Topps bubblegum trading cards, Batman by Norman Saunders

Norman Saunders (of Topps Mars Attacks trading cards fame) is one of my favorite pulp magazine artists. He was quite prolific in his career painting a “…total of 867 [pulp magazine covers], which is the highest number of covers painted by any pulp artist.”

I found this spiffy cards here!

About the cards:

At the height of the hoopla over ABC-TV’s campy Batman series, Saunders was hired by Topps to produce a line of bubblegum trading cards that depicted the Caped Crusader and Robin, the Boy Wonder, in dozens of precarious situations facing such familiar villains as the Joker and Catwoman.

Partial Quote about the artist, written by his son David:

After two years of unsuccesful attempts to work within the confines of post-war slick magazines, Saunders left the slicks and returned to working for pulp magazines, where he was in constant demand for the remaining years of that industry. During this period he added another 421 pulp covers to his lifetime total of 867, which is the highest number of covers painted by any pulp artist.

He painted his last pulp cover in 1960. Saunders found all of his subsequent clients in the subculture publishing world of paperbacks, comic books, men’s adventure magazines, and trading cards.

Norman Saunders lived long enough to see himself celebrated as the legendary creator of many iconic images of American popular culture.

He retired to his wife’s hometown and died of emphysema at age 82 in Columbus Nebraska on March 7, 1989.

Read the full article here - and as always Roboteers, enjoy!

~Joe

Vic Prezio’s Orignal Cover Art for Magnus, Robot Fighter #21 (February 1968)

Woofleberries robot fighters, here’s part two of today’s awesome Vic Prezio’s Magnus, Robot Fighter cover paintings! Important to note, all the interior artwork for the Gold Key Magnus, Robot Fighter comic book series was illustrated by the legend, Russ Manning!!

Here is a comparison that shows both Vic Prezio’s original painting along side of the final printed cover for Magnus, Robot Fighter #21 (February 1968)!

I found this awesomeballs painted cover artwork on Blogger HERE! A big manly Magnus style karate-chop mega thanks goes to Smeghead2068 for originally posting this awesomeness!

Here’s info on that actual issue on the Grand Comics Database!!

As always Roboteers, ENJOY!!

~Joe

Vic Prezio’s Orignal Cover Art for Magnus, Robot Fighter #17 (February 1967)

Wowzers and whizbang Roboteers, I love robots! Yes! Yes I do! Shock? Gasp? I don’t love ALL robots, I have discerning taste in my robots. One such example of my good taste in the mechanical is the classic (and wicked-cool) 1960s Gold Key comic book Magnus, Robot Fighter.

Here is a comparison that shows both Vic Prezio’s original painting along side of the final printed cover for Magnus, Robot Fighter #17 (February 1967)!

I found this awesomeballs painted cover artwork on Blogger HERE! A big manly Magnus style karate-chop mega thanks goes to Smeghead2068 for originally posting this awesomeness!

Here’s info on that actual issue on the Grand Comics Database!!

As always Roboteers, ENJOY!!

~Joe

Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Meme - Spider-Man Edition 1960s Meme

Spider-Man sissy fight FTMFW! Enjoy Roboteers.

About

60’s Spider-Man, also known as “Retro Spider-Man”, refers to an image macro series based on still shots from the original Spider-Man cartoon series, typically featuring an absurd internal monologue that correspond with the actions depicted in the images.

Origin
The Show

The base still shots are from a Spider-Man animated television series that ran from September 9th, 1967 to June 14th, 1970. It was jointly produced in Canada (for voice talent) and the United States (for animation) and was the first animated adaptation of the Spider-Man comic book series, created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko.

Sometimes referred to as “Spider-Man ’67,” the series was notorious for its bad art and often over-the-top script as early as 2004.[7] The show reached a newfound audience in 2009 after Marvel officially began streaming the episodes via its website on April 2nd, 2009.[8] The episodes were subsequently reviewed on geek culture blogs like Topless Robot[9] and Daily Pop[10].

~Joe

Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Meme - Spider-Man Edition 1960s Meme

Spidey makes a come-back as a back up dancer. Enjoy Roboteers.

About

60’s Spider-Man, also known as “Retro Spider-Man”, refers to an image macro series based on still shots from the original Spider-Man cartoon series, typically featuring an absurd internal monologue that correspond with the actions depicted in the images.

Origin
The Show

The base still shots are from a Spider-Man animated television series that ran from September 9th, 1967 to June 14th, 1970. It was jointly produced in Canada (for voice talent) and the United States (for animation) and was the first animated adaptation of the Spider-Man comic book series, created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko.

Sometimes referred to as “Spider-Man ’67,” the series was notorious for its bad art and often over-the-top script as early as 2004.[7] The show reached a newfound audience in 2009 after Marvel officially began streaming the episodes via its website on April 2nd, 2009.[8] The episodes were subsequently reviewed on geek culture blogs like Topless Robot[9] and Daily Pop[10].

~Joe

1960s Saucy Sexy Cocktail Napkins

Wowzers Roboteers! Today’s Freaky Friday post brings you some awesome 1960s salaciously sexy cocktail napkins photos that I found on my internauts travels. Unfortunately I don’t know who the artist is.

Please enjoy gang! Happy Friday, have a fan-fucking-tastic weekend!!

It’s time to get freaky, see my other questionable Freaky Friday posts here.

~Joe