The Ideal Easter Gift

[Cartoonist]

I love how Jesus has been completely removed from Easter. It's not about him. It's about fuzzy bunnies and colored eggs, symbols of fertility. The pagan celebration of the spring equinox, the reason for the season. Just another example of the church's theftocracy. Thank you Novelty Mart for telling it like it is.

[rug]

1. I can almost feel that old comic book paper.

Novelty Mart has long been replaced by a Haagen-Dasz and the rest of that street's been taken over by NYU.

Your comments about fuzzy bunnies and theocracy are nonsense of course, but thanks for the very real memory of turning a comic book's page.

[Silent3]

2. Compulsive photoshopping

When I see an image like this on such yellowed, aged paper I sometimes can't help wanting to see not just what the image would look like when it was freshly printed, but even idealized a little beyond that, the way your brain might tune out the paper and treat it as a clean background.

Of course, that might take away from the sense of the feel of the paper, but I still find it an interesting view.

[Cartoonist]

3. I'm a romanticist

The pulp paper used in comics was beige when new. The acid in the paper slowly turned it more of a flesh color. In time, it would even develop that unique aroma that is like perfume to paper enthusiasts.

I don't mind using Photoshop to lessen how dark it can become, but I don't like bleaching it to white.

[Silent3]

4. I can definitely see retaining some of that original color

If I were presenting the image as the only view of the original, I wouldn't go so far to pure white myself. I just find that very clean version an interesting contrast when shown along with your rendering.

Something like this might be closer to the original, pre-aged color:

[Cartoonist]

5. A lot depends on the piece

I'm not going to spend much time on an ad like this. If it's a work of art by Wally Wood or Walt Kelly, then I'll adjust the brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, levels and curves.

[Silent3]

6. There is something about this particular ad that appeals to me.

I'd probably order one of these stupid bunnies if the place hadn't gone out of business decades ago.

[Silent3]

7. Oh, and by the way...

...please don't take my posts as me trying to say "This is the way it should have been done", or anything like that. Not intended that way at all! I just found this a fun image to play with.

[Cartoonist]

8. Understood nt

[Cartoonist]

9. Alternate Easter bunny

[edhopper]

10. They should have done a set of these

for the Crucifixion.

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Hours of fun for the whole family.

[rug]

11. I got those.

They were crappy thin pieces of plastic that never stood up. Still pisses me off.

[edhopper]

12. most of the stuff sold was crap

Sea Monkies, X-Ray Specs

Junk.