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Nope, none of those things...calendars.
It's the time of year to buy your 2019 calendars so do you still buy them? If so which subjects do you choose? Did you have calendars in the Bronze Age? Did you own the Marvel Bicentennial calendar or any other kind, Muppets, Star Wars, Farrah Fawcett? Today we're talking calendars!
Great topic, Colin!
Since I sold my comics a few years ago, I've used Shutterfly to craft all sorts of mementos. My favorite is a set of 8 different 11 oz. coffee mugs, each featuring a scan of a favorite comic. Among the books I chose were Avengers 28, FF 49, ASM 135, Detective 400, and Thor Annual 5.
I have also used the scans to create wall calendars for myself each year. As I sit here in my classroom I'm looking at December, with a side-by-side of X-Men 102 and X-Men 103. And just last week I received my 2019 calendar in the mail, also featuring my former collection.
Doug
Howdy!
I certainly did own that Bicentennial Calendar via a gift from my folks at Christmas. (The whole nation was a gaga with the upcoming bicentennial!)
I still use a paper calendar b/c my life is fairly simple. It comes from a friend at Xmas and he takes superlative photos of the wildlife here in Illinois like beavers and coyotes...
Speaking of wildlife I also did have the ubiquitous Farrah poster. It too was a gift from my little sister and I put it on the wall, among those brilliant pages of art from Steranko's Histories of Comics!
I know Marvel produced calendars for several years but for us Brits only the 1976 Bicentennial calendar was available, via mail-order from Marvel UK in late 1975. I didn't understand the significance of the Bicentennial at that time (I did by July 4th 1976 because the Bicentennial got loads of coverage in Britain) but the calendar's cover was certainly unusual and striking...even though I didn't actually buy it.
But I did buy a two-year Halley's comet calendar covering 1985 and 1986. I've always been interested in astronomy so I was really looking forward to seeing the return of Halley's comet. Unfortunately it was a huge disappointment as the comet was too faint to be seen on that occasion. But the spectacular Hale-Bopp comet of 1997 was a massive consolation - and Hale-Bopp was actually much more special because it won't return until the 44th century. Not just once in a generation - once in 2,400 years!
I buy a calendar every year - in fact, I buy two so I have a choice of pictures every month. For 2018 my calendars were astronomy and plants/flowers. For 2019 my two calendars are "Garden Birds" and "Coastlines of Britain".
Doug, you must be the coolest schoolteacher ever!
I can't imagine any of my teachers having a Marvel calendar or even knowing what Marvel was :D
Like Doug, I too have created coffee mugs and calendars using images of Marvel and cartoon characters. Lately, though, I've just re-used calendars that have similar date configurations to the current year.
For instance, for 2019, I'll be able to re-use calendars from 1974, 1985, 1991, 2002 and/or 2013. This means that I can revisit some of my Marvel, Disney, Star Trek, Star Wars and/or Doctor Who calendars and many other favorites from the past.
This has been especially important, since Marvel abandoned images of the Fantastic Four from the past several years, so I refused to purchase any of those calendars.
For 2018, I was able to experience my 1979 Hulk calendar, a 1990 Beauty and the Beast TV show calendar and a gorgeous 1990 Elfquest calendar loaded with Wendy Pini artwork.
So, hang onto those old calendars, kids! You can experience the past and represent the future all in one fell swoop!
Disneymarvel - love the idea of recycling calendars!
To one of Colin's original questions, that I neglected to answer: I still have the calendars from...
1976 Mighty Marvel Bicentennial Calendar
1977 Mighty Marvel Memory Album
1978 DC Calendar of Disasters
1979 Incredible Hulk Calendar
1980 Dr. Strange Calendar
The art in each of these is by the top talents of the day. I'm sure all of the pages are available online. Years ago, I published on the BAB some low-caliber photos I'd taken. I'm sure it's searchable.
Doug
Yep, Doug: searchable and pretty easy to find. But to save anyone else the trouble, here are the links to a few posts I found:
the first one from Oct. 2012 and
a follow-up from Nov. 2012.
And a response by Karen with a few more pics.
I never had any of the superhero calendars. The closest thing I had was a Tolkien's Middle Earth calendar one year when I was in college, which exclusively had the illustrations for his various books by Tolkien himself.
I always preferred Jaclyn Smith to Farrah, but maybe that's just me. As for calendars, I usually just grab one from the local bank, but I wouldn't mind a cool comic book calendar ... or maybe a nice D&D one; fantasy art seems to work pretty well for calendars.
I usually get a muscle car calendar from one of the vendors I deal with. I like it on the fridge where I see it daily with anything upcoming written in. Old school style!
After a few years of seeing the Marvel calendar advertised and me wanting one, I finally pulled the trigger in 1980 and ordered the'81 calendar. I still have it with the original manilla envelope. I take it out every couple of years and drool over the original art.
Years later I found out it was the last in house calendar made.
Once upon a time, I had several of those Marvel calendars, sure wish I'd kept them. Tempted to hit e Bay for one, but they are pricey...
At work I just have the plain, text only boring kind. Might have to find a more kicky one for the New Year.
Colin J- great comment, Hale-Bopp was amazing! I took my sons miles out into the cornfields of central Indiana with binoculars; had a wonderful view.
Thanks for the comments :)
As of today I have a third calendar for 2019 - the latest issue of SFX magazine (which covers all things sci-fi) includes a Ray Harryhausen calendar. Each month features a movie poster from a famous Harryhausen film - I've been reading SFX since 1999 but they've never given away free calendars before so it was quite a surprise!
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