I love everything about this early Big Jim PACK page from the 1975 Wards catalog, note the rough logo, and the description that lists the P.A.C.K members as reformed bad guys. Both of those things would disappear when the toys hit shelves.
Toy packaging art has always fascinated me and it actually inspired me to pick up some paintbrushes, so it's actually made my life better, here are five random personal favourites but I'd love to see yours be it at the MegoMuseum Forums, our facebook page or on Twitter. Show me your favourites, please!
I can't tell you how much i love the Big Jim Gold Commander Artwork.
I could go on for days about Mego's fantastic packaging (and have) but for this exercise I'll just point out this epic Ross Andru Spider-Man box.
Even when the artwork is a bit simple, there is a tremendous joy in it. The Lincoln International Monsters have a cartoonish look but they are amongst my favourites of all time.
Show me your favourite 70s toy packaging, let's flood the internet with this joyous art.
Toy-Ventures the Magazine is coming this Summer from PlaidStallions Press.
Time to crack open another vintage colouring book and see the madness inside! Fantastic Four Meet "The Witch"-1977 Whitman Publishing Fantastic Four was one of my favourite comic books as a kid, the treasury editions quickly imprinted on my young brain and I was a fan for life. My last take on a Fantastic Four colouring book was well, disenfranchising, so hopefully, this one is a little better. At least this one has Johnny and not Herbie the %$#^ing robot. I already love the cover artwork with the three male heroes battling the titular Witch while Sue makes jazz hands. Check it out after the jump and when you're done, check out this other book from the series.
On the eve of what would have been his 101st birthday, Jason and Brian celebrate the legendary career of comics legend, Jack "King" Kirby. Kirby left a gigantic mark on pop culture and we're both better human beings for exposure to his incredible storytelling.
We discuss our gateway entry into Kirby, what made us fans, his unique and beautiful comic style, his influences on the genre and some of his weirder creations.
Along the way we talk discuss Dragnet, Flash Gordon, LSD trips in movie theatres, treasury editions, learning to read, Jimmy Olsen buying prophylactics, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, action figures, Planet of the Apes, Destroyer Duck, Thundarr, Goldie Gold and Action Jack, Kenner Super Powers and terrible 70s comic book jive talk.
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