Tag Archives: 1980s

Because it was on…

Posted on February 8, 2022 by Joe

Back when I attended The Philadelphia College of Art, the city of Philadelphia was not wired for cable television while the surrounding suburbs had enjoyed the benefits of basic cable and perhaps a pay station like HBO or PRISM for … Continue reading →

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The Fifth Beatle

Posted on July 10, 2018 by Joe_Williams

This is another of The Photo Elective series of photographs that Tina, I and every other illustration major attending The Philadelphia College of Art were required to shoot, process and print. This is a self-portrait of Ms Garceau.

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Seeing The Being

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Joe_Williams

I sit and draw and watch TV. I always have. When I was little, I watched amiable announcer Bill “Wee Willie” Webber present hours of kids shows every afternoon as I drew cartoons on scratch pads, rolls of adding machine … Continue reading →

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Gaiety Sandwich Shop — an Update

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Joe_Williams

People constantly scour the Internet seeking the newest of the new. What I love about the Internet is that it is also a nearly infinite backlog of information. There is something for everyone, and something that may have been posted … Continue reading →

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Almost All of Them Flops

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Joe_Williams

This is a nicely printed flyer that was handed out at a comic book convention in the very early 1980s. On the opposite side of what’s pictured above was a list of horror and science fiction classics released by Universal … Continue reading →

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More Thoughts on Leaving Netflix

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Joe_Williams

I have a few more thoughts bouncing around my brain pan on cancelling my Netflix subscription which I thought I would share with you. I have been a Netflix subscriber since the end of the 20th Century and practically all of … Continue reading →

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Digital Clutter

Posted on June 9, 2017 by Joe_Williams

This is a followup to my earlier post about the art school formerly known as The Philadelphia College of Art. Thanks to the Internet Archive which is probably the greatest site on the internet a number of odd, wonderful and … Continue reading →

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The Way It Was

Posted on June 6, 2017 by Joe_Williams

This terrific map is from the 1982-83 Philadelphia College of Art catalog which I uncovered amid the clutter in my studio. I marveled at the magnificently clean graphic design done well before anybody had heard of Illustrator, Freehand or CorelDraw. … Continue reading →

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ARCO Park

Posted on May 25, 2017 by Joe_Williams

Today we present a  fairly decent view of the way things were. This is ARCO Park circa late 1970s/early 1980s. It sat on Broad Street between Spruce and Pine. It’s all gone now — swallowed up by the massive Kimmel … Continue reading →

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