Comments on: Advertising the Space Race, a Prelinger Library book http://boingboing.net/2010/03/09/advertising-the-spac.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 15:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: strangefriend http://boingboing.net/2010/03/09/advertising-the-spac.html#comment-731236 strangefriend Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-731236 This reminds me of the story of Jack Parsons. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Parsons He helped found the Pasadena Jet propulsion Laboratory, but he was kicked out of the JPL & his company Aerojet when the US Government discovered he was the head of Aleister Crawley's cult OTO in America. He died in an explosion at his home lab in 1952. THE MARVEL is a webcomic that ells his story, & BoingBoing turned me on to it. http://www.webcomicsnation.com/rscarbonneau/parsons/series.php This reminds me of the story of Jack Parsons. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Parsons
He helped found the Pasadena Jet propulsion Laboratory, but he was kicked out of the JPL & his company Aerojet when the US Government discovered he was the head of Aleister Crawley’s cult OTO in America. He died in an explosion at his home lab in 1952. THE MARVEL is a webcomic that ells his story, & BoingBoing turned me on to it.
http://www.webcomicsnation.com/rscarbonneau/parsons/series.php

]]> By: Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrot http://boingboing.net/2010/03/09/advertising-the-spac.html#comment-733554 Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrot Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-733554 this looks GREAT this looks GREAT

]]> By: WHITE DRAGON http://boingboing.net/2010/03/09/advertising-the-spac.html#comment-731526 WHITE DRAGON Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-731526 "It is also a perceptive look at the changing moods of our nation-and the enduring promise of the future."(Saskplanner) Right on 'S.'The Dark Ages happened when we collapsed our dreams. The Renaissance happened when we opened them up again. We need to remember our nations promise. Thx “It is also a perceptive look at the changing moods of our nation-and the enduring promise of the future.”(Saskplanner)
Right on ‘S.’The Dark Ages happened when we collapsed our dreams. The Renaissance happened when we opened them up again. We need to remember our nations promise.

Thx

]]> By: bbonyx http://boingboing.net/2010/03/09/advertising-the-spac.html#comment-731278 bbonyx Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-731278 Poor Pete, abandoned at the pool by Draper, left to accomplish all of this on his own. Poor Pete, abandoned at the pool by Draper, left to accomplish all of this on his own.

]]> By: i_prefer_yeti http://boingboing.net/2010/03/09/advertising-the-spac.html#comment-731078 i_prefer_yeti Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-731078 Congrats Megan! Woo, my futurepast design sensibilities are all a-flustered at this treasure trove of spacey riches. Congrats Megan!

Woo, my futurepast design sensibilities are all a-flustered at this treasure trove of spacey riches.

]]> By: Cory Doctorow http://boingboing.net/2010/03/09/advertising-the-spac.html#comment-731081 Cory Doctorow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-731081 Megan and Rick stopped at my office for lunch today and I got to actually hold this book. Jaw dropping wantage. Megan and Rick stopped at my office for lunch today and I got to actually hold this book. Jaw dropping wantage.

]]> By: Saskplanner http://boingboing.net/2010/03/09/advertising-the-spac.html#comment-731093 Saskplanner Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-731093 Speaking of serious wantage. I saw this at the library yesterday - 'Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow' by Brian Fies. Graphic novel - beautiful and amazing to see. Product Description From Amazon: Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?, the long-awaited follow-up to Mom's Cancer, is a unique graphic novel that tells the story of a young boy and his relationship with his father. Spanning the period from the 1939 New York World's Fair to the last Apollo space mission in 1975, it is told through the eyes of a boy as he grows up in an era that was optimistic and ambitious, fueled by industry, engines, electricity, rockets, and the atom bomb. An insightful look at relationships and the promise of the future, award-winning author Brian Fies presents his story in a way that only comics and graphic novels can. Interspersed with the comic book adventures of Commander Cap Crater (created by Fies to mirror the styles of the comics and the time periods he is depicting), and mixing art and historical photographs, this groundbreaking graphic novel is a lively trip through a half century of technological evolution. It is also a perceptive look at the changing moods of our nation-and the enduring promise of the future. Speaking of serious wantage. I saw this at the library yesterday – ‘Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow’ by Brian Fies. Graphic novel – beautiful and amazing to see.

Product Description From Amazon:

Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?, the long-awaited follow-up to Mom’s Cancer, is a unique graphic novel that tells the story of a young boy and his relationship with his father.

Spanning the period from the 1939 New York World’s Fair to the last Apollo space mission in 1975, it is told through the eyes of a boy as he grows up in an era that was optimistic and ambitious, fueled by industry, engines, electricity, rockets, and the atom bomb. An insightful look at relationships and the promise of the future, award-winning author Brian Fies presents his story in a way that only comics and graphic novels can.

Interspersed with the comic book adventures of Commander Cap Crater (created by Fies to mirror the styles of the comics and the time periods he is depicting), and mixing art and historical photographs, this groundbreaking graphic novel is a lively trip through a half century of technological evolution. It is also a perceptive look at the changing moods of our nation-and the enduring promise of the future.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/09/advertising-the-spac.html#comment-735456 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-735456 Frinking A. I will have this book and I will hold it. I will name it George. Frinking A. I will have this book and I will hold it. I will name it George.

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