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Bad simile of the day

Bill Clinton is scheduled to visit Pembroke, North Carolina, today:

Charles Locklear dined on fried chicken and cabbage as he talked about former President Clinton’s visit. He said it will be a good…

Bad simile of the day

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Dick Tracy #103

[Dick Tracy #103]
Dick Tracy #103
Dick Tracy #103

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Savage Pastimes

The Britannica Blog has a nice piece on entertainment and violence and reproduces the cover of Harold Schechter’s Savage Pastimes. Whoever found this photo gets a shiny new badge and a new cap…

Savage Pastimes

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Fold-Ins, Past and Present

“Al Jaffee’s fold-ins for Mad magazine, from the 1960s to the present, in interactive form.” And here’s the full article: A Veteran Mad Man Remains in the Fold.

Fold-Ins, Past and Present

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The Bin Ladens, US and UK

I love the restraint of the US cover (top), which emphasizes that this is a book about the entire bin Laden family and not just its most infamous member. And the plane is a clear reference to one of…

The Bin Ladens, US and UK

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Remainders

Spray Paint copyright Bruce Waldman

Spray Paint

Cello Players copyright Bruce Waldman

Cello Players

Bud Waldo copyright Bruce Waldman

Bud Waldo

All etchings above (posted here with permission) © Bruce Waldman,
a lecturer at the School of Visual Arts in New…

Remainders

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Jumbo Comics #24

[Jumbo Comics #24]
Jumbo Comics #24
Jumbo Comics #24

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Two New Science Titles from Penguin

These don’t need anything in the way of commentary. Wonderful – both of them.



Two New Science Titles from Penguin

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Many Ghosts of Dr. Graves #24

[Many Ghosts of Dr. Graves #24]
Many Ghosts of Dr. Graves #24
Many Ghosts of Dr. Graves #24

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Walter Burley Griffin

Walter Burley Griffin's Plan of Canberra as finally revised and accepted 1913

“Walter Burley Griffin’s Plan of Canberra as finally revised and accepted 1913”
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Unidentified municipal incinerator No. 1 1930s

“Unidentified municipal incinerator No. 1, 1930s”

Perspective view of incinerator, Thebarton, South Australia, ca. 1937

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Walter Burley Griffin

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