BLACK FRIDAY COMC PICKUPS - PART 5: MACCA

POSTING THIS ON GEORGE HARRISON'S BIRTHDAY BECAUSE I PLANNED IT THIS WAY AND IT WASN'T BECAUSE I'VE PROCRASTINATED SO BADLY THAT I'M NOT EVEN HALFWAY THOROUGH POSTING THESE CARDS I GOT IN DECEMBER AND IT'S ALMOST FREAKIGN MARCH

1964 TOPPS BEATLES COLOR - PAUL & RINGO

LIKE ALL OLDS, I LOVE THE BEATLES BECAUSE I STOLE MY MOM'S RECORDS AND LISTENED TO THEM ALL THEN WENT OUT AND BOUGHT THE ONES SHE WAS MISSING ON CASSETTE AND THEN WENT OUT AND BOUGHT HALF OF THEM AGAIN ON CD AND THEN WHEN I RAN OUT OF BEATLES ALBUMS I STARTED BUYING BOOTLEGS AND SOLO STUFF AND THEN I HIT COLLEGE AND DISCOVERED THE PIXIES AND THEN BYE BYE BEATLES BUT I WILL FIGHT TO THE DEATH ANY SILLY CHILD WHO SAYS THE BEATLES ARE DUMB BECAUSE JOHN IS PROBLEMATIC AS FUCK NOW

I MEAN, HE IS, BUT THE MUSIC IS STILL GREAT AND NO ONE WAS BETTER AT TUNING INTO THE MUSICAL ZEITGEIST, FINDING A NEW UPCOMING GENRE, MAKING EXACTLY ONE (1) SONG IN THAT STYLE AND THEN GETTING BORED AND MOVING ON TO SOMETHING ELSE

ANYWAY, I <3 TEH BEETLES AND I HAVE WANTED ONE OF THE MANY TOPPS CARDS OF THEM FOR A VERY LONG TIME BUT THEY WERE SUPER EXPENSIVE WHEN I WAS A KID BECAUSE BOOMERS AND THEN WHEN I WAS AN ADULT I STILL DIDN'T WANT TO PAY THE 5-10 BUCKS A CARD PRICES AT THE RANDOM ANTIQUE MALLS AND MUSIC SHOPS THAT WERE THE ONLY PLACE YOU COULD FIND THE THINGS IN REAL LIFE. AND FORGET EBAY, YOU COULD BUY CARDS FROM 1888 FOR LESS THAN SOME RANDOM B&W BEATLES CARD. BUT NOW IN THE END TIMES YOU CAN FIND BEAT UP COPIES FOR UNDER A COUPLE BUCKS WHICH IS ACCEPTABLE

SO WHY WAS THIS MY CHOICE IN CHEAP 60S BOY BAND MEMORABILIA? TWO REASONS. ONE - THE SCRIBBLES ON THE BACK. EVERYONE KNOWS I LIKE MY CARDS IN THE SHITTIEST CONDITION POSSIBLE. THIS USED TO BE BECAUSE THEY WERE CHEAP AND I LIKE HAVING MORE OLD CARDS IN BAD CONDITION INSTEAD OF ONE NICE CARD. BUT AFTER DECADES OF MENTAL DETERIORATION, I ACTUALLY LIKE HAVING CARDS IN THE WORST POSSIBLE CONDITION NOW. MY DISEASED MINDS SEES CREASES, HOLEPUNCHES AND ESPECIALLY RANDOM SCRIBBLING AS ADDED VALUE THAT MAKES THE CARD UNIQUE. I SAW THIS CARD AS THE RARE 1/1 ED SULLIVAN SHOW VARIATION. AND NOT ONLY THAT WHOEVER PLACED THEIR MARK ON THIS CARD WAS EXTREMELY IMPRESSED THAT THE BEATLE HAD TO RETURN TO LIVERPOOL. AS A COMLETE ASIDE, IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BEATLES ON THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW, HUNT DOWN THE GILBERT GOTTFRIED AMAZING COLOSSAL PODCAST FEATURING MARTY ALLEN. MARTY GOES ON FOR A HALF AN HOUR DESCRIBING HIS APPEARANCE ON THE SHOW WITH THE FAB FOUR AND HOW HE BECAME GREAT FRIENDS WITH JOHN LENNON

