Adscape: You Are Under the Spell of Ka-Bala

Johnathan | June 5, 2010

As I mentioned in my review of The Bulletproof Coffin yesterday, Shaky Kane and David HIne have referenced one of my very faourite pieces of occult claptrap, Ka-Bala, which possibly hasn’t seen the light of day since Grant Morrison stuck a working one under the Pentagon in some of the weirdest issues of his run [...]

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Adscape: The Smith Brothers Play No Favourites

Johnathan | March 21, 2010

This Christmas past, I was teaming up with my father to get the last few bits of our shopping done and I happened to espy the above package (well, not the exact same one - I don’t have my scanner here and anyway it has been in my coat pocket for three months - it [...]

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Adscape 2: The Captain Tootsie Revenge Squad

Johnathan | December 5, 2009

"Okay, everybody, calm down! Silence I say! This meeting of the Captain Tootsie Revenge Squad is hereby called to order! There’s no old business to attend to, so let’s move on to inducting our latest member! I believe that we should begin by introducing ourselves, and as chairman I shall go first!"

"I am the feared [...]

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Adscape 1: Captain Tootsie vs Nature

Johnathan | November 28, 2009

Oh how I enjoy the advertising mascots of the past, with their one-page adventures and monomaniacal outlook on life ("Only Grape Nuts can effectively stop those robbers, Timmy!") and so: Adscape, a place to discuss ads of the past.
Today, the first of what will probably end up being five or six looks at former Tootsie [...]

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