Month: June 2019

The collectible comic book series titled CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED

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CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED is an American comic book that was first published in 1941 and finished its first run in 1971.  The comic book series featured adaptations of literary classics like Les Misérables, Moby Dick, Hamlet and even The Iliad.

Created by Albert Kanter, the series ran for 169 issues.  When the series debuted, it was first called CLASSIC COMICS and was renamed to CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED in 1947.

This series also had a lot of great artists as well.  Lillian Chestney, Matt Baker, Jack Abel, Matt Baker and even Dik Browne are a small handful of the artists that worked on this series.  The one that jumps out at me is Jack Kirby.

Jack Kirby may not be a name that you might have heard of, but some of the characters that he helped create will.  A few of the notable characters that he helped create are Captain America, The Fantastic Four, Thor, The Avengers, Iron Man, The Hulk and even Black Panther.

There are several ways that you can collect this series—you can collect the comics themselves, the artists or even the titles that the comics covered.

You can see all of the great CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED comics that are in my shop on Etsy here.  Head on over and check them out!

This is definitely a One-Of-A-Kind item!

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I am always on the lookout for things that are unique.  I ran into this extremely cool tray a couple of years ago, and I immediately fell in love with it.

At least 30 years ago, a person in their garage needed a nut and bolt tray.  They reached for the nearest item, which happened to be a Gargoyle Mobiloil 5-quart oil can that was made by the Socony Vacuum Oil Company.

Whoever made this tray really did a good job.  They took their time and rolled the edges so that you won’t get a cut, and the compartments appear to be pretty close to being even as well.  It is insanely well-made and the tray borders on tramp art—you could even call it Garage Art.

When this tray was made, it is obvious that money was extremely tight.  Everything had to either be used until it was worn out or be remade into something else that was just as useful.  That’s how this tray came about.

The skies are the limit when it comes to finding a use for something like this.  It could be used on a desk to hold office supplies; it could hold pocket change and even your car keys.

What kinds of remade items like this have you run across while out shopping?