So I was digging through my dresser, looking for obviously something to wear, when I stumbled across a T-Shirt I haven't seen in awhile.
(apologies for the kinda bad scan- tees don't scan well and I can't find my camera...)
What's so special about this? Well, this is a Tshirt from the mid 90's, from a museum that used to exist in Northampton, MA called the "Words and Pictures Museum". This was an awesome place, dedicated to preserving and showcasing comic book art and history. Kevin Eastman, one of the co-creators of the Turtles owned it if I remember correctly.
It was a great place. They even had a floor specifically for children, complete with crazy ninja turtle statues hanging from the wall.
Man, I miss that place. It was one of my favorite childhood hangouts right next to the roller skating rink and the movies. It closed down bout the end of the 90's and while it has a website presence now (go check out the "Virtual Tour" under the "Museum History" section and you'll see those Turtle statues I was talking about!) ....nothing new really comes of it. And while there are other museums like the Cartoon Art museum in San Francisco, I haven't found another comic book art museum that had the same charm and magic as Words and Pictures.
Oh, and the drawing itself- if my signature eyes are correct, it's done by none other than Mark Bode. He's a pretty cool cat, I like his urban style thing he's got going on, and Cheech Wizard is kinda cool (although his father Vaughn created THAT character...) minus the sexual things swimming everywhere but eh, what am I saying, I read Heavy Metal for gods's sake.
Anyways. Just thought I'd share that little piece of ancient history with the world.
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