tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36605353.comments2023-12-29T06:45:07.851-08:00John Glenn Taylor's Easily MusedJohn Glenn Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14262311564714604201noreply@blogger.comBlogger425125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36605353.post-81466279531590673262022-11-18T15:46:02.636-08:002022-11-18T15:46:02.636-08:00I worked for Betty Betz Mcmahon back in the late 8...I worked for Betty Betz Mcmahon back in the late 80's. She was an extremely intelligent, well bred woman, & I am honored to have known her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36605353.post-44696261303632019772020-11-02T14:31:48.025-08:002020-11-02T14:31:48.025-08:00Huge laughs from this and fond memories of Crazy f...Huge laughs from this and fond memories of <i>Crazy</i> from my late childhood... :) M. Mitchell Marmelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03713408277487830595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36605353.post-82455620997814345422020-10-26T13:37:17.965-07:002020-10-26T13:37:17.965-07:00What a dirty version of Little Lulu. But I must ad...What a dirty version of Little Lulu. But I must admit, I did enjoyed reading It and Lulu looks gorgeous in that black night gown she has on!My Little Lulu Stories.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17080449351349521543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36605353.post-87009913727414239482020-09-02T07:25:27.606-07:002020-09-02T07:25:27.606-07:00I don't know what got me thinking about this t...I don't know what got me thinking about this today after so many years but I went online to find it. Thanks for posting it. Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17890946050992193180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36605353.post-47358543960020575042020-05-01T19:48:34.903-07:002020-05-01T19:48:34.903-07:00Does anyone know if Betty Betz wrote a book on tee...Does anyone know if Betty Betz wrote a book on teenage wardrobe management? About 1953 I checked out a book from the library that had extensive wardrobe advice, like organize all your clothes into categories - party, Sunday, school, play. There were instructions on charting what skirts to wear with what tops, coordinating shoes, etc. Instructions for using cardboard circles to write the categories and using them to separate the clothes in your closet. There was a whole section on having a swap party with your girlfriends to exchange clothes that no longer fit, you didn't really like, or that didn't go with anything else in your wardrobe. I can't remember the title, even though I checked the book out numerous times. I do remember cartoon like illustrations so wondered if Betty Betz could have been the author. Please reply to herzogm@pacbell.netherzogmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16848271938890588461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36605353.post-91715511174061403612020-02-15T10:52:45.552-08:002020-02-15T10:52:45.552-08:00I went down the Betty Betz rabbit hole after looki...I went down the Betty Betz rabbit hole after looking at a photo by my favorite photographer Slim Aarons. She was photographed sitting on the edge of her pool in Bermuda and is noted in the caption as simply “Mrs. Frank McMahon.” Obviously she was a lot more. Even if her last years were hard, it sure appear as if she was a strong woman who lived an incredible life. A bio or perhaps a Beatriz Williams novel would be a wonderful read about her life.Melindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12251508465818034391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36605353.post-91313223951752747942019-11-30T11:31:03.328-08:002019-11-30T11:31:03.328-08:00There was a pleasant, big, odd dealer named Dave G...There was a pleasant, big, odd dealer named Dave Gibson at early Comic Con who sold psychedelic posters. Really nice guy who sounded like Andy Devine. I heard that Dave was at a small comic con in Los Angeles and one of the guests was Dave Berg. Gibson walks up to where Berg is signing copies of Mad for fans and says in an uncharacteristically loud voice, "You aren't the same Dave Berg who draws for Mad Magazine, are you?" Berg seems to play right along, "Yes, that's me." So Gibson continues, "No kidding, you're the guy who does the Lighter Side?" Now he's got everyone's attention within earshot. "Yes, that's my regular piece," replies Berg. "You're kidding, you do all of those cartoons about baby sitters and drive-in movies?" "Yes, I do," says Berg, proudly. "Boy are you an asshole!" Gibson bellows, slapping his knees, laughing and wheezing. Berg was so pissed off, fans held him back from punching poor Gibson. Gibson had assumed, as anyone naturally would, that the recently published piece would be well known to everyone who worked at Mad, but what had really happened was that the piece was so humiliating that nobody brought a copy in to the offices at Mad, and Dave Berg, being the unfunny square that he was, had never even seen it. Gibson had thought that Berg was playing along, but Berg was simply being the person he really was. The National Lampoon parody was dead-on.Joel Mielkehttps://carsonparkdesign.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36605353.post-28318234051242359412019-11-26T20:28:30.463-08:002019-11-26T20:28:30.463-08:00Check out what Segar's hometown is doing to ce...Check out what Segar's hometown is doing to celebrate his 125th birthday on Dec. 7th (the day before)! www.baskervilleproductions.com/statueMichael McClurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09397487337421538233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36605353.post-62270402179149232982019-08-21T07:17:21.892-07:002019-08-21T07:17:21.892-07:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.John Glenn Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14262311564714604201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36605353.post-54701336540593088362019-08-19T10:32:05.755-07:002019-08-19T10:32:05.755-07:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Bill S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07573129431937332002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36605353.post-4762279483246847852019-08-16T09:55:26.526-07:002019-08-16T09:55:26.526-07:00Death is part of life, but I wish comic book creat...Death is part of life, but I wish comic book creators understood what killing someone's role model means to that person. I was only a couple of years younger than what I assumed was Supergirl's age in the '60s. We overlapped in high school. We were in college at the same time. She felt like a friend.I actually wrote LoCs to her comic in the '70s, had a few published. <br /><br />ShellyShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14183404615688013084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36605353.post-87117660385985372632019-08-16T09:26:49.252-07:002019-08-16T09:26:49.252-07:00ShellyS, the