1940s-1970s comic book ads were absolutely unhinged.
X-ray specs, sea monkeys, Polaris submarines, seven-foot monsters you could order through the mail. A parallel universe of optimistic grift.
This shirt celebrates those legendary back-page scams.
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#ComicBooks #XRaySpecs #1970s
Is it a scientific miracle! #XRaySpecs #ComicBookMagic #VintageAds #GadgetGeek #ScientificMiracle #MustHave #MonstersAGoGo
Is it a scientific miracle! #XRaySpecs #ComicBookMagic #VintageAds #GadgetGeek #ScientificMiracle #MustHave #MonstersAGoGo
Happy anniversary to Xray Specs’ debut album, ‘Germfree Adolescents’. Released this week in 1978. #XraySpecs #PolyStyrene #GermfreeAdolescents #thedaytheworldturneddayglo #identity #ohbondageupyours
open.spotify.com/track/66aJzb... #earworm #xrayspecs #polystyrene for your next dental visit. SR was a uk toothpaste, btw
Woman in a red top dancing in a reflection, with clothes hanging outside
#kitchendancing to Joe Jackson Breaking Us in Two, #shriekback Nemisis and #xrayspecs O Bondage Up Yours
give it a minute... I know it took me ages to realize it...
#comics #webcomics #comicartists #biography #xrayspecs
Sell Me! Sell Me Pop Culture! Charcoal on Raw Canvas. 60" x 60" #art #drawing #charcoaldrawing #charcoal #bigdrawing #xrayspecs
Fake ads done in a retro style. One is for a martial arts pamphlet by "John Aman, the Deadliest Martial Artist Alive" that claims he was given superpowers by his training with monks in Tibet. The other one is for "Hypno-Spex" which boast that they boost the natural latent psychic powers of all human beings to enable you to control minds. The art shows a nerd hypnotizing a redhead into saying, "Your wish is my command, Master."
The Apex Society #25 Page 40. #art #webcomic #webcomics #makecomics #comics #pulp #fakead #retroad #johnaman #amazingman #xrayspecs #publicdomainsuperheroes #countdante
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Happy 45th anniversary to Xray Specs’ debut album. ‘Germfree Adolescents’. Released this week in 1978. #XraySpecs #PolyStyrene #GermfreeAdolescents #thedaytheworldturneddayglo #identity #ohbondageupyours
