Monday, December 2, 2013

Reading Room: SNOW QUEEN "About the Mirror and Its Pieces" and "A Little Boy and a Little Girl"

Disney has once more pillaged Hans Christian Andersen's legacy...
...for a radical retelling of one of his fairy tales in the new animated film, Frozen!
Tomorrow:
Written by Gaylord Du Bois and illustrated by Lea Bing, this never-reprinted tale from Dell's Fairy Tale Parade #9 (1943) is the only comic book adaptation of the Hand Christian Andersen fairy tale!
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Sunday, December 1, 2013

Design of the Week: SANTA'S SURPRISE!

Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another.
This week,we take a look at a Santa Claus who's been naughty, not nice, in this vintage saucy 1930s comic cover!
Available on mugs, blankets, t-shirts, and other goodies!

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Saturday, November 30, 2013

RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER "The Reindeer Who Saved Christmas!"

...that's as concise a synopsis as you'll ever read, so on with the story with all requisite speed...
(Regrettably, the copy we're using doesn't have a final page.)
Written by Robert L May and illustrated by Denver Gillen, this beloved tale was actually an advertising promotion designed to lure customers into doing Christmas shopping!
True!
You can read about it HERE!
Monday:
The story behind the hit movie Frozen... 
The Snow Queen!
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Friday, November 29, 2013

RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER "The Plot (and Fog) Thickens..."

...Rudolph lived a sad existence, shunned by his peers because he was "different".
But, on Christmas Eve, when Santa Claus, hindered by severe fog, making him hours behind schedule, delivers gifts to Rudolph's home, he literally sees a solution to his problem...
Tomorrow:
Written by Robert L May and illustrated by Denver Gillen, this beloved tale was actually an advertising promotion designed to lure customers into doing Christmas shopping!
True!
You can read about it HERE!
Support Small Business This Christmas!
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Thursday, November 28, 2013

RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER "The Saga Begins"

Much as Disney's versions of classic fairy tales have become the "accepted" ones...
...the 1964 stop-motion animated TV special of Rudolph is the one everyone knows.
But, this is the real story...
Tomorrow:
The Plot (and the fog) Thickens...
Written by Robert L May and illustrated by Denver Gillen, this beloved tale was actually an advertising promotion designed to lure customers into doing Christmas shopping!
True!
You can read about it HERE!
Support Small Business This Christmas!
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