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A lot of vintage items to send out! Then a bike mishap | Reselling - Tom Ray's Day 200526


A lot of vintage pop-culture items ordered over the weekend. Check out what I sold. Then I took a bike ride which didn't end well :/

This is a look into the home business I started to support my art and music, Reselling retro pop-culture items I've collected from the 50s through the 90s. 

Here is the Tom Ray's Pop-Culture Roadshow episode I reference in the video - The Story of Western Publishing - Tom Ray's Pop-Culture Roadshow

Check out my eBay store - https://ebay.to/2vMYStC 

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Artwork for the original Candy Land game by Milton Bradley from 1955.

I have a vintage Candy Land game from 1955 by Milton Bradley and I was about to sell it so I thought I would add it to my personal art history course concept I've been doing . I'm going to try and see if I can find out how this game was created, designed and why? Here is what I found out about this game https://candy-land.fandom.com/wiki/Candy_Land_Wiki Candy Land is a board game about children exploring a world made out of candy and other sweets that originally came out in 1949. In every version of the game, there are a group of children that go through Candy Land. In the earliest versions of the game, it was a realistically drawn boy and girl. Drawing of the Candy Land kids I did on my phone ☝ https://board-games-galore.fandom.com/wiki/Candy_Land The game was designed in 1948 by Eleanor Abbott , while she was recovering from polio in San Diego, California. It's rumored that Eleanor also did the original artwork but I didn't find anything that...
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The Disco Artwork Of The Bonkers 1978 Parker Brothers Board Game.

I tried to find the origin of the artwork on this vintage board game. But came up short. I got this version of the game " Bonkers! " by Parker Brothers from 1978. I remember the game because of the super disco/burst design. Kinda reminds me of that pinball counting cartoon segment on Sesame Street back in the day where they counted to 12. Which if you remember the song, I always love to point out the people that sing it are  The Pointer Sisters . Ok back to the game. Here is some info I learned about it. Described as a race-style board game designed by Paul J. Gruen who also came up with the game Pay Day and was considered one of the era's top board game designers. And I'm pretty sure when they say designed it's referring to the concept, not the artwork. That seems to be the only thing I can find that talks about the design. I would have liked to learn more about who did the artwork or how it was conceived. The game was released three tim...
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Stephen Gilpin: Cartoonist and illustrator - Tom Ray's Art Podcast

Listen to the podcast on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS On this podcast episode, I meet Stephen Gilpin . Stephen Gilpin has been working professionally as an illustrator since 2001. He’s illustrated numerous picture books, chapter books, graphic novels, and illustrations for a host of clients including Disney/Hyperion, Simon and Schuster, Harper, MacMillan, Scholastic, and others. Since 2016 he's done a regular comic strip page for Scout Life (Boys' Life) Magazine.  We talk about how Stephen is currently trying to break out with his own comic ideas these days and trying to set their own path. Links Stephen Gilpin's website https://sgilpin.com Stephen Gilpin on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sparkgilpin 📙 Get my webcomic book "Then This Happened... Going outside again" now on Amazon as an ebook or paperback 📬 Join my email list to get a call out for artists when I'm booking interviews! Join my email list
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I thought that was really cool how him getting this old game meant so much to him. This is the Bonkers! game that I'm talking about. -  https://amzn.to/2V0OQfK
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