Nostalgia Trip
posted 13th Nov 2018, 11:00 PM
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13th Nov 2018, 11:00 PM
MST3KFan
Charlotte comes across Chase seemingly reading some old comics, but in reality he's not reading the comics, but looking through them for the ads!
Yes, the ads. I've found myself going through many comics from the 80s and 90s myself and noticing all the cool ads for stuff like video games, toys, movies, and even foods and drinks from those bygone days.
It's quite an experience. So much so, it's made me wonder if maybe I shouldn't create a blog or something to post many of these now 'aged' ads from old comic books.
Am I one of the only people that has gone through old comics or magazines to look at things advertised from decades ago and just enjoy remembering things when they were new (or even still existed for that matter)?
Let me know! ^_^
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13th Nov 2018, 11:50 PM
hykez87
Those ads were really something back then, hard to imagine how much things had changed since then.
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14th Nov 2018, 4:24 AM
MST3KFan
And how little people read comics, at least paper ones from back then.
And even if people buy paperback collections, they won't include those old ads sadly, so they won't get the same experience as they would with the original comics.
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14th Nov 2018, 12:07 AM
ProfEtheric
Old ads in comics and magazines are great! Sometimes, it's a matter of "wow, I remember that", sometimes it's "I can't believe they got away with that", but the absolute best are the ones where you go "yeahbuhwha?" :)
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14th Nov 2018, 4:25 AM
MST3KFan
Yeah, there were a few ads I came across I was all "Wait...what?"
And all those "call this number to talk to your favorite superhero" and other phone related ads that you knew kids were tricked into calling and racking up their parents' phone bills.
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14th Nov 2018, 4:43 AM
KAM
Oh, yeah, the ads can grab me occasionally, although I don't think I've ever looked at a comic just for the ads.
I also index comics at the Grand Comics Database and I make sure to index the ads as well as the comic story.
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14th Nov 2018, 1:21 PM
MST3KFan
Most comics I've looked at, I was interested in the comics themselves, but then the ads sidetracked me.
Interesting. I never knew ads would indexed for comics.
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14th Nov 2018, 6:13 AM
MK_Wizard
Yeah, I remember a lot of those old candies. Plus, they banned a lot of cereals too now.
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14th Nov 2018, 1:22 PM
MST3KFan
So many cereals used to be based off popular cartoons and movies back in the 80s and early 90s. Some were amazingly good from what I recall...though probably wouldn't be now as a grownup.
Anyone remember Smurf Berry Crunch? God that stuff was good.
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