UNIDOME ANTIQUE SHOW 2012

Here in my hometown of Cedar Falls there is an annual antique and collectables show held at the Unidome, which is a huge sports arena next to the University of Northern Iowa campus.
I found out it was going on when I took my daughter Sam to a local store in the afternoon called 18th Street Vintage. The guys at the store happened to mention it was going on and had hoped that some of the people that came into town would visit their store also.

So Sam and I decided to hurry over to the antique show since we knew there would be a lot to look at and could take quite a while. Thankfully I had the day off work. I've been to this show a few times and I knew it could take hours to look the place over.


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Sam and I scoured the place and saw all kinds of excellent stuff. I took some photos of the stuff I thought was cool.


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I've seen these old Mr. Potato head sets online before, but never one up close.


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Here's Mr. Potato Head's pal Frankie Frank.

Here is a neat Howard the Duck glass from 7-11.




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This magazine was a Mad Magazine knock-off that never made it past the first issue. When I went back to the booth to buy it, someone had beaten me to the punch.


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A fat Albert figure I'd never seen before.


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A non-talking PeeWee doll? I have one of these that was supposed to talk but the string broke. I saw another one of these at the show that was larger with a ventriloquist dummy mouth also.


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These wind-ups were $2.50 a piece. I tried to talk the lady down to $1.00 but she refused.

I found all these Evel Knievel dolls still in the original package.


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I also ran across three pieces of Pixieware which was popular during the late 50s and early 60s. They are jars and dishes with pixie heads on them. there are some really awesome ones if you get a chance to Google it sometime check out Howard Holt's "Pixieware".


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I saw lots of vintage Marx figures including Nutty Mads, and my favorite classic monsters.


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Here's a pic of a California Raisin puppet I'd never seen before.


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I sold some stuff to a couple dealers there which was nice and I made $50. I only bought two things. I got a Topps garbage candy container, and I paid for a whole box of Star Wars ships just to get a gremlin figure that I saw in there. I came out quite a bit ahead.

When I got home and sorted through everything I found some neat figures down in the box including a Dungeons & Dragons figure, a Star Wars Taun Taun, and a dusty old Evel Knievel doll.


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Overall it was a great time and a nice "daddy-daughter" day.

RECENT ARTWORK 10-2-11

Once again I've gone quite a stretch without blogging. Ooops.
I've had plenty to blog about just plain lazy and that's no excuse.
Here is some of my recent artwork to share.



A vintage Mr. Potato head. I was looking through an old toy catalog and was surprised to see what Mr. Potato head originally looked like. Check it out.



I had an idea for a spoof called "Angry Turds". After I drew this I found out someone had already thought of the idea first. Happens all the time.



I start to draw random monster/Halloween sketches around this time of year.





A couple designs I drew.

These next drawings were redrawn from a child's drawings I found in the recycling bin. I thought they were neat so I redrew them. I do this all the time because kids have the best ideas and imagination.





VOKMA





OOIN





LENA





ONA

There were a few more of these but I can't remember where I put them. One was called "Zokma" a blue creature with horns and flippers.



Twinkie the Kid. My dad used to work for Hostess as I was growing up he had to dress in a Twinkie the Kid costume.



Choo-Choo I copied this from an old coloring book.



This idea just popped in my head, the devil luring children with treats and a chance to swing on his horns.



I call this one "Free Refills"! For a "How to draw Gross Stuff" book idea.

These two I drew all in ballpoint pen.



Garbage Pail Kid "Dirty Harry"


A creature I created.

These next three were all in colored pencil.



A "Wacky Package" style drawing I did based on an old cereal box cover.



Garbage Pail Kid "Live Mike" Took three days to finish. I changed the color of the guitar, added ears to him, and a couple other changes. Here's a scan of the original card:





I redrew this from a story in an old Disney magazine.



The last four are my gross babies for a "How To Draw Gross Stuff" book I was trying to make.


Snot Baby


Pee Baby


Ink Baby


Blood Baby

I did a couple more wood carvings but I'll save those for later. All for now.