Sexy Suicide Knobs

A "suicide knob" (or Brodi knob) is, in this case, a spherical handle attached to a vehicle's steering wheel to enable easy, one-handed turning and improved control. Common in heavy equipment, trucks, and tractors, these aftermarket accessories aid drivers with limited mobility. They are also known as steering wheel spinners, necker knobs, or granny knobs, and are often installed with clamps that require no tools. And some, as you can see below, --especially those made of resin or clear plastic-- are equally graced with images of lovely naked ladies. Judging by the glamorous model's look and photography style, I'd say this one is from around the late 50's or early 60's... and there's certainly nothing "granny" about those knobs!

World's Smallest Writing

Wow, I found a neat example of James W. Zaharee's "miniature writing" last week! A single rice grain, centered and sealed on a business card, and dating back to 1936 (as apparently featured at the Three Expositions by Robert L. Ripley, believe it or not!), this grain is made out to Judy Goley, who appears to have lived just a hop, skip, and jump over the Mighty Mississippi from me in Dupo, IL! It's super tiny, but not as tiny as Zaharee was much more well known for. Quite the celebrity back in the day, Zaharee used a magnifying glass and crow-quill pens (with the points ground down to 1/24th the width of a human hair!) to write extremely small. He's probably most well known for writing 20,000 letters on the back of a postage stamp, which included the Gettysburg Address and the alphabet 30 times each! Believe it or not, again!

To My Valentine

Some of you might remember the St. Valentine's Day Massacre post we featured HERE at AEET back in 2019, so let's take a look at it again from a King Kirby / Super Simon publication perspective, aka the March / April 1947 issue of Headline Comics #23. Hope everyone has a happy VD holiday full of boxed chocolate assortments and gushers of bountiful body fluids. <3

Snow White Scrapbook

Flipping through a stack of old odds ‘n ends ephemera at an antique mall the other day and found this tattered (cover only) page from a 1930’s Snow White Scrapbook. It features the incredible art of Gustaf Tenggren and is identical to the original one-sheet poster from the film's initial 1937 theatrical release. I trimmed it up and pieced it all back together the best that I could with glue and tape, (it’s still in bad shape clearly), but I think it still turned out pretty nice looking. I absolutely love the muted colors and design / composition —plus the fact that Gustaf added both versions of the evil queen / witch, --which some of you already know I'm a mad collector of! Finally, I put it in this very old, chunky golden antique frame that I’ve had for years, and please note how the minimal blue and red colors in the frame perfectly match the colors in the artwork. Seriously now, doesn't it feel like something that should be hanging at a Disney theme park?

Welch's Weight Watching

Nope, unfortunately this isn't a post about Raquel Welch (RIP.) Instead it's a post about how some of us could probably stand to lose a few pounds-- especially with Valentine's Day quickly approaching. And in the 1930's, that's exactly where Welch's Grape Juice stepped in with this handy (NRA approved?!!) booklet about how their purple sugar beverage could help ya out! Personally, I know this wouldn't assist in the shedding of a single pound, because if I actually did have this stuff in the house, my kid would guzzle it all up in about 30 seconds! So instead, as usual, let's take a look at the adorable key art illustrations scattered throughout the inner pages. That's way more fun than trying to lose weight anyways... plus, that sexy cover model, --grrowr!

Poor Devil "Potts"

Before we get into another mmm-mmm-good month of annual Valentine Madness here at AEET, I have quite a few birthday wishes to get out of the way to those who celebrate that magical event this Feb! And here it comes in one big 'ol lump post, via a single sinsational card, aka a jolly Jesters Forget-Me-Not 60's classic found yesterday at an antiquer mall. The original recipient seems to have been affectionately known as "Potts", and I think that's hilariously cute. It's almost as cute as the artwork featured on the card itself. And yes, if my photos aren't quite translating the overall silly sex 'n drunks punchline enough, that's a mirror glued inside the card... does this reflect upon any of you, too? Jesters seriously had the best greeting card mascot ever.

Happy February Birthday to all that apply!

The Asteroid Witch

The Greensboro Cultural Arts Center in North Carolina recently honored one of their hometown heroes, late great comic book illustrator, Murphy Anderson, with a plaque installation --read about it HERE! We also honored this special occasion with a post over at THOIA HERE! So as promised, it's now time to do the continuation of honorary commemorations here at AEET as well, with a couple of great DC one-pagers via The Unexpected #116 and #119, as well as this wonderfully, witchy-weird, gorgeously illustrated sci-fi classic from the Ziff-Davis, 1950 debut issue of Amazing Adventures #1.