Wednesday, July 15, 2026

The Garden As of Mid-July

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  The garden as of mid-July. We are getting an orange, cloudy sky the past couple of days due to smoke from Canadian wildfires. The garden i...
Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Pat Oliphant 1935 - 2026

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    Political cartoonist Pat Oliphant passed away on July 13th due to age-related health issues at his home in Santa Fe, NM. He was 90 years...
Monday, July 13, 2026

Midcentury Drinks Guides Part 1

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I was at the Arundel, ME flea market on Saturday morning where I bought a small pile of these old drinks recipes booklets. These are a lot o...
Friday, July 10, 2026

From the September 16, 1971 "Flip Wilson Show:" A Spoof of Charles Schulz' Comic Strip "Peanuts"

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From The Flip Wilson Show broadcast of September 16, 1971 on NBC-TV.   Flip Wilson's variety show ran for four years and 94 episodes on...
Thursday, July 09, 2026

Grumbacher Library: "The Art of Cartooning" by Jack Sidebotham (1976)

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  The Grumbacher Library series of instructional books was a midcentury go-to for people interested in drawing or painting. They had a lot o...
Wednesday, July 08, 2026

Mike's Big Idea Illustrations by Valerie Anderson

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  Mike's Big Idea is a children's' book written by Rusty Hoffland, with great midcentury comic art illustrations by Valerie Ande...
Tuesday, July 07, 2026

Pen Tips On Cartooning by Charles Stoner

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  Pen Tips on Cartooning by Charles Stoner is 48 page booklet that's copyright 1949 by C. Howard Hunt Pen Co. There were at least three ...
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