Short memory, must have a…

The hypocritical selective memories of some people are astounding. I am of course talking about the Herald Sun readers, who are obviously Liberal voters, who have taken the time to write into the H/S to attack the state Labor government over the bungled Myki public transport ticketing system that has just been introduced. Now I [...]

Tubby The Tuba

It’s not often that you get to see George Pal’s Puppetoons on Youtube. Usually if they do get loaded on Youtube they will last about a week or two before Arnold Leibovit Entertainment gets the video pulled due to copyright infringement. Personally I wish that Arnold Leibovit Entertainment would just release all of the Puppetoons [...]

1938 Auto Union Wanderer Streamlined

I don’t know much about this car, except that it was an Auto Union sports racing car raced under the Wanderer name. Auto Union were most successful with their 16 cylinder C-Type Grand Prix racers, as well as the later D-Type, so these cars tend to be overlooked in comparison. Three cars were built to compete [...]

Art Deco

I should have been around in the 1930s. I think that my artistic sensibilities all date from that era. I am a big fan of art-deco design which are probably best exemplified by these posters. I think I just love those Art-Deco asthetics, everything just looks good. Streamlining was one product of Art-Deco. This is [...]

He’s back

Here’s a photo I took back in 2005 of two very old Formula 1 drivers. I did not think that either of these guys would be still around in F1 in 2010. I would never have dreamed that the guy on the right would have been second in the World Driver’s Championship in 2009. I [...]

Dan DeCarlo

Here’s a pic I found by artist Dan DeCarlo. I have posted this for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it has been ages since I posted anything comic book related, and DeCarlo was one of the finest comic book artists of the 1950s. He spent many years working for Archie Comics and created Josie & [...]

Norman Rockwell’s Santa Claus

Here’s a final Rockwell Santa Claus that I forgot to post in the last update. This is from 1920.

Happy Christmas

As Christmas 2009 comes to an end I thought that I would post some Christmas covers of the Saturday Evening Post, featuring the iconic depictions of Santa Claus by Norman Rockwell. I believe that most of the come from the 1920s.   There is a myth that Coca Cola and Haddom Sundblom created the moderb image [...]

Remember to slip, slop slap these Summer holidays

You can find more information on this famous ad campaign from here.

How to fix the WWE

I used to be a big wrestling fan and loved the WWE. I first got into wrestling back in the 80s when it was shown on Channel 10, when Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, The Ultimate Warrior and Andre The Giant ruled the ring. In the early 1990s Channel 10 dropped the then WWF and it wasn’t [...]