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Friday, January 24, 2020

Pics to Prize and Praise!

Hey, Kids! Comics from 50 Years Ago!
January 20 & 22, 1970


















Groovy Age Splash Page of the Week


Groovy Age Spotlight On...
Wacky Packages!


Dig it, Groove-ophiles! Wacky Packages aren't comics, but they're definitely comix related and they most definitely were a huge part of  our Groovy Age-era childhoods! Combine the zaniness of mags like Cracked and Mad with art and gags by comix luminaries like Len Brown, Kim Deitch, George Evans, Drew Friedman, Bill Griffith, Jay Lynch, Norman Saunders, Art Spiegelman, Bhob Stewart and Tom Sutton then put 'em in the form of collectible stickers? Was there ever any doubt that whatever change we had left over after we bought our comicbooks in the early-to-mid 70s went to snapping these babies up? (At a nickel a pack, yet!) Here are some samples of the gross-out hilarity that we all loved so well from the 1974 series  6-11...














 For tons more info and examples, check out the Wacky Packages Website! That's it for this week, Groove-ophiles! See ya next time! Pax!
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Special thanks to Mike's Amazing World of Comics and Grand Comics Database for being such fantastic resources for covers, dates, creator info, etc. Thou art treasures true!


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As for the rest of ya, the purpose of this blog is to (re)introduce you to the great comics of the 1970s. If you like what you see, do what I do--go to a comics shop, bookstore, e-Bay or whatever and BUY YOUR OWN!