Tarred for life by his public humiliation, seen wearing nothing but polka-dotted hot pink boxers and a couple of globs of hot black goo, poor blighter!
Based on the WW I board game’s images, I’d guess it was printed between September 1914 and mid-1915. St. Petersburg was renamed Petrograd on August 31, 1914, so that’s the earliest possible date. The armored car looks like the sort of Rolls Royce that was mounted with a rear-facing machine gun for use in late 1914. The aerial images are interesting for what they don’t show. The airplanes collide but don’t shoot at one another; dogfighting didn’t get going until late spring 1915. The Zeppelin isn’t dropping bombs, much less going down in flames; Zeppelin raids were feared from the start of the war, but the first bombing raid wasn’t until January 1915 and the first Zeppelin wasn’t downed until May 1915. (There’s no imagery for gas, either, which started in April 1915, and Italy isn’t a player [entered the war in mid-1915]).
I passed out many of these on the streets of New York when I was in 5th or 6th grades. We’d go down to the CD preparedness center and look at all the radiation suit, gas masks, food storage and mockup shelters, and then go around on the streets distributing these cards to passers-by. “Take one of these, Sir, it may save your life!”
margueritem almost 13 years ago
I think he is infected with some sort of blob-like alien.
Superfrog almost 13 years ago
and strangely underlined and partially bold.
bluskies almost 13 years ago
Getting far-end tethered can do that to a guy.
razorback2824 almost 13 years ago
You just know that Brooke McEldowney has this book.
Turkey has a teen girl magazine? Google Translate makes this one easy to figure out.
SwimsWithSharks almost 13 years ago
Feather that font!
SwimsWithSharks almost 13 years ago
Nice zettai ryouiki.
ransomdstone almost 13 years ago
The tar is there. Where are the feathers?
V-Beast almost 13 years ago
Eileen?
Sisyphos almost 13 years ago
Tarred for life by his public humiliation, seen wearing nothing but polka-dotted hot pink boxers and a couple of globs of hot black goo, poor blighter!
Ray_C almost 13 years ago
Can’t believe he’s standing there in front of everyone, sans serif.
Bill Thompson almost 13 years ago
Based on the WW I board game’s images, I’d guess it was printed between September 1914 and mid-1915. St. Petersburg was renamed Petrograd on August 31, 1914, so that’s the earliest possible date. The armored car looks like the sort of Rolls Royce that was mounted with a rear-facing machine gun for use in late 1914. The aerial images are interesting for what they don’t show. The airplanes collide but don’t shoot at one another; dogfighting didn’t get going until late spring 1915. The Zeppelin isn’t dropping bombs, much less going down in flames; Zeppelin raids were feared from the start of the war, but the first bombing raid wasn’t until January 1915 and the first Zeppelin wasn’t downed until May 1915. (There’s no imagery for gas, either, which started in April 1915, and Italy isn’t a player [entered the war in mid-1915]).
APersonOfInterest almost 13 years ago
He seems to be leaning toward tar and feathers. -Wait? Is he on a beach in his BVDs?-Oh! Oh! I know … he’s a walking book title.
coltish1 almost 13 years ago
Should we knock loudly at your home in Yakutat, Teresa? Will you be home?
Bill Thompson almost 13 years ago
In British, “schedule” can mean a list or catalog. A scheduled poison would be a substance catalogued as a poison.
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member almost 13 years ago
i like italicized meatball sandwiches…
cleokaya almost 13 years ago
Italicized by tar or ink. It’s a good look on him, bit it’s not for everybody.
cleokaya almost 13 years ago
Boy, Vlad has had a busy start to 2012. His hit list broke his record for maming and the year isn’t quite a quarter over yet.
Larry Miller Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Arch Stanton, Come OnOddly it took me 3:48 to post this
Larry Miller Premium Member almost 13 years ago
I dunno, WWVD sounds more like something you need protection against than a slogan. Of course if you’ve done something to rile Vlad…
The Old Wolf almost 13 years ago
I passed out many of these on the streets of New York when I was in 5th or 6th grades. We’d go down to the CD preparedness center and look at all the radiation suit, gas masks, food storage and mockup shelters, and then go around on the streets distributing these cards to passers-by. “Take one of these, Sir, it may save your life!”
WaitingMan almost 13 years ago
Demoralized and italicized? The story of my life.
RonBerg13 Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Well, he’s covered with goop, so…
The Old Wolf almost 13 years ago
I would kill for a mobile coop like that. We’ve got three hens and that would be perfect for our yard.
The Old Wolf almost 13 years ago
There is a complete sequence of portraits by Chris Rush here.
V-Beast almost 13 years ago
@LafInLarry: Come onThanks for the tune. Its been a while since I’ve heard that one.