SECOND REASON. THE PANDEMIC INCARCERATION HAS BEEN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR EVERYONE BUT HAS ALSO FORCED US TO LOOK INWARD AND FINALLY ACCEPT HARD TRUTHS WE HAVE BEEN DENYING IN OUR LIVES. MY HARD TRUTH IS THAT PAUL IS MY FAVORITE BEATLE AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN. MY MOM'S FAVORITE BEATLE IS JOHN SO I PRETENDED I LIKED HIM  BEST FOR A WHILE, AND MY DAD ACTUALLY KINDA LOOKS LIKE GEORGE IN THE RIGHT LIGHT SO HE WAS THE COOLEST FOR A WHILE ESPECIALLY WHEN HE BECAME A WILBURY. GEORGE, NOT MY DAD, ALTHOUGH HE'D BE A GREAT WILBURY. BUT NO, I ALWAYS LIKED PAUL BEST BUT REFUSED TO BELIEVE IT BECAUSE PAUL WAS THE CUTE ONE, PAUL WAS THE POPULAR ONE, PAUL HAD THE SCHMALTZY POP SOLO CAREER. I'M A DEDICATED WEIRDO CYNICAL HIPSTER, I CAN'T ADMIT LIKING THE POPULAR BEATLE. THEN SOMETIME LAST YEAR I SAW SOMEONE TWEET THIS

SO I LISTENED TO TEMPORARY SECRETARY BY PAUL MCCARTNEY

AND SIMPLY HAD A wonderful TIME

I WILL NOT LINK THE SONG BECAUSE, NO, YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE TO GO ON THAT JOURNEY BY YOUR OWN FREE WILL\

BUT IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT I REACHED ENLIGHTENMENT

YES, PAUL IS THE CUTE BEATLE. PAUL IS THE POPULAR BEATLE. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

PAUL IS ALSO THE WEIRDEST BEATLE

LISTEN TO HIS SONGS. FOR EVERY SILLY LOVE SONG THERE ARE THREE UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEY BATSHIT CLUSTERFUCKS. YESTERDAY STARTED OUT AS SCRAMBLED EGGS. THE MAN HAD THE COLOSSAL AUDACITY TO FOLLOW UP WHY DON'T WE DO IT IN THE ROAD WITH I WILL ON THE WHITE ALBUM. GO LISTEN TO RAM, THAT ALBUM WILDLY SWINGS BETWEEN STRAIGHTFORWARD INDIE ROCK AND UTTER MADNESS. IN TIMES OF EXTREME STRESS HE GOES AND HIDES HIMSELF AWAY AND STRAIGHT UP CREATES A WHOLE-ASS ALBUM ALL BY HIMSELF - MCCARTNEY 1 WHEN THE BEATLES BROKE UP, MCARTNEY 2 WHEN WINGS BROKE UP AND NOW MCCARTNEY 3 WHEN HE GOT LOCKED INTO HIS HOUSE BY THE GODDAMN PANDEMIC. HE'S EVEN GOT AN AMBIENT TRANCE REMIX ALBUM OF HIS SONGS FFS. PAUL MCCARTNEY'S MUSIC IS SUPER CREATIVE AND WEIRD AS HELL AND I LOVE WEIRD MUSIC AND PAUL IS THE BEST AND I WILL FIGHT YOU

ALSO RINGO IS ON THIS CARD AND RINGO IS FREAKIN' MR. CONDUCTOR AND THAT'S COOL AS HELL

WELLNESS CHECK

 I POST AT 2AM MAKE YOU HUMBLE

I REALKLY NEED TO FIGURE OUT SPORTS LOTS OR SOME OTHER CHEAPO ONLINE SELLER SO I CAN FINISH UP SOME OF THE RANDOM-ASS SETS I;M COLLECTING LIKE THIS OMNE

