A couple of days ago John K's raved about an old Golden Book called Pebbles Flintstone on his blog, "All Kinds of Stuff." John said it was his "favorite Golden Book of all time, illustrated by the king of Golden Books, Mel Crawford." He included a scan from the book, shown here:
As I am a sucker for this kind of art, I immediately went to Amazon and searched for it. Lots of people were selling copies of "Pebbles Flintstone" for $45 and up, but I found one for $4.33 (+$3.49 shipping). I ordered it and rubbed my hands in anticipation. Today, the package came. Here's what was in it:
It was a marketing tie-in book based on that hideous 1994 movie that was certainly greenlighted and produced by studio morons who were out of their minds on cocaine. I nearly vomited when I saw this book instead of the one I was expecting, especially after I looked at the illustrations inside:
Could it possibly be any uglier? And the title of the book isn't even "Pebbles Flintstone." This seller is getting one star.
