Lower Vancouver Island, May 2012

Posted by thellum in Beauty, Nature, Travel on May 16, 2012

The following is a URL to a primarily iPad-only gallery of images I shot over a few days on the lower end of Vancouver Island. I was amazed to find the road up the west side of the Island is so short. It barely runs 100 kms north from Victoria. Perhaps this is a good thing. So much of the Island is still so wild. For me, the west coast was *much* more interesting than the inside east coast.

At any rate, the collection of images in the following URL is poorly-edited and contains far too many similar images. But wotthehell, Archie:

BC2012

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Fawcett’s Funny Animals – No. 40

Posted by thellum in Comic, Heh, Historical on March 16, 2012

Another issue scanned and available as PDF! This issue is also from 1946.

Featured in this issue:

Hoppy the Marvel Bunny
Captain Marvel Mechanix illustrated Ad
Roger “Doc” Cramer Ad for Wheaties
Willy the Worm and Sammy
Sherlock the Monk and Chuck
Ball-Band Canvas Sport Shoes Ad
Uncle Don Broadcasting – Willipus Wallipus story
Billy the Kid and Oscar
Charm-Kurl Supreme Cold Wave Ad
Fuzzy the Bear and Benny Beaver
Rice Krispies Ad
Muscle Power Ad
Charles Atlas Ad
Merrilee Peddles Ad (Schwinn bicycles)

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Fawcett’s Funny Animals – No. 41

Posted by thellum in Comic, Joy on March 10, 2012

Here is another comic download as PDF (will fit onto an iPad nicely):

Appearing in this issue:

Hoppy the Marvel Bunny
Willie the Worm and Sammy
Rick Ferrell for Wheaties
Benny the Beaver
Jowett’s Tough Man book
Sherlock the Monk and Chuck
Uncle Don’s Willipus Wallipus story
Billy the Kid and Oscar
Fuzzy and Denny
Mechanix Illustrated Ad
“Pepsi” The Pepsi-Cola Cop
Kellogg’s Rice Krispies Ad
Wonders of Science Book offer
Adventures of “R.C.” and Quickie

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Fawcett’s Funny Animals – No. 42

Posted by thellum in Comic, Joy on March 3, 2012

The next instalment of scanned comics from my father’s youth…

Featured in this issue:

Thom Mcan shoes advertisement
Hoppy the Marvel Bunny
Charlie Keller advertisement for Wheaties
Fuzzy Bear
Billy the Kid and Oscar
Uncle Don Broadcasting “Cash Flashers” (A Willipus Wallipus Story)
Willy the Worm and Sammy
Ball-band canvas sport shoes advertisement
Fuzzy and Benny
Sherlock the Monk and Chuck
Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear
Captain Marvel advertisement
Kodak Brownie Reflex (synchro model) camera advertisement
X-acto knife advertisement

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