death and destruction in Crisis was g...ShellyS, the death and destruction in Crisis was gratuitous, to be sure. I also was fond of Supergirl, especially the Silver age stuff. It's interesting to read how Crisis directly affected your comic buying habits. Thanks for writing!John Glenn Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14262311564714604201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36605353.post-13865041429730148452019-08-15T07:48:52.068-07:002019-08-15T07:48:52.068-07:00I hated Crisis on Infinite Earths. I never read th...I hated Crisis on Infinite Earths. I never read the ending. I stopped reading when Supergirl was killed. She and I kind of grew up together. I boycotted DC for a decade, and since DC was all I read at that time, I effectively stopped reading comics until the mid-90s, when I go curious about them. I started back with Nightwing. I don't think I ever really felt Superman was back until Rebirth. I'm glad the multiverse returned -- it always made sense to me that new universes would be created -- but I always worry they'll do away with it again.ShellyShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14183404615688013084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36605353.post-59417310317551941382019-01-12T14:10:41.792-08:002019-01-12T14:10:41.792-08:00What do the boxes look like? Any of them burnt woo...What do the boxes look like? Any of them burnt wood art? I found a beautiful box with burnt wood looks like 1920s girl, signed Betty J.Betz 1989 and says "find the mouse".Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03181009478186460111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36605353.post-90596456607853966542018-10-10T11:58:55.733-07:002018-10-10T11:58:55.733-07:00I'm getting a Conan O'Brien vibe from him ...I'm getting a Conan O'Brien vibe from him loldot com for murderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01664133963782513883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36605353.post-85901086455841047412018-02-07T12:11:33.836-08:002018-02-07T12:11:33.836-08:00Bought it off the stand, I was 13. Good thing Basi...Bought it off the stand, I was 13. Good thing Basil Woverton and Wally Wood already warped me for life...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36605353.post-6708927086886662952017-12-03T06:32:13.375-08:002017-12-03T06:32:13.375-08:00Ex English teacher here: Even though "it'...Ex English teacher here: Even though "it's" comes up first on the spelling bar, It's means "it is." "Its" is the proper spelling when the word is used as a possessive pronoun, just like "hers, his, and theirs." Toe Valley Trail Projecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13602823832888454749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36605353.post-85747913461629137082017-11-25T15:04:49.387-08:002017-11-25T15:04:49.387-08:00Classic strip. Dean rarely - if ever - has Dithers...Classic strip. Dean rarely - if ever - has Dithers beating Bumstead to a bloody pulp. I miss these!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01497712467463466301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36605353.post-20804463017299912182017-10-25T17:47:05.236-07:002017-10-25T17:47:05.236-07:00Good ! I can't believe FBI fear !!! Ice cream ...Good ! I can't believe FBI fear !!! Ice cream in it !Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11590419979284761232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36605353.post-52210743822085815122017-09-14T04:51:11.378-07:002017-09-14T04:51:11.378-07:00Joe Bloke: Well, most capitalist societies don...Joe Bloke: Well, most capitalist societies don't shoot you if you try to leave. The only way to opt out of Communism in the USSR was to escape. Few did.Tony Nicholshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00694796800072621750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36605353.post-15275985776545201812017-09-13T13:18:38.530-07:002017-09-13T13:18:38.530-07:00I grew up in the 70's and 80's, and as cor...I grew up in the 70's and 80's, and as corny as it sounds, Superman was my moral compass when I was a kid. I didn't really go to church, and my parents set a great moral example for me, but when the rubber met the road, I would think "What would Superman do?". Or, more accurately, would he be disappointed in my actions. Sure, I knew he wasn't real, but, somehow, I knew he could be... or more specifically, I knew it was possible for man to be as altruistic as Superman... after all, he was created by men, right? I wanted to believe it was possible.Tony Nicholshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00694796800072621750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36605353.post-69911244622312216662017-06-19T08:23:52.182-07:002017-06-19T08:23:52.182-07:00Great minds think alike , John ! You had this wond...Great minds think alike , John ! You had this wonderful bog and I had my bedroom wall with some of my favorite super-heroes in the late 70's . I remember having Jim Aparo's Batman , John Romita's Spider-Man , Sal Buscema's Captain America [ I guess , it was a piece of a cover from a comic of 1979 ] , The Incredible Hulk , Thor , Superman , Iron Man , Ka-Zar , The Avengers , The Falcon [ still in his original green & orange costume , in action along with Captain America ] , Silver Surfer , The Legion Of Super-Heroes ,and some others cut from the comics covers and advertisements and glued on the wall right above my bed . Man I even had a TV show Spider-Man [ do you remenber that ? ] thrown in the middle ! They were my best friends at the time and guaranteed a lot of good dreams . My other friends all got surprised to see my montage of sorts in the wall . And the best part was that I did not spent a dime in doing this . . . thanks to my uncles and cousins ! So , I understand how proud you were of your bat-bathroom ! My master piece endured some years , but ended when I had to move with my family to a new house . . . and the old one got demolished . But it still lives on in my mind's fondest memories of my childhood . Thanks for the memory !Marco Soaresnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36605353.post-15569391074854794982017-05-20T01:41:08.101-07:002017-05-20T01:41:08.101-07:00Genius!!Genius!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07616890563481861511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36605353.post-5598032176700826002017-05-20T01:40:36.484-07:002017-05-20T01:40:36.484-07:00Genius!!Genius!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07616890563481861511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36605353.post-42779800928113311802017-04-05T13:40:19.468-07:002017-04-05T13:40:19.468-07:00My question is, how do you do the fold-in online?My question is, how do you do the fold-in online?J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.com