The tasteless history of the peeing Calvin decal
http://triviahappy.com/articles/the-tasteless-history-of-the-peeing-calvin-decal#.U7bXH6jT5ST
Find out why you see bootleg Calvins on the back of so many car windows.
http://triviahappy.com/articles/the-tasteless-history-of-the-peeing-calvin-decal#.U7bXH6jT5ST
Find out why you see bootleg Calvins on the back of so many car windows.
Sustained flashback to 1940, and to an early stage of confidence and high promise for Al Capp’s long-running comic strip, Li’l Abner. Conventional wisdom, bolstered by accounts from Capp his ownself, holds that the name Yokum is a combination of “yokel” and “hokum.” That would be Yokum, as in Abner Yokum and his rural Southern…
As part of our campaign to highlight our ongoing battle against Dr. Seuss Enterprises (and we hope you can help us out) we’re highlighting examples of art that wouldn’t exist without fair use. We apologize if the song is stuck in your head for the rest of the day. https://vimeo.com/255918202 Give us your favorite examples…
As The Dark Knight breaks more box-office records (with its accompanying Watchman trailer leading to orders for the original book jumping up near the top of the Amazon charts) and Hollywood relocates to San Diego for the coming four-day weekend that used to be known primarily as Geek Prom, it’s clear that comics continue to…
Baby boomers have been whining about this since the turn of the century. Well, we’re about to get our wish. Sort of. According to Sharon Gaudin at IDG, we’re about to get our flying car. Terrafugia Inc. is currently creating a prototype of The Transition, a 19-foot, two-seat "roadable light-sport aircraft" that is both road-worthy…
Groundhog Day? Puh-lease. That’s what you’d expect, though, right? But did you know that today in 1912 the very first stuntman did his very first stunt? On Feb. 2, 1912, Frederick Rodman Law jumped off the Statue of Liberty with a parachute, earning himself a $1,500 paycheck from a movie company, Pathe, that shot the…
We’d like to welcome Michael A. Price to the Mix — see his Forgotten Horrors #1 below. It’s always nice to have another contributor take the heat off an overworked news editor! Between him and Martha (who’s occasional column now has a name, Brilliant Disguise) and Robert and Matt and Glenn, I’m starting to lose…