I love cleaning. It affords me all kinds of time to not clean and look through shit I haven't seen in a while. While at my dear friend's house I googled some images of OMAC (one man army corps) as I have had Jack Kirby on the brain for a few weeks now. That the guy is a legend is well documented, having co-created much of the Marvel Universe and defining the Marvel style of action through the sixties. What intrigues me is the stuff he did for DC in the seventies. It is just weird, wild shit. Most of these titles only lasted eight or ten issues with the exception of Kamandi, which ran around twenty five. Here is an oddity from that time period. OMAC. The guy works for the International Peace Force or some shit and routinely recieves intructions and power boosts from a giant mechanical eye in the sky. The interior selection explains the plot(?!) and is pure Kirby goofball goodness. The last piece is a glorious ad for Hostess. They routinely featured earth's greatest heroes taking time to foil diabolical plans to steal and/or halt children's consumption of yellow dye No. 5. Enjoy.
I tried to carry an entire lake just the other day and had to spend the rest of the weekend under that damned Vitamin Light Bath.
ReplyDeleteThat fucking Minerva! I blame her for the fact that just the smell of a Hostess Ding Dong makes me nauseous. I used to think it was because I ate a whole box while watching Invasion of the Body Snatchers. It had to be her. Revenge is mine.
Yes.I have a lake in the garage that I have been meaning to move but the damned bulb is burned out on the old vitamin lamp. Those things are a bitch to replace.
ReplyDeleteLove me some vintage Hostess. :)
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Vintage Hostess is probably still edible due to the preservatives...or is it the Ding Dong you love?
ReplyDeleteLately I've been laying on a heat pad for my aching back. I look a lot like OMAC under the vitamin lamp. People come to see me and report on what's going on in the outside world. I think I might be afflicted with an old-age disease.
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