Mitzi

Man, back in the day I loved Showbiz Pizza Place! Great food, great arcade-- and the animatronic entertainment was pretty rockin' 'n rollin' too. So after finding this magnificent Mitzi glass mug the other day at an antique mall, I'm now on a hunt for any Showbiz Pizza Place related merchandise. Does anyone have a Billy Bob bear glass mug they're willing to part with, possibly in trade for some of my books or comics-- you know, before I descend into the madness of eBay? Comment with your email address if you have something at all, and I'll get back to ya! Thank you :)

SWAMP MONSTERS-- OUT NOW!

Posner 'n Pepper

Here's a fun 'n sexy little digest sized book I recently picked up, full of cute art variety and juicy jokes that range from funny to sexist, to tasteless to racist, and right back down to everything you'd pretty much come to expect from the boopy doopin' 1940's. All gags here are written by Posner with illustrations by Murray, Walsh, Cherry, and Metcalfe.

From the Spring 1948 issue of Pepper #2.

The Cautious Amorist

Very cute, and very Arno-esque artwork by Whitney Darrow Jr. highlights this famously frisky tale of a lovely young lass who finds herself stranded on a desert isle with 3 men! Written by Norman Lindsay, and first published in the early 1930's (with this being the 5th print from 1955), the incredibly beautiful front and back cover, and 3 very funny interior images make this book a highly welcome edition to my Bantam Book collection. A bit more fun trivia: the story was later retitled and adapted into the 1953 UK film classic, Our Girl Friday, directed by Noel Langley, and starred juicy Joan Collins in the lead role as sexy Sadie. (Thank you, Mr. C!)

The Flower Women

I love The Tales of the Ghost Rider by Dick Ayers, many of which appeared in the golden age Ghost Rider comic book series of the same name, (though today's story comes from the Feb - March 1953 issue of Tim Holt #34), and as some of you know I've posted quite a few at THOIA over the years. These are usually shorter tales of old west terror, and typically they don't actually star the supernatural cowboy avenger, The Ghost Rider either. I've had this story in particular ready for a while now, but felt that with its attractive, pin-up style good girl art (its also almost like a Poison Ivy alt universe entry), that maybe The Flower Women fit just fine over here at AEET too. So, if you enjoy this story and are not familiar with these tales, head over to THOIA and search for more Tales of the Ghost Rider-- you'll be glad you did because they're all pretty great!

AIEEEE! It's a Gashadokuro!

Speaking of spooky skeletons (see our last post too), Ge Ge Ge No Kitaro by Shigeru Mizuki is one of my favorite horror manga and anime series-- click HERE to learn more about it-- and today's wonderfully detailed gashapon post (aka a Japanese vending machine toy that comes in a plastic capsule) documents the classic moment when everyone's favorite supernatural yokai kid, Kitaro, meets a terrifying Gashadokuro-- aka a giant starving skeleton!





This ten piece, snap together scene may look giant in these photos, but it's actually only a few inches high, and superbly designed just like all of the other toys in this series-- a few more of which I will post here over the summer occasionally to show you! For now, here's the instruction sheet and legend that also comes inside the plastic capsule with the toy pieces:







Thank you again to the super lovely Slaylien for hooking me up with these incredibly fun toys. And find out more about the ghastly giant Gashadokuro by CLICKING HERE!

Spooky Hooky!

One of my all time favorite Little Rascals shorts is Spooky Hooky from 1936. In it we find Alfalfa, Spanky, Porky, and Buckwheat trying to pull a sick-note fast one over their teacher, which ultimately leads to some scary after hours shenanigans in their schoolhouse on a dark 'n stormy night. Timeless, classic fun for all ages, and I was lucky enough just today to find a copy of it on 8mm at one of my local antique malls! O'tay!!!







Watch Spooky Hooky on youtube by CLICKING HERE! And make it a Double Feature with Hide 'n Shriek (one of my other favorite Little Rascals shorts)-- right HERE!