Monthly Archives: June 2011

Mrs. Crankipants Invites You to a Mustache Party

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Mrs. Crankipants

  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

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Joe_Williams

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

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Joe_Williams

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

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Sunday Matinee – Telephone Tutorial

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Mrs. Crankipants

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?

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Joe_Williams

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

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Mrs. Crankipants

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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How to Draw Monsters by Larry Evans

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Last week I wrote a post about the how-to-do-it book I got back in 1977 that has probably had the most influence over my illustration work. These visual ideas still rattle around my brain and often end up emerging from … Continue reading →

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