Blue Lantern Ganesh

(Via Love and Radiation.)

via snegopad.net

Environmentalist and conservation have been important to Americans for almost as long as there’s been an America. The goals are consistent, only the means have varied from decade to decade. Witness this “workfare” program proposed in 1926:

“Scientists believe that the monkey, in addition to his use by investigators in the fields of evolution and medicine, can be taught to do simple manual labor, and list him among the eligibles for continued existence”

Go to Paleo-Future to see the entire article from the 11/11/1926 Galveston Daily News.

The Library of Congress received 24 pages of Amazing Fantasy #15 from an anonymous donor last spring, and they’ve got some cool pictures of the artwork posted. The pages include the first appearance of Spider-Man, drawn by Steve Ditko.

Probably a good thing Marvel didn’t ever return the originals to Ditko, given the stories about him using returned original art as cutting boards.

Bonus Ditko worm:

They win just for their logo: Lucha Libre Gourmet Taco Shop, San Diego CA

Found at the home of all things unicorn, unicornwolflazersfuckyou.

Courtesy of ericsaysfuckyou.blogspot.com.

The story of Flxible is classic rust-belt stuff. Among other things, Flxible pioneered buses with a flexible midsection. If the bus you’re riding has a bellows section in the middle, thank (or blame) Flxible. They dropped the E to make it trademarkable. Friend of mine worked the assembly line in the 1980’s. Often wondered if he had anything to do with the cracks in the buses that were such a problem at the time.

The scat bus: