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Vintage Men's Magazines

June 11th 2010 02:47
Back in the 1950s, the magazine of choice for men was the adventure magazine.
The pages of these magazines were generally filled with “true” (typically fictionalized or embellished) stories of war, survival, crime, safari, and the Old West. A favourite theme was the showdown between man and wild flesh-eating beasts and critters or men rescuing women from the torture of savage natives or cruel enemy armies.
The showpiece of these magazines was definitely the front covers.
Below are some of the best from this era, see the full set at ArtOfManliness here.



mens adventure magazines - best covers


mens' magazine covers - snake fight


retro men's magazine covers - battling otters



man battling beast magazines


mens magazines - female dominatrix tribes


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Controversial Billboard Ads

June 9th 2010 02:35
Billboard advertisers are always looking for new and innovative ways to capture attention. Sometimes it seems, they can take it a little too far!
Thanks to Woman's Day, here are some of the most controversial billboards on display today. Read the full article here.


worst billboards of all time
PETA’s Diet Plan



billboards that are just wrong - come a little closer. Train tunnel
Funeral Home’s Heavy-Handed Hint



life is short - have an affair
Have an Affair



strange billboard ads
Ring Finger



welcome to moe's - god
Heavenly Endorsement


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Disturbing Old Ads

March 26th 2010 00:56
It's unbelievable what they used to get away with!



Creepy Old Ads - Group Shower


Disturbing old ads - start cola earlier


more doctors smoke camel cigarettes


sexist advertising - spanking for fresh coffee


sexy telex operator computer ad
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Photoshop Fail

February 19th 2010 01:46
As reported on this article in WebUrbanist, an incredible number of photoshop stuff ups have appeared on magazine covers, product packaging and store displays. Here you will find everything from missing limbs to outrageously overzealous retouching.
Enjoy!



Bad photoshop work
Invisible Bike
It’s hard to tell exactly what the graphic designer was going for here. Perhaps they erased part of the bicycle to work on the wall and forgot to put it back in, or they wanted it to appear as if the man was sitting on the wall and neglected to take out the front part of the bike. Or maybe they’re trying to tell us that if you trade with Saxo Bank, they’ll send you a really cool half-invisible bike.


Photoshop Fail - Magazine Cover
That Weight Loss Will Cost You
Tara had heard the rumors about extreme weight loss tactics on The Biggest Loser, but she wasn’t prepared for the terrible price she would ultimately pay to reach her goal. But that’s okay, she was never all that fond of her right leg anyway.


Photoshop added clevage
What an Improvement
Women in lumpy sweatshirts don’t sell products. Some extreme(ly ridiculous) cleavage and a diamond necklace later, and one retoucher was much more optimistic about the image’s potential.


photoshop mistakes
Why Bother with Fine Print?
You’ve got to hand it to Bausch & Lomb (if you still can, that is): at least they’re up front about the terrible, disfiguring side effects you can expect to experience after using their products. They don’t try to hide it in 12 paragraphs of fine print on their website, it’s right there in the ad. Or, perhaps they’re sending the message that if we use their eye drops, we, too, will be too blind to see glaring mistakes like missing limbs.


photoshop errors
Floating Kids
Either this ‘bounce house’ offered by Walmart has truly amazing properties – causing kids to magically turn into hobbits and develop the ability to float in mid-air – or it’s being marketed to a very small group of tiny mutant children. Either way, that one kid floating above the slide should probably get his parasitic twin checked out by a doctor.
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Snowmen and Snow Sculptures

February 10th 2010 05:11
Snow sculpture is an increasingly popular pastime that can be enjoyed be people of all ages and abilities. There are even many snow sculpture competitions held each year.
In today's post, we have a few comic book and sci fi heroes carved out in snow.
These images sourced from ComicAlliance. See the full article here.

Snowmen Ideas R2D2
R2D2


snow sculpture - spiderman
Spiderman


The Simpsons snow carving
The Simpsons


Calvin and Hobbes snow scene recreation
Calvin and Hobbes Re-creation


Largest Snowmen
Kinnikuman

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Picture to Blow Your Mind

January 11th 2010 22:10
This is a very clever example of a picture within a picture.
How did they do it?

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Folding Clothes

January 6th 2010 06:29
Did you know that folding clothes could be an art form?
Here is a selection of human faces created from various garments.

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Vintage Alcohol Advertisements

December 11th 2009 01:57
vintage alcohol ads - Molsons Canadian Lager Beer
Molsons Lager Beer


Vintage Johnnie Walker Scotch ad
Johnnie Walker

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Worst Wax Figures

October 2nd 2009 07:30
Madame Tussaud turned wax figures and sculptures into a fine art. At Madame Tussaud's museums today you can find celebrity wax figures so realistic they can't be separated from the originals!
Unfortunately however not all wag figures are created equal. See below some sculptures that turned out not quite right...

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Tattoo Locations

September 23rd 2009 02:36
Deciding to have a tattoo and choosing what that tat will are important choices. This is because a tattoo will say a lot about their owner for as long as they shall live. What many people don’t realise however, is that where your tattoo is placed can say just as much!

Tattoo Locations. I will never have a job that pays taxes. I actually cost taxes, you know with prison and all. Socially acceptable rebellious tattoo zone. Warning chance of dragons, wings. Yes, buying me a drink will totally work. It is only when drunk that I discovered my friends are assholes. Danger: Tattoos here will become humiliating faster. People always want to show their tattoos off. Draw your own conclusions. Cute little princess.

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Love is Everywhere

September 11th 2009 03:58
Love is the most important of human emotions, you can feel it everywhere you go, and thanks to a few street artists it can be seen everywhere too!

never STOP loving sign

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Carhenge

August 24th 2009 02:53
Carhenge, Nebraska


Located in southern England, Stonehenge is a circular arrangement of earthworks and massive stones thought to date from about 2000-3000 BC. The site's actual use or purpose is not known, although it was probably built for rituals and observing the sun and heavens


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Honest Beer Advertising

July 3rd 2009 07:13
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belgian girl tattoo stars
Scarred from life: Kimberley Vlaminck shows her tattooed face. The 56 stars will cost G8,500 to remove

As reported around the word, this report from the Daily Mail tells of how tattooist Rouslan Toumaniantz says that 18 year-old Belgian girl Kimberley Vlaminck 'absolutely' agreed she wanted 56 stars tattooed on the left side of her face. However, Kimberly is suiing the tattooist cliaming that she wanted 3 stars only.
Teenage girl, tattoo 56 stars.
A distraught Kimberley Vlaeminck speaks on her mobile phone at home in Belgium today - the 56 tattoos still healing across her face

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