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Embroidered Book and Magazine Covers

megan — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:33:35 +0000

Classic: Kool-Aid, Comics and Atari

megan — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:29:12 +0000

How can anyone deny the branding coup that is Kool-Aid? It began with engaging packaging and stormed through the imaginations of children everywhere with ways to pimp the old lemonade stand, Marvel comics and atari games — both of which you could acquire with devout attention to Kool-Aid rebates.

With the ever popular animated pitcher crashing around, Kool-Aid has managed to become at once a timeless representation of youthful summer fun, mindless devotion and the mind exploding LSD-25.

Vintage Kool-Aid jam via Old Man Musings

Coco Wang: Earthquake Strips

megan — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:59:15 +0000

Comic book writer and illustrator Coco Wang created Earthquake Strips from true stories that emerged throughout China in the days following the May earthquake.

Read the entire series.

Chris Lilley: The New Peter Sellers?

megan — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:01:48 +0000

The show Summer Heights High might be old news in Australia, but it’s about to be new news in the U.S. as HBO has just acquired the rights to rebroadcast the mockumentary about life in an Australian public high school.

What it really great about this show, besides the acting and the writing, is that due to the specific talents of Chris Lilley, American network executives could not recast Lilley with a slightly more attractive, less funny version (cough, cough, the Office). Additional anti-shark jumping qualities include the dizzying fact that Lilley writes series that actually end while you still want more (cough, cough, the Office).

Bags of Laughs from Custom Comics.

megan — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:42:59 +0000

via Custom Comics.

PBF Comics: Say Yes.

megan — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:41:23 +0000

Go ahead have some laughs. You deserve it. Lucky you.

xkcd - A mathy, sarcastic webcomic romance…

megan — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:20:30 +0000

via xkcd. I like it much (sic).

Planned Parenthood Birth Control Comics, 1956

megan — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:09:58 +0000

Check out the entire comic.

Ah, irreverence.

megan — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:57:03 +0000

If you don’t think the above is funny, you are really not ready for the peppery comics of asofterworld.com. Poor you.

SPY vs. SPY: Sneaks

megan — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:46:44 +0000

I usually go for vintage or rare sneakers. Plus, I haven’t been in the high top game for a minute. But this 2007 Release from Puma x Bodega, SPY II Hi, has got my attention. This sneaker references the most famous and longest running MAD magazine comic, SPY vs. SPY. Picking up the spy theme in design: black and white color palette, morse code details, dynamite swing tags and a secret spy pocket.

(Above) First SPY vs. SPY panel to appear in MAD Magazine.

(Below) SPY vs. SPY creator, Cuban exile Antonio Prohias.

SPY vs. SPY cells and Prohias portrait from this NPR article, a good summary of the birth and longevity of SPY vs. SPY. To read more about the SPY II Hi designers or to see more 2007 Sneaker favorites, go to SneakerFreaker.com.