Author Archives: Joe

Dream a Little Dream

Posted on November 13, 2025 by Joe

The advertisements in girl comics were always different. Whereas ads in boy’s comics appealed to hapless adventurers with home built go-kart kits, antisocial ne’er-do-wells with practical jokes and future glue sniffers who had prurient interests with x-ray spectacles, girl ads … Continue reading →

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Caturday

Posted on November 1, 2025 by Joe

Photos of felines in and around Philadelphia Continue reading →

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Vampira

Posted on October 26, 2025 by Joe

Brian Bubonic scored me this terrific, autographed 8×10 of Vampira aka Maila Nurmia a few years back. Brian offers his two cents: I met Maila at a screening of grindhouse movies that used to take place monthly in Hollywood. She … Continue reading →

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29 Years

Posted on October 19, 2025 by Joe

In the event of birthdays, anniversaries and a few other holidays, Tina and I have a tradition where we exchange cards that we make for one another. It certainly saves on the clutter and we end up with something truly … Continue reading →

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Caturday

Posted on October 18, 2025 by Joe

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Selling Seeds in the SHOW ME State

Posted on October 16, 2025 by Joe

Bill was doing really well in the seed racket in Missouri back in 1965.

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Pen+Gear Sketchbooks: Not All Are Winners

Posted on October 14, 2025 by Joe

I’ve been working on notions of what the final scenes of my Teenage Beast story will be like, sketching ideas in my Pen+Gear Sketch Diary. As I have written before, that sketchbook is a gem as far as price and … Continue reading →

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You Can’t Keep a Good Spacefaring Hippie Down!

Posted on October 7, 2025 by Joe

Drifting through the starry void, he felt as one with the cosmos. It was utter harmony and contentment. His shaggy hair floated weightlessly about him, catching glints of light from distant nebula. He pondered the vastness stretching infinitely out in … Continue reading →

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Great Movie, Terrible Soundtrack — In Space No One Can Hear This Record

Posted on October 2, 2025 by Joe

This is a switcheroo from my usual post where I highlight terrible movies that have great soundtracks or musical scores. Today, I am looking at a great movie that has a less than memorable soundtrack album. Alien (1979) directed by … Continue reading →

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