"Hey Beautiful! - I'll be back to pick you up later!!"

Make Mine Bathing Beauties

Make mine a Hula Girl

What's This Year's MOST INAPPROPRIATE (and creepy) Christmas Gift?

Saw this in a department store recently, but I didn't have my phone (while lamenting that, some chump sarcastically assured me that I would get along fine without it)... so I found it on their site: A PENN STATE STUFFED LION, KIDS!

Seriously, some jokes write themselves, no?

Damn the torpedoes, let merchandising commence!

Ew. History. Marketing.

From the blog Glaserei which is part of Stuttgarter Zeitung

Shillbur

Hey- Horses ain't cheap! Push those cars! Studebaker Lark, that is.

Rare Comic Ads

These ads are from the April 1950 issue of Blondie comics. These pre-date my existence in time, and are unfamiliar in content if not in form. All images link to giant versions for text perusal.

Let's commence with The Chevalier. Later becoming "The Shatner".



I wasn't even born yet, and I knew this was a ripoff....



Is this a camo lighter? In 1950??


That's right bitches, any car....



Published during the so-hot-they-need-a-full-page-color-ad era of tiny electric motor sales.



Because sane bargains aren't as thrilling......



A familiar form but unfamiliar content....



Lastly half-page entries (probably from Sundays) of the Flop Family, which mutated into Philander Flop (I realized in bed this morning and subsequently researched)......why do comics suck nowadays?

Before They Die

Junk ads from comics that are as of.......now recycled:

MANY LINK TO BIGGER VERSIONS (WHERE IT MAKES SENSE)

I have these.....naturally occurring.


This struck me as ambiently (ambiently? Is that a word?) beautiful/ It's entitled "Coat"


This one links to a NEW WALLPAPER if you click it! YAY!! NOW you're getting your money's worth!!!


Damn! I am so gonna be one of those dudes who throws luggage violently out of the plane's belly into an open cart in the driving rain!!


No Comment. Just too damn cool to comment on....


Why 7?


Calling all chicks...did I mention I have 7 TVs?


If I get this :

Then I can get this .....and play along !!


Ook! Monkey!


We are running out of helium thanks to this jerk:


Yes you've seen this elsewhere, it's just too exquisite to not do again....


Rock these patches:


...but NEVER on Steve Scout's uniform !!


Let's close out with this groovy skull light.

Psychedelic Rivalry

Found while actually cleaning the garage! Y'know, where they keep cars!!

This is Butter

Just screwing around:

Ads

Scroll - it's immersive.
Link at pic

Wheaties. Spark. That's all.

Friggin' Wheaties, huh?

Oh, Someone's 'Avin a Larf, Ain't They?

I had a subscription to SEED the most unreadable science magazine in existence. It's as if the folks at Interview and Nylon said, "Hey! let's do a science magazine! We'll make it all edgy and stuff!"

It's ending. The insert obscuring the front cover had this:




More appropriate for Hustler, wouldn't ya think?

Rochester, Minnesota Phone Book Entry

...................! Lemonade!

Funny Pitcher 2 (electric boogaloo)

Monger something else - fear's for the birds!

Attn: Nerds! Let's Join the Science Club !!!!!!

Click on either image for a giant view, dolllllll.....inks! 05/68 It must be 2pt type...tiny. Not as sexy as the record club but cool nonetheless.

New EATMOR Error

First of all, EATMOR?!?
Secondly, not as good as "Ham Skanks" but as Neil Young said:
Coutnry girl I think you're pretty,
Got to make you understand,
Got no lover in the city,
Let me be your coutnry man.
Got to make you understand.
I could let this go if it wasn't the name of a SALE ITEM in GIANT FACE TYPE

WET Magazine: July/August 1981

Here's another copy of WET, this time with a story about a New York potter's field, an agonizing study of artists in real estate, some wacky exercises (I did 'em!)....



....an at length interview with David Lynch,



and a story about music women, featuring possibly the best photo of Debra Harry ever:



I can remember being not so sure about LA, at the time, but now, I'd go tomorrow.

All pics link to the mag......

Sequitur: a Flash Comic + Weirdness

I'm working on a concept piece using "Three Quarter Covers" comics (comics remaindered but given credit for by returning the title area or the top quarter of the cover to the distributor) called Sequitur, using largely non-verbal panels to form a concept stream.

Don't yew judge me! Don't judge me!

The picture immediately below is a link to SEQUITUR


BUT That's not all!!!

I found a couple of other oddities while collecting the images for Sequitur:

First, this pre-Bruno Magli OJ Simpson ad for Dingo boots!

(Link to bigger on click)

Next, this LOLmeme panel from 77 Sunset Strip Comics


Lastly, Barney Bear trying to get his chickens to explore alternative lifestyles....

Link to bigger above^^

The chickens looked shocked, I must admit.

Expertly Deployed and Delicious Asian Ice Cream Treat

Samanco Red Bean Ice Sandwich made by Binggrae foodes - makers of "Feel" Shakes and the "Metacone" - beautiful and delicious. For me, red bean as a dessert doesn't really work. I know it's ubiquitous in several Asian cultures, but...blegh.

These "Ice Sandwiches" however are different, whether it's the combination of flavors or the amount of sweetner in the bean, it's more reminiscent of chocolate than a treat from a culture that isn't that hung up on dessert and tries to substitute more entree material instead of goodies.



It's a little edible fish (?!?!?!) shaped box (.....cause I think "fish" whenever I'm having Ice cream!) made out of - and this is pure genius - Ice cream cone material!!!

Inside is a healthy schmear of red bean, but it's not gross as stated earlier...



Here it is with a big ass bite taken out of it:



Fishy says: "Ow! My face!!"
Purchased at Han Ah Reum Market (H Mart!) impeccably clean, cross-cultural, and fresh!