Tag Archives: 1977

Everything is Better than Star Wars

Posted on June 2, 2022 by Joe

This is a scan of an insert from the DVD package of Shock Waves a movie originally released the same year as Star Wars which also starred Peter Cushing. Star Wars was a huge success and it did change the … Continue reading →

Posted in Stuff Joe Likes, What's on TV? | Tagged 1977, Bob Larkin, horror, Shock Waves, Star Wars, zombies | Leave a comment

Black Sunday

Posted on July 3, 2018 by Joe_Williams

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 | 2 Comments

Ask Your Father

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Joe_Williams

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 | Leave a comment

YECCH!!! Looks, Feels Real!

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Joe_Williams

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 | 1 Comment

Chicks Dig Locksmiths

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Joe_Williams

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 | Leave a comment

George Clooney in The Stan Lee Story

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Joe_Williams

Posted in What I Miss About Comics | Tagged 1977, Emergency, George Clooney, Iron Man, Marvel, Stan Lee | Leave a comment

Stink Loads of Mars

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Joe_Williams

Posted in What I Miss About Comics | Tagged 1977, Barsoom, cigarettes, comics, fantasy, Gil Kane, humor, John Carter, John Carter Warlord of Mars, Mars, practical jokes, stink loads | 2 Comments

How To Draw Monsters by Larry Evans – Undersea Monsters

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Joe_Williams

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 | Leave a comment

How to Draw Monsters by Larry Evans

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Joe_Williams

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 | Leave a comment

34 Years Ago

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Joe_Williams

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 | 4 Comments

Geek Cred

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Joe_Williams

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 →