Comments on: More weird CB radio cards http://boingboing.net/2010/09/07/more-weird-cb-radio.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 07:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/07/more-weird-cb-radio.html#comment-879630 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-879630 ZOMG - This are AWESOME ZOMG – This are AWESOME

]]> By: kip w http://boingboing.net/2010/09/07/more-weird-cb-radio.html#comment-879676 kip w Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-879676 I recognize Forbush Man (from Marvel's 60s humor comic, "Not Brand Echh!"), with a D instead of an F. And "here come Sin-Doll-Ella, friend of all us animals" in the Ten-Uh-See one (Wally Wood would have seen the humor of being swiped from, with his immense swipe file and advice to young cartoonists). I just wonder what other source materials I don't recognize in these. A wonderful outpouring of primal wit from the collective subconscious. To think I scorned CBers just because they used to drive into town and stop at the light by my house and have to get on the hammer and tell the world about it. I recognize Forbush Man (from Marvel’s 60s humor comic, “Not Brand Echh!”), with a D instead of an F. And “here come Sin-Doll-Ella, friend of all us animals” in the Ten-Uh-See one (Wally Wood would have seen the humor of being swiped from, with his immense swipe file and advice to young cartoonists). I just wonder what other source materials I don’t recognize in these.

A wonderful outpouring of primal wit from the collective subconscious. To think I scorned CBers just because they used to drive into town and stop at the light by my house and have to get on the hammer and tell the world about it.

]]> By: kip w http://boingboing.net/2010/09/07/more-weird-cb-radio.html#comment-879679 kip w Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-879679 Oh, and of course "My linear is..." is from a classic bit of ditto/mimeo/photocopier/fax/email art. "Boston Blackie" looks like a redrawn gag postcard (with a rather Seuss-influenced statue in the back). The couple pogo-humping could easily be from an issue of "Sex to Sexty." Oh, and of course “My linear is…” is from a classic bit of ditto/mimeo/photocopier/fax/email art. “Boston Blackie” looks like a redrawn gag postcard (with a rather Seuss-influenced statue in the back). The couple pogo-humping could easily be from an issue of “Sex to Sexty.”

]]> By: gewurztraminer http://boingboing.net/2010/09/07/more-weird-cb-radio.html#comment-879184 gewurztraminer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-879184 I read a great book last year, sort of a biography of a man told by the QSL cards he collected. Hello World: A Life in Ham Radio by Danny Gregory (http://www.librarything.com/work/478030) Lots of card art from all over the world. I read a great book last year, sort of a biography of a man told by the QSL cards he collected. Hello World: A Life in Ham Radio by Danny Gregory (http://www.librarything.com/work/478030) Lots of card art from all over the world.

]]> By: Ugly Canuck http://boingboing.net/2010/09/07/more-weird-cb-radio.html#comment-879732 Ugly Canuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-879732 CB radios are still very useful, especially up in our cottage country, where there's no phones, and people are often out and about on their boats, for organizing dinners, etc. Here's a rockin' song for the CB people: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EHkI8wybfk&NR=1 And here's an old 1970s era amateur CB song, by and for those "CB-ers": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbiLrB3cmXs Finally, some CB slang to help you when you decide to turn on and tune in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CB_slang Over and out. CB radios are still very useful, especially up in our cottage country, where there’s no phones, and people are often out and about on their boats, for organizing dinners, etc.

Here’s a rockin’ song for the CB people:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EHkI8wybfk&NR=1

And here’s an old 1970s era amateur CB song, by and for those “CB-ers”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbiLrB3cmXs

Finally, some CB slang to help you when you decide to turn on and tune in:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CB_slang

Over and out.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/07/more-weird-cb-radio.html#comment-879800 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-879800 This is great. I had no idea there was a form of art based on some sort of semi-obsolete land based radio communications. Now that I know this, I'm immensely fascinated by it. This truly is a directory of wonderful things. This is great. I had no idea there was a form of art based on some sort of semi-obsolete land based radio communications.

Now that I know this, I’m immensely fascinated by it.

This truly is a directory of wonderful things.

]]> By: dunnright http://boingboing.net/2010/09/07/more-weird-cb-radio.html#comment-879292 dunnright Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-879292 73's & 88's! 73′s & 88′s!

]]> By: Nom_de_Guerre http://boingboing.net/2010/09/07/more-weird-cb-radio.html#comment-879080 Nom_de_Guerre Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-879080 Awesome design on these "anti-design" cards. Makes me wonder if structure and order are always more effective tools for communication than sheer, entertaining anarchy. Awesome design on these “anti-design” cards.

Makes me wonder if structure and order are always more effective tools for communication than sheer, entertaining anarchy.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/07/more-weird-cb-radio.html#comment-879337 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-879337 OMG, the last card is from my grandma... I'm going to need counseling... OMG, the last card is from my grandma… I’m going to need counseling…

]]> By: TulsaTV http://boingboing.net/2010/09/07/more-weird-cb-radio.html#comment-879086 TulsaTV Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-879086 #8 includes what may be the first example of an asshat. #8 includes what may be the first example of an asshat.

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