Comments on: Old comic book ad for public libraries http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/old-comic-book-ad-fo-1.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 00:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Naberius http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/old-comic-book-ad-fo-1.html#comment-1028887 Naberius Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028887 The books in the briefcase were in violation of copyright, making each one worth approximately one MILLION dollars! HAHAHAHAHA!!! The books in the briefcase were in violation of copyright, making each one worth approximately one MILLION dollars! HAHAHAHAHA!!!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/old-comic-book-ad-fo-1.html#comment-1028649 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028649 Dick is gonna LOVE the internet when it's invented. He can google useless info to his hearts content, and stalking becomes MUCH easier! Dick is gonna LOVE the internet when it’s invented. He can google useless info to his hearts content, and stalking becomes MUCH easier!

]]> By: zandar http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/old-comic-book-ad-fo-1.html#comment-1028907 zandar Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028907 @#7: I figure "welfare" is the word the average citizen would find indigestible nowadays. We've lost almost all sense of the original meaning. @#7: I figure “welfare” is the word the average citizen would find indigestible nowadays. We’ve lost almost all sense of the original meaning.

]]> By: Naberius http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/old-comic-book-ad-fo-1.html#comment-1028669 Naberius Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028669 Hey! What gives, Dick? Hey! What gives, Dick?

]]> By: freddy nono http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/old-comic-book-ad-fo-1.html#comment-1028694 freddy nono Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028694 The Funny part is that the blonde haired kid's real name in Tim not Dick. The Funny part is that the blonde haired kid’s real name in Tim not Dick.

]]> By: AlexG55 http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/old-comic-book-ad-fo-1.html#comment-1028710 AlexG55 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028710 Well, the Great Pyramid of Giza is IIRC the largest, and it's somewhat truncated... Well, the Great Pyramid of Giza is IIRC the largest, and it’s somewhat truncated…

]]> By: yri http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/old-comic-book-ad-fo-1.html#comment-1028716 yri Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028716 "You see what happens, Larry?" “You see what happens, Larry?”

]]> By: cellocgw http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/old-comic-book-ad-fo-1.html#comment-1028740 cellocgw Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028740 OK, this is scary: I actually remember reading that ad in comicbooks, fresh off the racks of my local drugstore. Which is worse: my obvious age, or the fact that I recall stuff like this? OK, this is scary: I actually remember reading that ad in comicbooks, fresh off the racks of my local drugstore. Which is worse: my obvious age, or the fact that I recall stuff like this?

]]> By: peterbruells http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/old-comic-book-ad-fo-1.html#comment-1028742 peterbruells Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028742 Wikipedia to the rescue: "Is thought that, at construction, the Great Pyramid was originally 280 Egyptian cubits tall, 146.5 metres (480.6 ft) but with erosion and absence of its pyramidion, its present height is 138.8 metres (455.4 ft). " Wikipedia to the rescue:

“Is thought that, at construction, the Great Pyramid was originally 280 Egyptian cubits tall, 146.5 metres (480.6 ft) but with erosion and absence of its pyramidion, its present height is 138.8 metres (455.4 ft). “

]]> By: MarlboroTestMonkey7 http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/old-comic-book-ad-fo-1.html#comment-1028771 MarlboroTestMonkey7 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028771 Nobody likes smart asses. Dick. Nobody likes smart asses. Dick.

]]> By: gerg http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/old-comic-book-ad-fo-1.html#comment-1028524 gerg Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028524 "... I gotta find out what's in that briefcase, it must be worth a fortune" "It is! Google! And that's where I access it" "Huh, the internets! Well whadda you know!" “… I gotta find out what’s in that briefcase, it must be worth a fortune”
“It is! Google! And that’s where I access it”
“Huh, the internets! Well whadda you know!”

]]> By: Nash Rambler http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/old-comic-book-ad-fo-1.html#comment-1028532 Nash Rambler Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028532 Brought to us by the combined efforts of the National Social Welfare Assembly and the Coordinating Organization for National Health, Welfare and Recreation Agencies of the U.S. Wait, you mean the government used to spend money on us? Brought to us by the combined efforts of the National Social Welfare Assembly and the Coordinating Organization for National Health, Welfare and Recreation Agencies of the U.S. Wait, you mean the government used to spend money on us?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/old-comic-book-ad-fo-1.html#comment-1028538 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028538 The jealous frustration and morbid curiosity is palpable in that upper right illustration. The jealous frustration and morbid curiosity is palpable in that upper right illustration.

