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Memorial Day 2023
More than half a century ago a skinny kid from Maryland found himself in a place he had probably never heard of — Phu Loi, Vietnam. This is Daniel Love who I met on a job about 25 years after … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Computers, Holiday
Tagged Dan Love, Memorial Day, Phu Loi, Vietnam
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There may be OPPORTUNITY • What I Miss About Comics
I was never a fan of poetry so I can’t imagine soliciting the amateur efforts of scribes across the continental United States and Canada. Somebody at the mail drop was going to have to read these submissions whether they were … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter, Trash or Treasure, What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1974, cheap, damsel in distress, horror, macabre, Marvel Comis, music, poems, sex, vampire
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Chasing the Cool Kids
Back in the 1970s Marvel Comics was trying to chase an audience beyond the typical comic reader which was comprised chiefly of seven to twelve year old boys. Somebody thought a rock album based on their most popular character would … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter, What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1973, Cartoon, comic, comic book, comics, Creem, humor, magazine, Marvel, Spider-man, USA
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South Philadelphia in the ’40s.
Family friend Aunt Francis with my Mom in South Philadelphia back in the ’40s.
Posted in Blast from the Past, Looking South, Philadelphia
Tagged 1940s, Mother's Day, Philadelphia, South Philadelphia
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Before Video Cassettes
A lot of members of the generation that begat the baby boomers were sold on movie cameras in order to capture those babies’ first steps or opening presents Christmas morning or the vacation to the beach. And if Mom and … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 8mm, Eerie, fil, horror, magazine, movies, Super 8, Warren Publishing
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