Tag Archives: muscles

Sexy at Any Size?

Posted on June 29, 2023 by Joe
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Mail Order Muscles

Posted on January 5, 2022 by Joe

Charles Atlas is the body builder that everybody knows from comic book advertisements, but if you actually bought and read comic books regularly any time between the 1950s through the 1970s, you would be just as familiar with the name … Continue reading →

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A Familiar Face

Posted on November 4, 2021 by Joe

As is usually the case, I was looking for something else when I came across an old stash of comics books. I immediately forgot about whatever I was originally looking for as I gleefully thumbed through my four-colored, battered beauties. … Continue reading →

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To Each His Own

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Joe_Williams
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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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Dating Disasters

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Joe_Williams

I did this for Boulder Magazine a couple of years ago and had a good time working on it. This was one of three illustrations I did to accompany an article on when dates go bad. This is my favorite … Continue reading →

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