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Tag Archives: 1977
Black Sunday
I’ve written before about the Wonderfully Weird Channels of the Roku and how the little device is a gift of modern technology for which I have always been thankful. Well, now I am afraid to report to you that I … Continue reading
Posted in Weird World of the Roku
Tagged 1977, Black Sunday, cut the cord, Rook, streaming, television
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Ask Your Father
Ma, it says right here that they’ll send ya ‘ONE PREGNANT MALE who will give birth to as many as 25 babies!’ How can that be, Ma? How can that be?
Posted in Curious Clutter, What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1977, comic, comic book, comics, Earth 2, JSA, One Pregnant Male, Power Girl, seahorse, stripped comic, Superman, USA, vintage, Wally Wood
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YECCH!!! Looks, Feels Real!
The Finger Factory? Was it a cottage industry or was there a brick and mortar building where workers punched a time clock to crank out life-like severed fingers?
Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1977, ad, coffin, comic, comic book, Iron Man, Marvel, severed finger, super-hero
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Chicks Dig Locksmiths
Am I the only one getting a Ted Bundy vibe from the fellow featured in this ad?
Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1977, comic, comic book, comics, humor, locksmith, Marvel, Omega the Unknown, Superman, Ted Bundy, vintage
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George Clooney in The Stan Lee Story
Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1977, Emergency, George Clooney, Iron Man, Marvel, Stan Lee
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How To Draw Monsters by Larry Evans – Undersea Monsters
More from the late, great Larry Evans’ fabulous how-to book for kids from 1977.
Posted in Blast from the Past, Technique
Tagged 1977, How to Draw Monsters, Larry Evans
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How to Draw Monsters by Larry Evans
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
Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter, Illustration, Stuff Joe Likes
Tagged 1977, How to Draw Monsters, Larry Evans
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34 Years Ago
Yeah, Star Wars came out on this date 34 years ago, but something more important to me personally came out the same year. How to Draw Monsters by Larry Evans came out in 1977. It is a how-to-do-it book, but … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter, Illustration
Tagged 1977, Larry Evans, Monsters
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Geek Cred
Yes, I was among the first wave of fan club members back in 1977. I used to carry this in my wallet as if that was going to grant me entree into special or unusual events or situations sort of … Continue reading
Posted in Curious Clutter
Tagged 1977, credentials, fan club, geek, movie, nerd, science fiction, Star Wars, street cred
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