Either your real estate guy is going salivate at the mouth dreaming of his fat commission or think who the hell is going to buy this giant doll house from pink heaven based on the Hello Kitty franchise. The house is well equipped with Hello Kitty paraphernalia. See inside of house>>
From 1971 till 2001 Dennis the Menace was the poster boy for Dairy Queen. The company dropped the character because they felt he no longer represented the youth culture. The demise of this campaign in many ways hurt the strip. Be it irrelevance or just corporate greed, I miss the old Dennis character sprawled on Dairy Queen products. I hate the generic brand logos on their products today. They are lacking that panache in advertising. Kids and ice-cream go hand in hand. Dennis the Menace is as Americana as you can get on a hot summer day and the joys of youth.
[sandboxworld]ijgDpJ7ZsHI[/sandboxworld] Tapping into the Bible can lead into trouble for many who shake zealots out of their sleep. Jonathan Goldstein’s promotion of his new book, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bible!, is to be taken with a grain of salt as is the video. I read the book recently and enjoyed the re-working of some sillier […]
[sandboxworld]RUIv7poWJFU[/sandboxworld] Badly Drawn Roy is romp of a documentary created by Alan and Frank Shannon, produced by Dublin’s Jam Media for RTE, Ireland’s public broadcasting channel. See part two. The film is set in a working class suburb of Dublin. Roy, Ireland’s only animated character was born into an ordinary ‘live action’ family. This fly […]
iPhone apps are the latest rage. Brushes is the darling of apps software right now. Creative individuals are now using it as a drawing tool for commissioned works. The New Yorker Magazine is a class of unique innovation when it comes to publishing their front covers. Quite impressive is Jorge Colombo’s cover drawn by an […]
Everybody knows his work, yet not his name. James Montgomery Flagg is the artist famous for the Uncle Sam recruitment poster for the U.S. Army. James was also a cartoonist and magazine illustrator for many years. ASIFA(The International Animated Film Society) has a great piece on the legendary artist and collected some his cartooning art. […]
The Rocky Mountain News is a casualty in the war of lost revenue from ads to keep newspapers afloat in the age of the internet. The press began when the first bullet screamed from Civil War guns that ripped flesh of discontent. Many papers will feel the same demise as Ed Stein from The Rocky Mountain […]
Former Van Halen members Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony join forces with Red Hot ChilliPeppers’ Chad Smith and guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani form new group called Chickenfoot. Chickenfoot will release their new album on June 9th. You could consider them a quasi super-group of sorts. The silly name is sure to get attention, these seasoned […]
Comic book master Basil Wolverton is perhaps considered to be the first guy to write and illustrate “dummy” books under the banner called Culture Corner. Many moons ago he worked for Fawcett Comics the publisher of Captain Marvel under the corporate comic book called Whiz Comics. He ran a strip from 1945 to 1952 called […]
I find great delight in observing the diverse approaches that fellow artists employ when taking on various creative tasks. “The Tools Artists Use ” is an insightful blog that delves into the unique methodologies employed by artists from various backgrounds in their creative endeavors. This captivating blog is curated by none other than Bill Turner, […]
Ad Boy: Vintage Advertising With Character is a study of North American culture icons in advertising. For many years companies have created characters to sell their products. Where did the ideas come from and how many have disappeared in limbo since their inceptions. Many are still with us today, some changed and others are still […]
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a farce at best. Can you believe that Kiss, Deep Purple,Genesis, Rush, Cheap Trick, Chicago, Moody Blues, Def Leppard and The Doobie Brothers are not in the hall. The criteria is quite simple. After 25 years from the first album released a group would be […]