]]> By: andytgeezer http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/old-comic-book-ad-fo-1.html#comment-1028543 andytgeezer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028543 Great stuff! Libraries are indeed facing a hard time, and I guess these days you could envisage the kid trailing him to an internet cafe. I stumbled across this as I am running a little show at my local library in London about comics and we're looking for people to support it by sending in little graphic illustrated stories of their own, which will be put on the wall in the library. The show is called Little Big Stories, and we hope that loads of people will draw a little story on a postcard and send them to us. It could be a cool way to get your work shown publicly, and we've already got a few pieces in. The show is running as part of the Graphic Novels season, and the library is putting on speakers to talk about comics and graphic novels. Full information can be found on their site at http://wcclibraries.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/little-big-stories-a-mail-art-call/ Send your postcard sized stories to us before March 11th! Great stuff! Libraries are indeed facing a hard time, and I guess these days you could envisage the kid trailing him to an internet cafe.

I stumbled across this as I am running a little show at my local library in London about comics and we’re looking for people to support it by sending in little graphic illustrated stories of their own, which will be put on the wall in the library.

The show is called Little Big Stories, and we hope that loads of people will draw a little story on a postcard and send them to us. It could be a cool way to get your work shown publicly, and we’ve already got a few pieces in.

The show is running as part of the Graphic Novels season, and the library is putting on speakers to talk about comics and graphic novels. Full information can be found on their site at http://wcclibraries.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/little-big-stories-a-mail-art-call/

Send your postcard sized stories to us before March 11th!

]]> By: Phikus http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/old-comic-book-ad-fo-1.html#comment-1028799 Phikus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028799 Ok, I give. Why was the briefcase so expensive? Ok, I give. Why was the briefcase so expensive?

]]> By: MatanArie http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/old-comic-book-ad-fo-1.html#comment-1028552 MatanArie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028552 There should have been a whole series of these with the catchphrase: "Hey, what gives, Dick?" There should have been a whole series of these with the catchphrase: “Hey, what gives, Dick?”

]]> By: Jardine http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/old-comic-book-ad-fo-1.html#comment-1028567 Jardine Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028567 <i>The tallest of the pyramids <b>was</b> about the size of a 50-story building--480 feet--Almost half as tall as the Empire State Building!</i> Was? Does this story take place in an alternate universe where the pyramids were destroyed but evidence of their height was left behind? The tallest of the pyramids was about the size of a 50-story building–480 feet–Almost half as tall as the Empire State Building!

Was? Does this story take place in an alternate universe where the pyramids were destroyed but evidence of their height was left behind?

]]> By: Jonathan Badger http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/old-comic-book-ad-fo-1.html#comment-1028580 Jonathan Badger Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028580 There is evidence that at least some of the pyramids had gold caps, maybe adding a little to their height. Maybe the highest is only 479.8 ft or something these days... There is evidence that at least some of the pyramids had gold caps, maybe adding a little to their height. Maybe the highest is only 479.8 ft or something these days…

]]> By: Jonathan Badger http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/old-comic-book-ad-fo-1.html#comment-1028594 Jonathan Badger Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028594 I can't help noticing the unfortunately-named NGO that sponsored this ad -- the "National Social Welfare Assembly". There's a bit of an unfortunate connotation to those first two words, and presumably within a decade or two of the ad. This organization now seems to call itself more innocuously, the "National Human Services Assembly". Less of a fascist ring, although it sounds like an association for HR employees... I can’t help noticing the unfortunately-named NGO that sponsored this ad — the “National Social Welfare Assembly”. There’s a bit of an unfortunate connotation to those first two words, and presumably within a decade or two of the ad. This organization now seems to call itself more innocuously, the “National Human Services Assembly”. Less of a fascist ring, although it sounds like an association for HR employees…

]]> By: irksome http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/old-comic-book-ad-fo-1.html#comment-1028597 irksome Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028597 Nothing expresses one's desire for knowledge better than the willingness to stalk relentlessly. Nothing expresses one’s desire for knowledge better than the willingness to stalk relentlessly.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/16/old-comic-book-ad-fo-1.html#comment-1028600 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1028600 Y'all - we got a message about two separate pieces of library related legislation coming up this week: http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=5661 1. End funding for the Institute of Museum and Library Services 2. End funding for Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act orders for library records Y’all – we got a message about two separate pieces of library related legislation coming up this week:

http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=5661

1. End funding for the Institute of Museum and Library Services

2. End funding for Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act orders for library records

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