SCARED BAIT

I've been so busy, that I haven't had any time to do any artwork. I made some time yesterday and this is what I came up with. Click on the photo to see it up close.

GOODY BAG OF STUFF

FLEA MARKET FRIDAYS #12

I always like it when antique dealers put a random mix of stuff in a bag or jar and sell it. My old boss at the antique store used to make up some nifty bags of old stuff and call it a "goody bag".

Well, just a couple of weeks ago I found a fun "goody bag" with some fun items inside at a flea market. Take a look!

1968 SAN ANTONIO WORLD'S FAIR FLOAT AT THE ROSE PARADE

FOUND PHOTO: TITANIC'S JACK DAWSON WAS REAL

I've been going thru piles of old (found) snapshots the past few days and came across this photo of two teenagers. I think the young man looks like Leonardo DiCaprio's Jack Dawson character from the movie Titanic.

Click here for an update and my thoughts on this photograph.

63 YEARS AGO. . .

For the veterans of WWII, Thank you!

Back in 2004 on June 6th, the 60th anniversary of D-Day, my pal Shawn Geabhart, did this sketch in my sketch book. It's one of my favorite's in the book.

TAB BUTTONS OR "PUSH-BACKS"

For some reason I've always called these "push-back" buttons, but most call them tab buttons. Anyway, I've always liked 'em. Here's a few fun ones. The first one is the Wink Gink from Wink soda. The next one is the Mary Blair designed Meadow Gold Ice Cream girl. The third one with Yogi Bear is from the Cedar Rapids, Iowa kid's show Dr. Max. The last one is advertising the Odyssey2 home video game system at the 1982 Knoxville World's Fair.

SAVE A LIFE FIRE EXTINGUISHER

FLEA MARKET FRIDAYS #11

Welcome back to another edition Flea Market Friday! I was going to post about a goody bag that I found with some fun stuff inside, but I found something much better just a few days ago. Maybe the goody bag will show up next Friday.

It's a Save A Life Fire Extinguisher with fun graphics of an ad character that I'll call Chief Save A Life!

THANK YOU FOR MAKING STAR WARS 30 DAYS FOR 30 YEARS A BIG SUCCESS

Yesterday was the official last day of Star Wars 30 Days for 30 Years and today I want to thank everyone for stopping by and helping this month be a success. It was nice for me to relive and share some childhood memories and make some new friends along the way! Big thanks goes to Gus Lopez and Mike Middleton, as this month would’ve been incomplete without their super-swell posts. You can read Gus’s Death Star prop post here and Mike’s Glenwood Theatre post here.

Also, I want to thank my pal John Rozum, who also dedicated the whole month of May to Star Wars over at his blog. It was great reading his insightful posts about the galaxy far far away and it helped keep me motivated.

I’m afraid I’m a little blogged out and Star Warsed out, so after tomorrow’s Flea Market Friday, I’ll be taking a short break from the blog. If you want to see most of the Star Wars photos I've posted and a few that I didn't use, you can visit my STARWARSVILLE set over on Flickr.


I’ll leave you with a group of newspaper movie ads for Star Wars, from the Ramada 4 Theatre located in Jefferson City, Missouri. I made my Star Wars 30 Days for 30 Years banner out of one of these. The first one is from 1977 and the others are from the re-release in 1978.

Remember, the Force will be with you always!

MR. PIBB ROBOT & ME 1980

Yep, that’s me, right after I turned 10 years old during the summer of 1980. I’m posing with a Mr. Pibb robot that showed up at our local supermarket, Carl’s Market.

I couldn’t believe they had this crazy robot rolling around that looked like R2-D2. Every kid that walked by had their picture taken with it. The robot talked in bleeps and played a Mr. Pibb jingle. His head would spin around showing the word SMILE, when it was time for a photograph.

Star Wars and Coca-Cola collectors are familar with the Cobot, which was the same style as this Pibbot.

There was also a small remote control Cobot toy that was produced. You can read more about the Cobot here.

Funny that I happened to be wearing my Star Wars spoof shirt that day and that I’m holding four packs of Empire Strikes Back cards in my right hand.

I still have that shirt and here’s a scan of it. It's hard to see now, but the two Star characters are throwing food at one another. Get it? The stars are having a war, Star Wars! Har Har Har.


Luckily, those blue shorts are long gone!