Tag Archives: comic book

Big Money!

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Joe_Williams

Miniature Chairman of the Board?

Posted in What I Miss About Comics | Tagged 1970, Agent of SHIELD, CO2 Comics, comic, comic book, comics, football, Marvel, Nick Fury, SGT. Fury, vintage, WW II | Leave a comment

Anthropomorphic Water Fowl and 16mm Celluloid

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Joe_Williams

Wait…WHAT?!

Posted in What I Miss About Comics | Tagged 16mm, 1956, comic, comic book, comics, Disney, Heart Throbs, home movies, humor, Illustration, vintage | Leave a comment

Glows in the Dark!

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Joe_Williams

It seems that everything old is new again.

Posted in What I Miss About Comics | Tagged ABC, ad, comic, comic book, comics, Dark Shadows, DC Comics, Hemlock Grove, Illustration, model kit, monster, soap opera, television, vampire, vintage, werewolf | Leave a comment

To Each His Own

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Joe_Williams

Posted in What I Miss About Comics | Tagged 1972, ad, CO2 Comics, comic book, Marvel, Mr. Universe, muscles, vintage | 2 Comments

Chicks Dig Locksmiths

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Joe_Williams

Am I the only one getting a Ted Bundy vibe from the fellow featured in this ad?

Posted in What I Miss About Comics | Tagged 1977, comic, comic book, comics, humor, locksmith, Marvel, Omega the Unknown, Superman, Ted Bundy, vintage | Leave a comment

The Lone Star State – an Inch at a Time

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Joe_Williams

Back before you could name your very own star supposedly all official-like, you could own a Mini-ranch measuring one inch square in the great state of Texas. For two bucks you would get a legal deed to your real estate … Continue reading →

Posted in What I Miss About Comics | Tagged cartoons, comic book, comics, Guardians of the Galaxy, humor, inch, Marvel Comics, ranch, Star Wars, Texas, What I Miss About Comics | Leave a comment

It Came From The Sketchbook – The Little Black Book

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Joe_Williams

A few weeks ago I decided to give the What I Like About Comics category a rest and blow the dust off of the It Came From The Sketchbook category shaking loose some of the drawings from sketchbooks I’ve got … Continue reading →

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Killing the Sketchbook from Hell

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Joe_Williams

A sketch I did with my favorite indigo blue pencil while sitting at the Ridgeway pool in South Philadelphia this summer. This was the first satisfying sketch I did in the dreaded Sketchbook from Hell!

Posted in Curious Clutter, Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch, Technique | Tagged 1980s, 1987, 2012, art, Cartoon, cartoons, CO2 Comics, comic, comic book, comics, drawing, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, Monkey & Bird, Sketch, sketchbook | 10 Comments

Horribly Realistic!

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Joe_Williams

There was a long period in comics where you could always count on ads featuring either fake vomit or artificial dog droppings. I always wondered where this sort of stuff was made. Was it a factory that specialized in novelty … Continue reading →

Posted in What I Miss About Comics | Tagged 1967, 1973, ad, artificial, comic, comic book, Fantastic Four, humor, Jack Kirby, practical joke, puke, Stan Lee, vintage, vomit | Leave a comment

Analog Computer?

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Joe_Williams

Isn’t that a contradiction in terms?

Posted in What I Miss About Comics | Tagged 1971, ad, analog, analog computer, comic book, comics, Fantastic Four, kit, Marvel, science, vintage | Leave a comment

TRS-80 SAVES Metropolis!!!

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Joe_Williams

Ricky Rotten sent me an article celebrating the 35th anniversary of Radio Shack’s personal home computer the TRS-80 also less-than-affectionately known as the TRaSh-80.

Posted in What I Miss About Comics | Tagged 1980, 1980s, ad, comic book, comics, computer, Radio Shack, Superman, Tandy, TRS-80 | Leave a comment

LPs or Tapes?

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Joe_Williams

Decisions — decisions! Do you go with the tapes or the LPs? You get the album cover and the inner sleeve with the album, but 8-track tapes are really cool. They’re sort of futuristic the way you just push them … Continue reading →