The Funniest New (Old) Comic Around

…can be found right here.

“Fluvial Geomorphology,” 1998

Another collaborative piece from Billy and I’s “Art Movement” in 1998.

Obese Mr. Arbuckle as Author and Actor, Drama, Dancing, Etc. at Palace Music Hall

Wieneroni Casserole, 1966

From Ladies Home Journal, February 1966

A little bit of Karo

puts a little bit of you

into every dish you cook

“Choad Boy in a Red Dress is Chased by a Goateed Hipster With a Baseball Bat and by Comedian Andrew “Dice” Clay Who Has An Axe, While a Very Short Abe Lincoln Impersonator Monitors the Proceedings,” 1998

GAG CARDS – Each Gag Card is a Carload of Laughs! 1958

One time when I was a kid, I stumbled across a cache of little white cards in my mother’s box of school mementos that she kept under her bed. She had collected the little business-style cards embossed with the names of her classmates, the kind of cards that seniors generally hand out with their yearbook picture. Mixed in with these cards, I found some that didn’t seem to fit. They were the same size, but had weird slogans printed on them instead of names. I surmised that they must have been jokes — even though I certainly did not understand what in the world they were about. I hadn’t thought of this experience until I saw this ad from the Sept. 1958 issue of ‘Teen Magazine for “Gag Cards.” This is exactly what those cards were! It’s kind of fun to look at these as an early form of text messaging or social networking. I realize the cards just contain goofy jokes and expressions, but they come from an era when teens didn’t have many avenues for getting their snark on. These gag cards allowed them to cut loose in at least some way, with some mild-mannered innuendo. These are relics from the original era of the teenager, ephemeral items that few probably thought worthy enough to save. I am definitely going to ask my Mom if she kept those cards now that I know what they are.

GAG CARDS
Each Gag Card is a Carload of Laughs

“Mean Ass Nazi on a Magic Carpet Throws Grenade at Hippie (with a lemon for a hand), Ghandhi (midget version), a Doggie, a Piece of Corn, and a Log, Under a Blue Moon”, 1998

Back in college, my friend Billy and I decided to start an art movement. It was an art movement of 2, kind of born out of our experiences in a modern art class we were both taking. We had an empty room in the big house were were rooming in, so it became a workspace and art gallery display area. I saved some of our “artwork” for posterity, and this is one of my pieces.

How Taco Bell Will Turn This Economy Thing Around

Why Take the Risk? [Schlitz]

Why Take the Risk
of your beer becoming impure?

You are not asked to take a similar risk with other kinds of food.

And yet, every time you buy beer in a light bottle you must assume the burden of keeping it away from light to avoid that skunky taste.

Get Schlitz Brown Bottle, and you get beer that is kept pure from the brewery to your glass.

Schlitz – the Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous