The success of the Peanuts can be pinned down to one letter written to a fan of Peanuts in 1977. In the letter Charles Schulz tells David Desmond (fan) how he approaches the strip. “The answer to your question of developing the strips to appeal to children without turning adults off is a simple one. […]
Bryan Lee O’Malley has conquered the world, and he shows us just how he did it with his process. 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 […]
The world is abuzz with the latest Charlie Chaplin time traveler using a cell phone found in a previously unreleased footage of Chaplin’s 1928 film ‘The Circus’. The mysterious individual can now be seen for the first time in another Charlie Chaplin classic, Modern Times. Why do you think they used Charlie Chaplin as a […]
Big Bang theorists want you to know there are different levels of nerds. Know Your Nerds by Riccardo Bucchioni on threadless demonstrates the variations of nerdom. 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. […]
My eyes dropped when I saw this at our local big box book store. The Simpsons World The Ultimate Episode Guide: Seasons 1-20. Wow, at a whopping 150.00! My heart sank. It was picked up once again when I went to Amazon. Only 90.00, a bit better on the wallet. The biggest Simpson book ever, […]
Come Halloween and Christmas, there are some people who just go overboard a tad too much. Geeks are a special breed. This Halloween they will try to outdo each other. Pumpkins have become the latest ground to infest their geeky creativity. Some poor farmer’s pumpkin will have the latest geek obsession carved out for all […]
More than meets the eye. Gastrotypographicalassemblage is a celebration of typography. Nested in the cafeteria in Eero Saarinen’s CBS Building, Gastrotypographicalassemblage is a 35 feet (11 m) wide by 8.5 feet (2.6 m) designed by Lou Dorfsman. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d […]
A weekly Sunday look at the 60’s advertising age. Since Mad Men went off the air till next season, here is a way to celebrate the series with week one. Salem cigarettes. The halcyon days when one could smoke just about anywhere. For some reason the image of a witch burning is encrusted in my […]
While hitting the local Halloween stores I was amazed at the prices of costumes. The variety was not impressive. The boys section is littered with the most imaginative selection. The girls section, there are only two sections. The baby section and costumes too risky for young girls. I guess you could say most costumes are […]
[click to enlarge] Wonder Woman’s creation can be attributed this this exchange letter between artist Harry G. Peter and writer Dr. William Moulton Marston. (pen name Charles Moulton). Dr. William Moulton Marston also invented the systolic blood pressure test that lead to today’s modern lie detector test. Wonder Woman’s lasso would explain a lot about […]
From one Canuck to another Canuck. Rowdyman Gordon Pinsent, Canada’s token stand-in for William Shatner reads from Bieber’s autobiography. A December life reading of a May life of Justin Bieber. 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 […]
Is Conan O’Brien about to take over all media in one swift swoop? Follow Conan on his Coco Cam as his new world order is about to unfold. The Team Coco Headquarters is unleashing the awesomeness that is called Conan. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see […]