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Tag Archives: comics
Chinese Pamphlets
There is no revolution without propaganda, all kind of propaganda, which includes a lot of printed material, like posters and pamphlets. Propaganda, to be efficent, has be emphatic with it’s message, using strong colours, or powerful messages or, and, be … Continue reading
Posted in design, vintage
Tagged books, China, comics, design, postcards, propaganda, vintage
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Tijuana Bibles
What should do someone that would like to enjoy of some very very naughty literature, also know as pornography, during the 1920′s or 1930′s in the U.S.? One of the options was the Tijuana bibles, also known as eight-pagers. They … Continue reading
Beatsploitation in Kookie
It seems there are exploitation materials for all kind of areas: blaxploitation, sexploitation, nazi exploitation and now Beatsploitation. The Beatniks, the stereotypes of the Beat Generation, were the inspiration for the comic book Kookie, published by Dell Comics. Kookie herself … Continue reading
Happy Friday Monster Cat Blogging
It’s Friday and it’s thirteen! I’m going to make my contributions to Friday Cat Blogging and some horror. I hope you enjoy. Jaakko, a The Groovy Age of Horror (NSFW) contributer, posted about Biglie Humane (The Human Balls), a fumetti … Continue reading
Posted in animals, cats, comics, culture, Friday Cat Blogging
Tagged animals, cats, comics, culture, Friday Cat Blogging, horror, Japanese
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Comics Before Comics
The on-line exhibition from the Bibliotèque nationale de France Comics Before Comics (La BD avant la BD) presents precious panorama of the comics beginning. The visual travel begins with the ancient illustrated bibles made for Kings and the aristocracy’s books, … Continue reading
John Held Jr.
The American illustrator John Held Jr. is most known his several works for cover of magazines like Judge, College Humor and Life. In addition to his archetypical flapper illustrations, during the same time Held also did cartoons in a 19th … Continue reading
Posted in comics, illustration, pin-ups
Tagged artist, comics, illustration, illustrator, Internet Archive, pin-ups, retro
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Detective Comics
The comic book Detective Comics have been by DC Comics since 1937. With more than 800 issues now published, it is the longest continuously-published comic book in the United States, remaining a monthly publication as of 2007. A great collection … Continue reading
Yvan Delporte (1928 – 2007)
The comics writer Yvan Delporte (EN) passed away on March 5, 2007. He was the editor-in-chief of Le Journal de Spirou (Spirou), a Belgian magazine, between 1955 and 1968 during a period considered by many the golden age of Franco-Belgian … Continue reading
The Original Black Cat Covers
I don’t remember when datajunkie posted for the first time about The Black Cat, but I’m glad that he re-post several covers of this comic book, strips and illustrations of her tricks in The Original Black Cat. She has a … Continue reading
The Surreal Adventures of Edgar Allan Poo
As a fan of Edgar Allan Poe‘s works is my duty follow an on-line comic called The Surreal Adventures of Edgar Allan Poo. The Surreal Adventures of Edgar Allan Poo is a series of children’s books created and written by … Continue reading