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1956 Mickey Mouse Club Magazine

Steven | September 17, 2008

I was photographing this this morning, and something was bugging me about it. Then I realized what it was- the kids’ holsters are empty, and they’re hiding the fact with their hands.  I guess political correctness is older than we think.
(The magazine is in wonderful shape, though. You can find it listed tonight on the [...]

Only YOU…

Steven | September 15, 2008

Folks of a “certain age” can immediately finish the saying in the title of this post, and probably remember getting the comic book in school that told the story of the real-life Smokey Bear, a black bear cub found up a burned tree after a forest fire, his paws and hindquarters severely burned.
This original pencil [...]