Monday, 3 March 2014

Rochester, NH Girl Scouts: Please Learn to Spell

This is a real photo I took at the Lowe's hardware store. This is a real sign that was outside the doors on Sunday, March, 2, 2014. The girl scouts were inside, selling their cookies at a table.

It reads:

Girl Scout
Cookies!
$4.00 a box
We except
credit cards!
They are delicous!



Aside from the implication that credit cards are delicious to eat, there are two spelling errors here that no good girl scout should make.

Video Pop-up Book: DICK TRACY: THE CAPTURE OF BORIS ARSON (1935) by Chester Gould

From the Cooper-Hewitt Museum exhibition "Wall Stories: Children's Wallpapers and Books," which ran from October 3, 2008 to April 5, 2009. But, thankfully, they made some videos, including this one, of these great old pop-up books. 



From the description:

Pop-up book: Dick Tracy: The Capture of Boris Arson
The popular comic-strip character Dick Tracy was created by Chester Gould for the Chicago Tribune in 1931. Harold Lentz, the paper engineer for this as well as for several other Blue Ribbon Books and Pleasure Books publications in the 1930s, was a master of beautifully crafted pop-up scenes.
Written and illustrated by Chester Gould (19001985)
Paper engineering by Harold Lentz
Published by Pleasure Books
Chicago, IL, 1935
Smithsonian Institution Libraries. PZ7 .G68Di 1935
Wall Stories: Children's Wallpapers and Books
On view: October 3, 2008 to April 5, 2009
This exhibition will explore the relationship between wallpapers and books created for children through works from the permanent collection and the National Design Library. From their beginning in the 1870s, children's wallpapers have been strongly influenced by literature and popular culture. Works on view will include papers illustrated with nursery rhymes and designs inspired by works of fiction and adventure, such as Peter Rabbit, Alice in Wonderland, and Cinderella. The exhibition also will trace the evolution of children's books from instructional to fictional and include developments such as movable and pop-up books, which added an interactive element to children's reading.
Wall Stories: Childrens Wallpaper and Books is made possible in part by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency. Additional support is provided in part by Esme Usdan, Margery and Edgar Masinter, The Liman Foundation and The Walt Disney Company.

MALE CALL by Milton Caniff



Milton Caniff gave away his MALE CALL comic strip.

MALE CALL was developed as a morale-booster for the troops and it was distributed to 3000 military camp papers from January 24, 1943 to March 3, 1946. The racy feature was a spin-off of his TERRY AND THE PIRATES strip, but without Terry. "Miss Lace" was the protagonist; a sexy and sweet innocent. She would get into humorous scrapes from week to week.

He offered it for free.

The Hairy Green Eyeball blog has the fist half of the original 1945 collection here.

EDIT: Here's the rest of the book.