One Thing I’ve Learnt campaign is all hands on. The hand puppet extreme is a clever way to get your message across and attention at the same time.
Indian Head Test Pattern
On August 23rd, 1938 an American icon was created by an unknown artist who is known as only Brooks. He created the Indian Head used later as a TV Test Pattern when television stations signed off after certain hours. Baby Boomers were greeted with the Indian Head Pattern as early as 1947. The Indian has long been retired since all stations are perpetually on for 24 hours. You can buy the vintage pattern since it was rescued from a trash bin by a New Jersey worker. The faithful old Indian made his final appearance as analog signals ceased to be for the final time between February 17 and June 12, 2009 and welcomed the digital television transition.
In the early 1970s RCA closed its Harrison, New Jersey factory and offices. They hired a crew to demolish the building. One of the men working on the crew found this artwork in a dumpster!
He took the artwork home, not really knowing what he had rescued from a trip to the local dump! Over 30+ years later, he decided to find out more information on what he had found. He asked a few local TV stations, and did an internet search. Eventually he found ME! He offered to sell me the artwork. After a few offers went back and forth, I bought it! Its really that simple!
Indie Writers Deathmatch III
The folks at Broken Pencil a fine independent magazine are at it once again with their annual Indie Writers Deathmatch.
The world’s bloodiest fiction contest is back. It’s a bare-fisted fight to the finish (because it’s tough to type with boxing gloves on); one writer will emerge victorious and the rest will be pulverized and smeared all across the Internet for our amusement – so send us your best stuff for the chance to win kick-ass prizes and eternal notoriety. Click here to enter>>
Coolest Business Card Ever, For Now
A personal thank you for our new readers for the recent tripling of traffic for Sandbox World. Today we sent out to the printer our latest business card, which in my opinion is pretty cool. Sandbox World is branching out beyond the Net with a few surprises by the end of the year.
Learn Something Everyday
Learn something everyday is the road to a healthy brain. The sharing of knowledge could not better served than the site by the simple name of Learn Something Everyday. The concept is quite simple. You submit your kernel of knowledge bit to the site and it will be illustrated for all to see in glorious fluorescent bright colors. Simple doodles of daily thought to get you through the day.
Walt Disney Buys Marvel Comics
The biggest news today is that Walt Disney bought Marvel Comics for four billion dollars. This acquisition will increase licensing deals and new amusement park attractions. Disney is positioning themselves as one of the biggest entertainment units in North America. They just keep getting bigger and diversifying to different tastes globally. Many licensing deals will be re-examined and the 5 movies deals will stay as they are right now, Disney will have their hands full with the greatest collection of super-heroes characters ever assembled under one roof.
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Peanuts on Itunes
There are 20 new webisodes Flash animated Peanuts for Itunes. They are true to the original animated shows of old. The new technology is no different from traditional animation techniques. Gone are countless painted cells which encumber the cost of animated shows. Warner is behind these 4 minute episodes that can be downloaded for free for now. Future episodes will be cost 99 cents each, or the full season for $7.99. Peanuts has always been the leader in comic strip innovations and a leader in monopolizing character merchandising for the Schulz empire. The remaining family members are behind the project and control most the project and protecting the integrity of the final product. Now you can catch Peanuts on your phones or computers. The popularity of the strip will fill up coffers of all involved in this new venture.
Forever Young Paul Rogers
Forever Young is Paul Roger’s latest kids’ book about the song Forever Young by Bob Dylan’s 1972 album Planet Waves. It seems as of late Bob Dylan has found new fame and this book will introduce many kids to Bob’s great body of work. Many will cringe at Bob’s voice, however, his lyrical landscape of words have evoked many generations of writers and musicians. This brave step by Paul Rogers into kids’ literature is a fresh approach on how Dylan’s songs easily transcend into graphical interaction with kids. The art is reminiscent of beatnik art and a true send off to Dyaln who fancied himself as a Beatnik. This is one book you cannot afford to not flip through. You will have to buy it after reading it.
Now award-winning artist Paul Rogers gives us a new interpretation of the lyrics. With images inspired by classic Dylan songs and pieces of his life, this is a bold and touching tribute to an anthem whose message will always stay forever young.
Windows Seven
Well it’s asta la vista for Windows Vista. Most of us have not weaned ourselves from Windows XP. Microsoft is making the rounds by introducing Windows 7. As you might have guessed this no fanfare edition is an upgrade to the very unpopular Vista. Guess the name never worked and the riddled software of bugs and virus inflected open door of trouble never had a fighting change. This will only be a dolled up version of Vista and another money grab for Bill and his minion. Read more>>
Ghosts in the House! Kazuno Kohara
Ghosts in the House is Kazuno Kohara’s first stab at a book is right on the money. A trained print-maker, she use three colors to parley her tiny terror tale. Orange, black and white is down to basics for rendering her telling of Halloween. Her little heroine is a brave little girl who lives in a haunted house and manages the spookiness with clever rhymes. Ghosts in the House! illustrative charm is harmful crisp-full as an Autumn morning of crackling leaves. Young kids will love the subtle images of the Halloween flavored images that float through the pages in fearful symmetry.
Opus Comic Strip to End
As of November 2nd, Opus will finally end. This Sunday only strip has been an disappointment as many other incarnations of Bloom County. Calvin and Hobbes is a perfect example of knowing when to hang it up. Berkeley Breathed just didn’t know when to go gently into that night of cartooning retirement. It’s too bad, his legacy is tainted with his bastardizing of Opus. At one time Opus was in stratosphere of the likes of Snoopy with an edge to him. Now Opus is a parody of himself and a bad one at it. Please stay retired Berkeley. Read more >>
T-WORLD: THE JOURNAL OF T-SHIRT CULTURE
If you are a member of a G8 nation or maybe in a bigger worldly cosmopolitan, you might have access to some of the world’s best magazines. There are many imports from both Australia and England making the rounds in North America. One of the coolest offerings is for all those walking billboards there who have some sort of logo or identity on their t-shirts that signify the image of the said person who wears one. T-WORLD: THE JOURNAL OF T-SHIRT CULTURE from Australia is a cornucopia of richly illustrated pictures with people adorned in some of the wildest t-shirts. T-World will soon set up shop on the net. If you are lucky to pick up one, it will give you cool ideas for your own t-shirt.
No Heroics TV Series
It’s not everyday a TV show can capture the essence of super-hero
folklore. The growth of Comic-Con has spilled over into Hollywood and
garnishing box office gold year after year. 2008 being the best so far.
There is no stopping this juggernaut. From ITV in England comes a new
series that emulates series such as Spaced and The Office with a
different spin. The twist being that it is based on the sad state of
reject heroes with sub par powers. This series is very reminiscent of The Legion of Substitute Heroes
where the jilted heroes formed their own club and had hapless
adventures. No Heroics is the title of this paltry six episode series
that awaits renewal and basks in great fanfare from around the world.
America is where this series will take life or remain in comatose right
now. With YouTube spreading the word and the writing of the show, good fortune will be bestowed on this series. Watch trailer>>
Tomorrowland Movie
That Disney magic never fails. With the success of the trilogy Pirates of the Caribbean based on the famous ride. Why not take another ride and make a movie out of it. Tomorrowland is the next ride to get a movie treatment. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is getting the casting call for the new project. Outer space themes will reign for the new epic from the land of imagination. This is the third movie Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is making for the studio, The Game Plan and Witch Mountain which set to be released on March 13, 2009.