Category Archives: Blast from the Past

I was a PC Before I Was a Mac

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Of course I was!

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Sunday Matinee

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Hey, kids, it’s a new category – Sunday Matinee! Actually, I was curious to see how well the embed function from The Internet Archive works, and, as it turns out, it works very well! If you haven’t checked out the … Continue reading →

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Frank Rizzo on Broad Street

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Joe_Williams

It’s 1982, and I’m walking North on Broad Street not far from the Philadelphia College of Art where I was attending at the time when suddenly former Mayor Frank Rizzo appears larger than life. I’m not sure if there was … Continue reading →

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Philadelphia Lawyer

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Gosh, I hope not! This is the quality of graphics you could expect from a tabloid newspaper in Philadelphia around 1980.  

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What I Miss About Comics…The 98lb Weakling Epidemic

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Joe_Williams

I don’t think First Lady Pat Nixon fretted about this particular plague at the time. This is also from Charlton’s All New Fightin’ Marines No. 116 which has been a positive treasure trove for these terrific ads!

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Plastic Spaceman Head

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Joe_Williams

This was an old astronaut toy that predated the Apollo missions probably belonged to my older brother John. Brian Bubonic and I used him as the evil Cosmonaut that would fight Major Matt Mason.

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Gaiety Sandwich Shop

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Another one of my art school photos from Philadelphia in 1982 although I didn’t really intend this shot to be art. We would get these assignments to shoot some subject matter or other, and rather than waste shots, I would … Continue reading →

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What I Miss About Comics…MONSTER S-I-Z-E MONSTERS

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Joe_Williams

I miss the lurid ads with the offers that were too good to be true. If Mom came through with that check or money order, would you have really received a 7 foot tall monster-sized monster that would have impressed … Continue reading →

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Ode to a Long Gone 5 & 10¢ Store

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Joe_Williams

This is a shot I took back in 1982 at around the same time I took this shot recently used by Philadelphia Magazine. This Woolworth’s was on Chestnut Street just off of Broad. It had everything you could want from … Continue reading →

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