Comments on: How to Love Golden Age Comics

How to Love Golden Age Comics

carsonb — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:24:20 -0800

How to Kick a Person in the Teeth | How to Contemplate the Back of Your Pate | How to Eat Beans Without Soiling Your Jeans | How to Get Your Beard Sheared | How to Sharpen Your Wits | How to Block a BackSlapper's Sock | How to Grope for Bathtub Soap | How to Eat Crackers in Bed | How to See TV | How to Keep a Cool Conk | How to Double Your Bubble Gum Bubble | How (Not) to Reel on a Banana Peel | How to Tweak a Beak | How to Fall on Your Face | How to Laugh at a Bum Joke
...and many more hilarious how-tos from Basil Wolverton's Culture Corner.

All the Culture Corner strips are also available together as a PDF or Comic Book Archive (.cbz). For lots more classic comic strip goodness check out the Golden Age Comics archive, an amazing collection of public domain comics freely available for download.

By: drhydro

drhydro — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:14:18 -0800

Very good! Some time ago, I found Barnacle Press.... similar idea, different sources.

By: idiopath

idiopath — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:40:12 -0800

I see elements of what became R. Crumb's distinctive style here, nice to see his potential influences.

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:43:40 -0800

How to create a really awesome FPP

By: carsonb

carsonb — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:47:39 -0800

Aw, shucks. How to make a grown man blush.

By: shakespeherian

shakespeherian — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:10:48 -0800

Is this another orange swan crafts post?

By: sexyrobot

sexyrobot — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:44:31 -0800

ok, that's wicked cool and all, but this book of his (via the last link) looks freakin' bonkers! be sure to scroll down for the movie/slideshow...wow!

By: alexei

alexei — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:44:52 -0800

I look forward to seeing these as responses to AskMe posts.

By: marxchivist

marxchivist — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 03:57:41 -0800

Wolverton rocks, I've been wanting to do a FPP on him for awhile. I wish some had the images from his book Common Types of Barflyze online. This crowd would love that book. I've got a copy somewhere but can't get my hands on it. Previous Wolverton post here.

By: gcbv

gcbv — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 04:32:36 -0800

I see elements of what became R. Crumb's distinctive style here First thing I noticed, too. I even thought that at an initial glance it might be R. Crumb under a pseudonym, but then saw some enough differences to question it. Not only did Crumb grab from the style of the character drawings, he seemed to also have picked up on the print. It's cool, because I've always wondered where Crumb snatched that up.

By: caddis

caddis — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:56:10 -0800

A++++++++++++ post, would read again!!!!!!

By: Greg_Ace

Greg_Ace — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:24:12 -0800

How could anyone be familiar with Robert Crumb yet not know about Basil Wolverton?? Wow. Now I feel extra-hip. Or old. Or something.

By: inoculatedcities

inoculatedcities — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:46:40 -0800

Great post. Had no idea bout Wolverton. Maybe it's because I just watched Crumb again last night but it's uncanny how similar this character is to Mr. Natural!