{"id":2885,"date":"2011-05-23T04:44:57","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T09:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=2885"},"modified":"2019-11-25T16:51:16","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T21:51:16","slug":"what-i-miss-about-comics-untold-riches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/05\/23\/what-i-miss-about-comics-untold-riches\/","title":{"rendered":"What I Miss About Comics – Untold Riches!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Jiminy Cricket on a CRUTCH!!!<\/strong><\/em> Would you just look at that fat wad of cash that chubby kid is flashing! Cripes, I’m going to give up my meth lab and get me a paper route!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This particular Grit<\/strong><\/em> ad was in Charlton’s All New Fightin’ Marines<\/strong><\/em> No. 116 which has turned out to be a treasure trove at least for finding material for these columns. I wonder what the first issue is going for.<\/em>
\nI used to wonder what Grit<\/strong><\/em> was. The ad was always in the comics back when they were still sold at newsstands and convenience stores. I never saw the actual Grit newspaper and always thought it was some sort of scam like a lot of things in comic books. As it turns out, it was for real,<\/em> and Grit<\/strong> still exists as you can see HERE<\/a>. It’s no longer a newspaper but a slick magazine instead. It has to do with rural issues and farming which is probably why I’ve never seen it in the suburbs around a metropolitan area. I could see with the interest in organic produce and home gardening, that it’s probably seen a resurgence. It may be possible to make that fat wad of cash selling Grit!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Well, it would certainly beat trying to sell greeting cards door-to-door.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jiminy Cricket on a CRUTCH!!! Would you just look at that fat wad of cash that chubby kid is flashing! 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