of the book if you wish to do so. Figure 4 shows the completed book, out of which the boy has removed some important papers he had hidden there.


AN X-RAY CARD
It Reveals The Bones In Your Hand
This feather "X-ray" card is really a fake, but it's fun to make and use because with it you seem to be able to see the bones in your hand.
You must have two pieces of cardboard and a chicken feather. First thing to do is cut a round hole about the size of a five-cent piece in each card. Make these holes at the same place in each card.
Next, cut a piece of chicken feather that is a little larger than the holes. Glue the two cards firmly together with the feather between them and over the holes. The device is now ready for use.
Hold the card in one hand and look at your other hand through the feather. The bones in your hand will apparently have become visible to you.
Look through the feather at a pencil and the lead will seem to have become visible, also.
It's an illusion, of course, but fun! Try it on your friends.


MAKE A SKULLCAP
Use The Crown Of An Old Hat
Any boy who has never made himself one of those felt skullcaps so popular among the young livewires of the playgrounds, can do so by following these directions.
You begin with an old felt hat such as Father wears, but be sure it is a discarded hat he no longer wants. To play safe, ask him if you can have one of his oldest, most battered hats and I'm sure he'll be glad to pick one out for you.
Cut the brim off the hat as shown in Figure 1. Next, pull the crown of the hat down upon your head as far as it will go. It will probably be so big it will come down over your eyes, and, if this is the case, turn the excess upward, as in Figure 2. If the upturned excess is more than 1&1/2 inches high, use your scissors to trim some of it off.
The hat is now ready for decorations. These can be airholes of various shapes, cut through the felt with a sharp knife or scissors, or can be fancy pins and buttons which can easily be collected. Figure 3 shows various types of decorations and suggests that you cut in some hearts, diamonds, spades and clubs and make zigzag edge around the brim of the hat. The finished hat appears on the boy in the lower right-hand corner of our illustration.
Boys who belong to a club can make themselves skullcaps with identical designs that can have a secret meaning.

Labels: book, Cappy Dick, comics, project, punk, stash, x-ray spex

Hogmanay - hey, I thought New Year's was New Year's but not in Scotland.


Here's a cartoon (LINK TO LARGER IMAGE AT PIC BELOW) from the large Scots family The Broons


So, uh, Happy Hogmanay......

Labels: comics, Hogmanay, New Year's Day, Scotland, Scots, Scottish, Thr Broons

At least as old as me.


Actual working comic 1.5"


Actual non working 45RPM 2"


By Corning, NY artisans

This one's a wallpaper (pic @ link)


Fruit & Veg






Eastern





Santae:






Boids:
This first one- maybe 100 yrs old.





Critters:






Spheres & Heads:







mmmmmmm........minimalist!



Other:

Labels: ape, caliph, comics, corning, flamingo, head, monkey, ornaments, pansy, pear, pickle, pyramid, rat, rose, santa claus, sphere, squirrel, swan, turnip, woodpecker

fun 4 u



fun 4 u 2

Labels: ads, Aunt Fritzi, canada, comics, fritzi Ritz, glyphjockey, Gordo, nancy, sluggo