Speaking of comics...
Submitted by Sal on Thu, 04/26/2007 - 17:02.
Following up Phelonious' post about heros, kryptonite and all things halftoned. I thought all you folks of my generation would appreciate this.
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If only they had been this honest about those damn things!
Oh yeah I loved those adds.
Oh yeah I loved those adds. The 1001 army men deal and the atlas body building ads, loved those. All these things rank right up there with the 'draw tippy the turtle' ads, which of course I did (though i can't recall ever mailing it) A quick search showws that Tippy is still out there..... http://www.artists-ais.com/free/
Ain't it the truth! My
Ain't it the truth!
My brother and I used to scour through these ads in the backs of the comics and drool over the possibilities. Think about it! Gum that turns a person's tounge black, X-Ray glasses, lazer guns (sparklers), fake vomit.....just endless.
Remember the 'submarine' that you could order? I dreamed about that one until my Mom, the spoil-sport, pointed out one day that it was made of cardboard and could no more survive underwater than a roll of toilet paper. I guess she was tired of listening to me ask for one, but that was a day of great disillusionment.
Mom was also, and is today, a great lover of animals. We knew that for certain we would never get to order a live animal through the mail, even if they were brine shrimp. It was looking at ads in magazines that I first heard my Mother utter the words "hired liars" in reference to ad agencies. She had made sure, at an early age, that we understood what 'caveat emptor' really meant.
Nihil est ad omnia parte beatum.
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