Vintage Comics: That's the Spirit - Part 8
Another one? OK, some fighting spirit then!
Be sure to check out all my other The Spirit (the comic!) posts!
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Another one? OK, some fighting spirit then!
Be sure to check out all my other The Spirit (the comic!) posts!
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Labels: comics, comics cover, Detective Comics, the spirit, vintage comics, will eisner
I had a very strong feeling, after seeing the trailer some months ago, that the movie The Spirit would be awful. It certainly didn't make me want to see it. It seems my feeling wasn't all wrong. And I bet I wasn't the only one.
The reception according to Wikipedia:
"The film has received generally negative reviews from critics. As of December 26, 2008, it has a 17% positive rating from 49 reviews on the movie-review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, the consensus being, "Though its visuals are unique, The Spirit's plot is almost incomprehensible, the dialogue is ludicrously mannered, and the characters are unmemorable". Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times said, "There is not a trace of human emotion in it. To call the characters cardboard is to insult a useful packing material"." (more...)
Try the comic books instead.
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Be sure to check out all my other The Spirit (the comic!) posts!
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6 (the movie poster)
...see 'em all.
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Labels: comics, Detective Comics, movies, the spirit, vintage comics, will eisner
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Labels: farbror sid, happy new year, party, shirt, tuxedo, vintage ads, vintage fashion
Let's start phasing out Christmas and make space for a completely new year. Talking of something new - I'd like to show you the presents I got this Christmas. Everything a modern man needs:
More at Popcards.fr
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Labels: popcards.fr, Vintage postcard
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Labels: 1970s, animation, cartoon, christmas, karl-bertil jonsson, per åhlin, swedish, tage danielsson, youtube, youtube playlist
uploaded by r40f
Via A Christmas Yuleblog
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The record sleeve comes from www.falalalala.com. The song is written by Ross Christman and performed by The Hal Bradley Orchestra with Patty Marie Jay on vocals:
Listen: Space Age Santa Claus
Sorry. No longer available.
More Space Age Santas.
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Labels: christmas, christmas music, santa, space age
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Labels: christmas, illustration, ralph hulett, santa
From Martin Klasch |
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Labels: 1960s, Beppe Wolgers, christmas, hjälp, magazine covers, space age, sputnik, swedish, vintage magazines
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Labels: christmas, christmas tree, tannenbaum, wunderbaum
Cirkelkaffe from
David at The Klockarp Institute's Flickr
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Labels: christmas, cirkelkaffe, coffee, swedish, vintage ads
Sorry. No longer available.
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(this image doesn't really represent the set very well but it's very decorative isn't it...? Click the image if you want a bit of Santa in it.)
Golden Gems a set on Flickr created by Tales of Whoa. Great vintage children's book illustrations.
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Labels: children's books, children's illustration, christmas, flickr, illustration, vintage
An obvious Christmas combo?
I wish I remembered where I found this fantastic card, but I don't. Sorry. It could have been here.
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Labels: christmas, christmas cards, dogs, Ephemera, guns
Who ever thought that Wonder Woman and the Justice League (geeky correction: "Society", see comments...) would steal Christmas presents from a sleeping child on Christmas Eve?! Well, here's the proof:
And they are smiling too!!
From Random Acts of Geekery
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Labels: christmas, comics cover, superhero, vintage comics, wonder woman
If you're a person who can't get enough of Christmas this is the place to go:
Look At This...: "Christmas Special"
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Labels: christmas, look at this
A Christmas Yuleblog: "In addition to collecting Christmas music, I have collected nearly 1000 vintage Christmas ads over the years. Many of these include celebrities, radio, television, cigarettes, liquor, modern appliances, and the like."
A taste of what you can expect.
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Labels: 007, a christmas yuleblog, christmas, guns, James Bond, liquor, sean connery, vintage ads
Santaism '08
Santaphonic '07
Santology '06
Santalicious '05
Santafobic '04
Please click the individual images to download.
Password: martinklasch.
Grab 'em while they are up. I'm planing on having them up at least until Christmas Day but after that...
UPDATE - Dec 26th:
Downloading is no longer possible.
You can still (until New Year) listen to Santaism online here or from the sidebar.
Sorry. No longer available.
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Labels: christmas, christmas music, Martin Klasch, music, santa, santafobic, santaism, santalicious, santaphonic, santology
I'm Learning To Share!: "Lars Gullin Quartet - 'Danny's Dream' b/w 'Be Careful' (1954)"
Listen!
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Labels: 1950s, I'm Learning To Share, Jazz, lars gullin, music, swedish
Following the yule tradition that I've created for this blog I've put the annual Martin Klasch Christmas music mix together once again. There are 27 songs in this year's compilation but I'm not going to reveal which ones or by whom they are performed. I will say that if you've heard my other Christmas mixes you'll feel familiar with the style of the mix. If this interests you at all all you have to do is click the image of the cover and you'll end up at zSHARE where you'll be able to download the rar-file (130 MB). And just to annoy you I put a password on it - so to unpack the files you have type the name of this blog (without space).
I hope you'll enjoy it!
Sorry. No longer available.
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PS. If anyone wondered: If I find the time and energy I might repost the mixes from earlier years. We'll see.
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Labels: christmas, christmas music, Martin Klasch, music, santaism