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I love Karate Kid so hard. I found this ad when I was going through some old comics to make buttons and I had to scan it. This is needs to preserved for our future generations. Also, like most cheesy couples, Dick and I have a song. Ours is the song "Glory of Love" from Karate Kid 2. We are such geeks! If you forget how awesome it is, here's New Found Glory's cover it:

I'm in Love

Top Left to Right:

Shop Red Leaf - Bubble Bath Dough

*I love their packaging so much. The branding is excellent and color palette makes me happy.

Moxie Madness - The Hotline

*She's an awesome cool chick that makes awesome cool things. This is my favorite picture and shirt, my Grandmom used to have a machine just like this.

Sugar bubbles - Summer 1

*Teal is one of my favorite colors right now and the photography is just stunning on these bracelets.

Love and a Sandwich - Monsters for your Ears

*Why, yes. I would like monsters for my ears! Look how fun!

Akka Design - Daisy Blue

*Love this new shop. If I any money, I'd be all over it! The colors are gorgeous.

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Just some of my recent favorites. I was having writer's block this morning and just wanted to play in Adobe Illustrator, so I did! I hope you like these...I think they are wonderful! Tell me what you think ^_^

Methinks tomorrow will be a tutorial day.

TMNT Cereal. Holler.

HAHA! I was going through some old comics looking for good stuff for buttons and found this. What an awesome 90s throwback! Don't pretend like you never had any.

Comic Book Advertising 101: Lesson 2

A crucial part to any advertisement is celebrity endorsements.  Just make sure that they stand the test of time.

I'm pretty sure if you send it in you'll still get that autograph.  I'd be careful about putting a return address tho...

Comic Book Advertising 101: Lesson 1

If you are a hardcore fan of comic book, a casual reader or an advertiser trying to sell to the afore mentioned demographics, this online course will be very beneficial to you.  Advertising in comic books is becoming much more prevalent.  I mean really...they are on almost every other page now. So in order to tap into your market and study the transformation in advertising we are going to focus on how the 90's handled it in this first lesson.

What you can take away from this example is how EXTREME they make it.  Comic book fans in the 90's only responded to the most extreme of advertising.  It's like they're comin' attcha!  Everyone looks a little maniacal  and I feel like Professor X is trying to fart.  So remember that.  Try to employ insanity and farts as much as possible if you're going for the 90's aesthetic.  Not really sure why a poster in the underwear package makes the briefs un-boring, but we're just gonna go with it.

And always be sure to label your advertisement as an "advertisement" because comic readers are so dumb they might actually believe this is part of the story they are reading.  Especially if the ad has nothing to do with the book in which it's published.

Next Class we'll travel back to the good ol' 60s and 70s for some REAL learning material.