Monthly Archives: June 2011

Ghosts of Philadelphia’s Past – Bellevue Health Baths

A couple years ago I was wandering around what’s known as Center City in Philadelphia when I took this picture. This sign is on the corner of Sansom and Juniper between 13th and Broad. I’ve been up and down this … Continue reading

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Mrs. Crankipants Invites You to a Mustache Party

  Just like the Macarena and chlamydia, a new trend is sweeping the nation!

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How To Draw Monsters by Larry Evans – Undersea Monsters

More from the late, great Larry Evans’ fabulous how-to book for kids from 1977.

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What I Miss About Comics…Celebrity Endorsements

Before anybody knew who they were. Do you know this couple?

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Sunday Matinee – Telephone Tutorial

Hello dear readers, it’s Mrs Crankipants. Today’s topic is the rotary phone, an invention once considered the wave of the future in a simpler time, back before the touch tone models, texting, video chats, the capability of sending tragically ill-advised … Continue reading

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What I Miss About Comics…What’s a Demographic?

I’m not sure why this ad was in an issue of All New Fightin’ Marines, but it was. My guess is that the Charlton boys had advertising space to fill and they filled it!

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Sunday Matinee – Lee Marvin as Health Food Nut/Serial Killer

Hello, one and all. It’s Mrs. Crankipants again with another Sunday Matinee. Once again, I’m featuring another teevee show rather than those Godawful, grade Z horror movies that the regular guy likes so much. Mrs Crankipants likes her television. She … Continue reading

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