LESVUBG TGE TY0IS FCYJK IT

KNEEL

 I HAVEN'T POSTED IN FOREVER BECAUSE EVERYTHING SUCKS RIGHT NOW AND I HAVE NO ENERGY, TIME OR MOTIVATION TO DO MUCH OF ANYTHING LET ALONE SOMETHING MILDLY CREATIVE. THIS SUCKS BECAUSE I DO HAVE A FEW POSTS IN DRAFTS AND A NEW FOLDER OF FRESHLY SCANNED STUFF TO SHOW OFF BUT WHEN I THINK ABOUT ACTUALLY POSTING SOMETHING MY MIND GOES BLANK AND THE FINGERS CURL UP LIKE FRED SANFORD WITH ARTHRITIS AND REFUSE TO TYPE AND I END UP STARING INTO SPACE AGAIN. I FEEL BAD ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO POST STUFF BUT 98% OF MY ENERGY IS FOCUSED ON JUST KEEPING MY SHIT TOGETHER. IN AN ATTEMPT TO BREAK OUT OF THE RUT I AM POSTING A RANDOM-ASS CARD I RECENTLY FOUND THAT I THINK YOU WILL LIKE

GENERAL ZOD STICKER

I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT IT BECAUSE WHAT IS THERE TO SAY

DO WHAT YOU CAN TO KEEP YOUR SHIT TOGETHER FOLKS, IT'S TOUGH OUT THERE

BLACK FRIDAY COMC PICKUPS - PART 4: KONGA

BACK TO SOME OLDY MOLDY CARDS

THE GODZILLA VS. KONG TRAILER RECEINTLY DROPPED SO THIS IS ALMOST KINDA TOPICAL

1966 MONSTER LAFFS KONGA

I HAVE FINALLY GOTTEN A BINDER TOGETHER FOR ALL THE RANDOM MONSTER CARDS I'VE PICKED UP THROUGH THE YEARS. THIS CARD FEATURES A SCENE FROM THE MOVIE KONGA, A BRITISH KING KONG RIPOFF WHERE ALFRED FROM BATMAN TURNS A BABY CHIMP INTO A RAMPAGING MONSTER WITH SOME GROWTH SERUM OR SOME SUCH NOSENSE. I HAVE NOT SEEN THE FILM UNLESS IT WAS ON MST3K OR SOMETHING AND I SHOULD PROBABLY CHANGE THAT. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE JOKE CAPTION IS SUPPOSED TO MEAN WHICH IS FAIRLY COMMON ON THESE CARDS. NEVERTHELESS, SOLIDARITY WITH OUR SANITATION DEPARTMENT COMRADES. STICK IT TO THE MAN

THIS SET IS AN ODD ONE. SO THE DEAL WITH THIS SET IS THAT IT IS A REPRINT OF A PREVIOUS MONSTER LAFFS SET THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED LIKE THE 1980-81 BASKETBALL SET WITH THREE PERFORATED CARD PANELS. THIS SET IS CALLED THE 1963 MONSTER LAFFS MIDGEES SET WHICH IS A RIDICULOUS NAME. THE ORIGINAL HAS 153 CARDS IN IT, WITH A BUNCH BEING SHORT PRINTED BECAUSE OF COURSE THEY WERE. THIS REGULAR SIZED SET ONLY SWIPES 66 CARDS FROM THAT SET, MAYBE A SECOND SERIES GOT CANCELLED

THE DESIGN ON THESE THINGS IS VERY SPARSE BUT I LIKE IT. THE NUMBER TOMBSTONE WITH SKULL, MOON BAT AND EXTENSIVE CROSSHATCHING IS AWESOME, AS IS THE TITLE LETTERING. BAD JOKE IS AS DARK AS IT IS TERRIBLE. ALL THESE CARDS ARE FROM GOOD OLD AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL PICTURES. SAMUEL Z. ARKOFF AND ROGER CORMAN AND BERT I. GORDON FUCK YEAH. THIS CHECKLIST IDENTIFIES A LOT OF THE MOVIES THE CARDS TOOK PICTURES FROM AND NOW I WANT TO GO WATCH SOME CRAPPY MONSTER MOVIES AND SEE IF I CAN IDENTIFY SOME MISSING MOVIES