Monthly Archives: May 2011

What I Miss About Comics – That Johnny PayCheck Moment

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Having a bad day, Bunky? Well, fortunately for you that comic book that you brought to accompany your liverwurst sandwich and bottle of Faygo orange soda on your lunch break may hold the solution to all of your problems!

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Sunday Matinee

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Hey, kids, it’s a new category – Sunday Matinee! Actually, I was curious to see how well the embed function from The Internet Archive works, and, as it turns out, it works very well! If you haven’t checked out the … Continue reading →

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Besotted Baboon Boozily Babbles

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Joe_Williams

The monochrome melodrama rolls on as Mickey & Sylvia’s date night at the movies continues as Monkey & Bird by Joe Williams and Tina Garceau continues at CO2 Comics. Click HERE to catch the latest installment!

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Frank Rizzo on Broad Street

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Joe_Williams

It’s 1982, and I’m walking North on Broad Street not far from the Philadelphia College of Art where I was attending at the time when suddenly former Mayor Frank Rizzo appears larger than life. I’m not sure if there was … Continue reading →

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Philadelphia Lawyer

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Gosh, I hope not! This is the quality of graphics you could expect from a tabloid newspaper in Philadelphia around 1980.  

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What I Miss About Comics…The 98lb Weakling Epidemic

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Joe_Williams

I don’t think First Lady Pat Nixon fretted about this particular plague at the time. This is also from Charlton’s All New Fightin’ Marines No. 116 which has been a positive treasure trove for these terrific ads!

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Happy Mother’s Day

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Tina Garceau

This is Joe’s Mother’s Day masterpiece!

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Plastic Spaceman Head

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Joe_Williams

This was an old astronaut toy that predated the Apollo missions probably belonged to my older brother John. Brian Bubonic and I used him as the evil Cosmonaut that would fight Major Matt Mason.

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Gaiety Sandwich Shop

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Another one of my art school photos from Philadelphia in 1982 although I didn’t really intend this shot to be art. We would get these assignments to shoot some subject matter or other, and rather than waste shots, I would … Continue reading →

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