Groovy Posts of Christmas Past: Presents and the Comicbook Ads That Made Me Want 'Em

Happy Holidays, Groove-ophiles! For the rest of the week we're gonna be showcasing Posts of Christmas Past--in other words, re-runs or reprints of some of Ol' Groove's fave posts from Decembers other than this one. ;D Hope you enjoy 'em!

This one's from December 18, 2010!

Ho, ho, ho-wzit goin, Groove-ophiles! Ol' Groove spends a lot of time yakkin' about the covers, and splashes, and stories, and art in our beloved Groovy Age comics, but I don't seem to spend enough time on the ads. The ads were as much a part of the fun (sometimes more) of the comix experience as any of the rest of the aforementioned items. Heck, I remember buying a few comics just for certain ads! Crazy, huh? Crazy like a fox, baby, 'cause when you handled those ads the right way, you could lay some heavy hints on your parents for Christmas goodies! For example...

How 'bout you, Groove-ophile? Did you find any of these awesome items under your tree?

See ya Monday in 2018 for our first new post of the New Year!

Christmas 2016: 16 Page Kenner Fun Catalog

Merry Christmas, Groove-ophiles! We're going to be celebrating the holidays this week by trucking down memory lane (how unusual for the Diversions, huh?) to look back to a time when the Holidays was a truly magical time--'cause we were kids!

Good Ol' Gold Key, in October 1972, published the "16 Page Kenner Fun Catalog" in their mags. Plenty of time for us to see what we'd want for Christmas. Plenty of time to come up with a plan to convince our parents that we wanted, nay, NEEDED cool stuff like SSP racers (more, more!), Spirograph, Chip Away, and all the rest (yeah, I ate the cakes my sister made from her Easy Bake Oven). See why comics were so important to us? They even helped us prepare our Christmas lists!