Another proof circa 1935 showing that stupidity was not always a virtue. Note written on the inside front cover "From Uncle Virgil, Xma...

She's staying with a "friend", okay?

One of the more seemingly harmless though in reality careless acts a parent can do is placing the name of their child on the exterior of the...

I sincerely doubt anyone can go six minutes in a Fiction House jungle without getting attacked by something. That is one angry, hungry univ...

When it comes to the old romance comic books that various companies published the writers gave forth a story that more or less followed a fe...

And so... Pre-Code cheesecake for the kiddies from Vicky #4 (Dec 1948).

Nice illustrations by a pre-Herbie Ogden Whitney for a text-story in Keen Teens #3 (Feb-Mar 1947).

Oh, sure...The shovel is supposed to be for use with the bucket for sandbox play after all the snacks have been eaten but who they fooling...

What is it about the marketing mind that believes false or forced perspective, the erasing or addition of body parts is so important in adv...

From the collection.

Pickings have been kind of slim for a collector of old books and LP's like myself. Thrift stores that once reserved entire rooms of valu...

See what you get when you trust somebody who purports to speak for the Universe? Decades and decades of lies and corruption through every le...

Gorgeous, highly detailed package illustration for multi-pack of scented bathing salts packaged in China. One of a series, more to follow.

:: Long hours and changing sleep schedules is taking a toll. No energy for anything other than watching television and snoozing so I'll ...

One of the things about religion that bothers me is how the sheer horror of some of the tales associated with a religious faith are sanitize...

In a previous entry I linked to an example of the Dark Halo , the extinct video artifact caused by the limitations of the equipment of a byg...

All Romances #2 (October 1949). Related: Not Your Daddy's Issues

Recently I received a number of on-demand printed advertisements along with the usual coupons I receive at the check stand of the store I re...