Author Archives: Joe

Caturday

Posted on July 16, 2022 by Joe
Posted in Caturday | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Along Passyunk Avenue

Posted on July 15, 2022 by Joe
Posted in Adventures in Commuting, Philadelphia | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

The Other Half

Posted on July 13, 2022 by Joe

Back in 2017, I had what I thought was a pretty good idea for replicating the size and shape of my beloved Sketchbook from Heaven by cleaving a 9-inch by 12-inch drawing pad into two 9-inch by 6-inch pads. It … Continue reading →

Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Marvel Treasury Editions

Posted on July 6, 2022 by Joe

80 glorious over-sized pages of Hulk stories by some of the greatest members of Marvel Comics’ legendary bullpen of writers and illustrators. The treasury editions were printed on newsprint like the regular comic books, and they were usually sold at … Continue reading →

Posted in Curious Clutter, What I Miss About Comics | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

The Fabulous Flea Market of Streaming Channels

Posted on July 3, 2022 by Joe

As I’ve said before, when I am sketching, I like to have noise in the background which is sometimes music but it’s usually the TV tuned to something that doesn’t require my strict attention. Trashy television shows and B movies … Continue reading →

Posted in Stuff Joe Likes, Weird World of the Roku, What's on TV? | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Relics of the Recent Past

Posted on June 29, 2022 by Joe

It’s weird to think that Blockbuster is gone. I wasn’t a regular customer because there was another chain closer to home, but they were everywhere. At the height of the popularity of video rentals, I always felt that large urban … Continue reading →

Posted in Blast from the Past, What's on TV? | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

DUCKWORK April 1981

Posted on June 26, 2022 by Joe

Embedded below is a PDF of the April 1981 edition of DUCKWORK which was CREATED FOR THE PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF ART COMMUNITY. It was a newspaper put together by PCA students for PCA students, and I found a pile of … Continue reading →

Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter, Philadelphia | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment