Talk about gimmick. This ‘Color Sensing’ pen can reproduce any color that it detects. In theory it sounds great, but in practice I do not see this being a great tool. (source) Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love to hear from you. […]
Coincidence or luck. Utne Reader captures the Hurricane Sandy disaster as Lady Liberty is knee high in water. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love to hear from you. Send me an email at sandboxworld@gmail.com. I read every message personally and, with your […]
I just don’t get guys who buy action figures (dolls) and leave them in the original packaging. I found this cartoon dead on about the nature of the beast. I must confess when watching Comic Book Men when grown men who show up with their action figures they went to sell to buy a wedding […]
Drawn and Quarterly has gone where no graphic novel publisher has gone, they are publishing books geared towards teenage girls. As a father of a teenage girl, Rookie Yearbook One, should be the graduate series to the Wimpy Kid diaries. Tavi Gevinson is just about to fling the doors even more with this collection of […]
The original Walking Dead with scaremeister Boris Karloff. Nothing is original anymore, everything is recycled at one point or another. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love to hear from you. Send me an email at sandboxworld@gmail.com. I read every message personally and, […]
This sticker set of 55 Weird Wheels was a fun treat for the kids of the early eighties. It’s a send off to classic artist Ed ‘Big Daddy’ Roth. (source) Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love to hear from you. Send me […]
The worst Halloween costumes of all time, Leather Guy (Glenn M. Hughes) from the Village People and Chachi from Joanie Loves Chachi. How about a Flipper costume? What were they thinking of? I hope the candy was worth it. (source) Hughes died in March 2001, aged 50, at his Manhattan apartment from lung cancer. He was […]
George Lucas sold Star Wars to the Dark Side (Walt Disney) for over four billion dollars. The well has run dry, if you can’t create it, buy them out. Disney now owns Marvel, Jim Henson and George Lucas. There is a promise of a seventh Star Wars movie and other series. A piece of my […]
I am ashamed to admit but this year I am not giving out Halloween candy. After 15 years I am pulling the plug. I’ll be in the basement watching classic Halloween movies. The Grinch came out a bit early this year. It gets tiresome stuffing over 400 small bags of candy each Halloween. I will […]
The funniest part of The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show was Fractured Fairy Tales. For the first time they are collected together in one volume. You will never grow tired of this lot of cartoons. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love to hear […]
What do you get when you mix the game Tetris with a pumpkin? Pumpktris, of course. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love to hear from you. Send me an email at sandboxworld@gmail.com. I read every message personally and, with your permission, may […]
The Bride of Frankenstein enjoys the accolades from many artists who have envisioned her as their own creation. Elsa Lanchester is celebrated in her glorious macabre beauty as rendered by today’s top talent. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love to hear from […]