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Tag Archives: comic book
To Each His Own
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Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1972, ad, CO2 Comics, comic book, Marvel, Mr. Universe, muscles, vintage
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Chicks Dig Locksmiths
Am I the only one getting a Ted Bundy vibe from the fellow featured in this ad?
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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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The Lone Star State – an Inch at a Time
Back before you could name your very own star supposedly all official-like, you could own a Mini-ranch measuring one inch square in the great state of Texas. For two bucks you would get a legal deed to your real estate … Continue reading
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Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged cartoons, comic book, comics, Guardians of the Galaxy, humor, inch, Marvel Comics, ranch, Star Wars, Texas, What I Miss About Comics
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It Came From The Sketchbook – The Little Black Book
A few weeks ago I decided to give the What I Like About Comics category a rest and blow the dust off of the It Came From The Sketchbook category shaking loose some of the drawings from sketchbooks I’ve got … Continue reading
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Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged analog, art, art supply, Cartoon, cartoons, Charrette, CO2 Comics, comic, comic book, comics, commute, hard-bound, humor, Illustration, It Came From The Sketchbook, Joe Williams, Market-Frankford El, Monkey & Bird, pencil, Philadelphia, SEPTA, Sketch, sketchbook, Willceau
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Killing the Sketchbook from Hell
A sketch I did with my favorite indigo blue pencil while sitting at the Ridgeway pool in South Philadelphia this summer. This was the first satisfying sketch I did in the dreaded Sketchbook from Hell!
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Posted in Curious Clutter, Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch, Technique
Tagged 1980s, 1987, 2012, art, Cartoon, cartoons, CO2 Comics, comic, comic book, comics, drawing, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, Monkey & Bird, Sketch, sketchbook, sketchbook from hell
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Horribly Realistic!
There was a long period in comics where you could always count on ads featuring either fake vomit or artificial dog droppings. I always wondered where this sort of stuff was made. Was it a factory that specialized in novelty … Continue reading
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Tagged 1967, 1973, ad, artificial, comic, comic book, Fantastic Four, humor, Jack Kirby, practical joke, puke, Stan Lee, vintage, vomit
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Analog Computer?
Isn’t that a contradiction in terms?
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Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1971, ad, analog, analog computer, comic book, comics, Fantastic Four, kit, Marvel, science, vintage
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