Well, it's an eye-catcher with its STAR WARS lettering and all but who is that person? The text describes Ming the Merciless but unless the ol' Fu Manchu clone has had a sex change operation, it doesn't look a thing like him!
A LOOK AT COMICS, BOOKS, MOVIES, CARTOONS, TELEVISION SHOWS, MUSIC AND MORE POP CULTURE GOODNESS FROM MY VAST AND VIRTUAL PERSONAL LIBRARY!
Monday, August 12, 2013
Sunday, August 11, 2013
My New Phase Art
I don't know how long it will last but I've recently shifted my computer art into a new phase in which I create new images by photo distortion. I'd love to hear your opinions.
Below was originally a topless woman.
Seen below was my first attempt, originally a model lounging on a bed.
The orange one was Brittany Rose standing next to a tower.
The demonic looking image below was a cute cat picture.
The red/green one below was once a vintage Beatles mag cover.
Saturday, August 10, 2013
Porky's Hollywood Sketchbook
We ran some of these before. They're cute little fillers of presumably true celebrity facts for readers of the early 1940s LOONEY TUNES AND MERRIE MELODIES comic books. It must have been confusing, however, when one panel tells "Blondie's" real name and the very next one acts as though Edgar Bergen's bumpkin figure Mortimer Snerd was a real person! They always ended with a panel about one of their own cartoon characters. Oh, and forget that "Leon Schlesinger" signature. Like everything else associated with the creative aspects of the Warner cartoon stable, Leon had no clue and no talent of his own.
Wednesday, August 07, 2013
R.I.P. Stan Lynde
I first discovered Stan Lynde and RICK O'SHAY when my Dad brought home an out of town paper in the sixties. The strip was never carried locally but I followed it intermittently through newspapers we'd pick up from time to time. Many years later, Lynde published one of my favorite books about comics--seen here--as well as numerous volumes of sequential RICK O'SHAY strip reprints...and even an all new comic book series in the eighties! Rest in Peace, sir...and thanks.
Tuesday, August 06, 2013
I Count All the Charms About the Lovely Linda
I didn't always like Linda McCartney. I was one of those that said she couldn't sing or play an instrument and didn't belong in a band!
Time and maturity have helped me warm to her, though.
There's no dispute that she was an excellent photographer and her pictures of sixties icons are now iconic themselves.
By all accounts a good mother, all of Linda's kids seem to have turned out quite well.
And what a cook! I've tried some of her recipes and greatly enjoyed her line of frozen vegetarian foods when they were available here. I've heard they're still available in some places. If you see them, try them!
Has anyone ever had more songs written about her than Linda? Not just by Paul either! When Linda was 5 years old, her father had a songwriter friend write the song "Linda" about her. Recorded by everyone from Jerry Vale and Jan and Dean to Frank Sinatra, it is said that the hit song inspired thousands of newborn girls to be named "Linda" through the years.
I saw Wings and Paul McCartney in concert with Linda 3 times and she was surprisingly good.
As her health deteriorated she became a dignified icon of her own to millions dealing with their own mortality issues.
Most importantly, Paul McCartney loved her. The Beatle that the most girls wanted--"The Cute Beatle"--chose her.
Like all families, theirs had issues through the years but in retrospect, I doubt they would have ever parted. They would always work things out.
She was there for Paul as he and his best friends grew apart and she was there for him in good times and bad as he grew up. She most certainly had some growing up to do as well. They grew up together. They gave each other wings.
"And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make."
Monday, August 05, 2013
Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby
On this date in 1966, The Beatles released what was arguably my all-time favorite single...even though I wouldn't own a copy myself until around 1971.
Lots more nifty pop culture stuff happened in 1966 as well. Check out my other blog to see just why 1966 was THE best pop year of all time!
Sunday, August 04, 2013
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