Saturday I risked life and limb to photograph this sign of mall rules at the Fashion Valley mall in San Diego. Line #7 prohibits photography...

Baxter (1989).

Czech New Wave cinema from 1970. Kind of gives a new understanding to the Steve Winwood song . And that flower? Ick.

Like most blogs October will be focusing on all the spooky things. While the next Mysta Monday will feature a tale worthy of a Clive Barker ...

Jack Gariss doing who the hell knows what.

Secret Hearts #28 (June-July 1955).

STILL BETTER THAN THE DMV Spent half the day getting my car smog certified (failed the first time due to a gas cap that wouldn't seal). ...

Planet Comics #40 (January 1946) features Mysta having her science fortress infiltrated by an evil scientist and his trained ants, which ...

I don't know the provenance but this memo was supposedly sent out to the creative staff of the nascent DC Comics by editor Sheldon Mayer...

I'm loving every word as read through a pop-culture bobby-sox filter in this March 1949 ad copy from Miss America Magazine . Whooper-doo...

Kids of the day didn't know it, but they were being secretly indoctrinated in science fiction through this ad. Now look at what those ch...

" Hold The Green. " That's the slogan for a new campaign against wasting food. Take a look at this tasty seafood platter from ...

What is Shmoo . From Pictorial Confessions #1 (Sept 1949).

Bibliomania (1954) book cover pattern. L'Amour (1957) book cover pattern with art, as far as I can determine, by Ruth McCrea. I could ...

It's no wonder he sleeps alone. This one-pager from Feature Comics #135 was published way back in June 1945, a time when comic books we...

The fifth chapter of Mysta of the Moon is from Planet Comics #39 (November 1945). Once again this is a feature with a one-off villain. Wh...

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Viewmaster envelope and reels (#B497, 1968). Envelope is notable for the comedic catch phrases from the s...

Clicking goes to The General.

In a fashion similar to how other television shows do "cross-overs" from one franchise to another (example: Eureka and Warehouse ...