Friday, July 10, 2009

What in hell?!?


Ah, yes. Cleaning again (not really) and coming across all sorts of garbage. This item is actually an ad from Creepy magazine circa 1980. Hey all you parents! Get your asses out there and get matching Battlestar Galactica jackets for the whole family! From the baseball game to the disco! Good lord, what a hoot!

Thursday, July 9, 2009

The King







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.