In the parallel universe of old comic book ads, huge muscles, deadly karate skills, hilarious pranks, and pet monkeys could instantly be yours for a dollar or less. Among these low-cost miracles was the amazing Hypno-Coin and its eerie power to thrill, amaze, and command those around you!(click on the ad for a thrilling and amazing view)Despite being one of the ugliest ads to ever appear in a comic book, the pitch clearly worked on someone...as page 20 of my copy of Thor #127 (1966) demonstrates
Tags: Book Ads, Classic Ads, Comic Book, Dollar, Hilarious Pranks, Huge Muscles, Hypno, Karate Skills, Miracles, Parallel Universe, Pet Monkeys, Pitch, Thor
Photograph by viewsnortheast While I sit here, waiting for a few pages to continue loading in FireFox, I realize I am truly grateful for the invention of high-speed internet and fast laptops. How I have begun to to take those two things for granted. Yet sitting here on my friend’s computer, I take away the gratitude for those two things as I pause, not of my own accord but the computer’s. This means that the Monday Hypno Happenings from the past week is something beyond my patience today, s
Tags: Firefox, Gratitude, High Speed Internet, Hypno, Hypnotism, Invention, Laptops, Own Accord, Patience, Photograph
