Jasper Rasper is a mean man! So begins Action Comics #105 (Feb. 1947), and rather accurately, too, since we first glimpse the wealthy sourpuss in the act of firing his long-term, loyal employee “Cartwright” despite the man’s advanced years and…
Well, here we are at Christmas time again (!) so let’s take another look at what was available to American consumers fifty years ago via the miracle of the full-color, 602-page Sears catalog as preserved at wishbookweb.com. Set your digital…
Christmas is, incredibly, just days away and in an effort to get in the proper mood, I’ve returned to the Wishbook Web site to page through the old catalogs that fueled my imagination as a lad. In 1976, I was eleven…
Halloween is nearly here, and next week brings the even scarier reality of another presidential election, but for me this time of year always brings memories of another annual tradition: the Christmas catalog, or as they were officially known, “wishbooks.”…
