Loaded?

Here’s an old ad (circa early 1940s?) about avoiding VD. It kind of reminds me of another ad that was used by the Australian Army in WWII that featured a certain bad-tempered cartoon duck.

The Greatest Medical Discovery Ever Known

In case you’re wondering it’s an ad for a vibrator.

Singapore Breast Cancer Foundation

Believe it or not, these ads come from Singapore. They are quite cute and risqué and get the message across quite clearly too.

Ride Bathombre, Ride!

This was once posted on the internet somewhere but I haven’t seen it for years and so think it was taken down. This is a story that was sort of referenced by Grant Morrison in his Club Of Heroes storyline a year or two ago. I like the idea of an evil South American Batman clone with a mustache causing trouble while riding around on a masked horse.

Children Of Tomorrow!

Here’s another public service announcement from DC Comics and the UN.

Are You A Good Neighbour?

Billy’s a real killjoy.

71st Anniversary of the Wizard Of Oz

Google celebrated the 71st anniversary of the Wizard of Oz with a special Google Doodle.

Betty Boop’s Birthday Party

August 9th is the 80th anniversary of the release of the first Betty Boop cartoon called Dizzy Dishes. In that cartoon she literally was a dog, but it wasn’t long until she became a sex symbol.Betty Boop’s Birthday Party from 1933 features lots of rubber hose like animation. At this time Fleischer’s still had Betty constantly moving, always bouncing to the beat even though she’s not really doing anything.

Mary Blair

From November ACMI are going to have a huge exhibition of Disney art works and I am really happy to read that it will inclue some great Mary Blair stuff. I think that Mary is my favourite Disney artist at the moment. Here are a few reasons why…