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Wacky Packages Discussion => General Wacky Packages Discussion => Topic started by: dth1971 on September 02, 2022, 04:08:07 AM

Title: September 1, 2022 Brevity strip...
Post by: dth1971 on September 02, 2022, 04:08:07 AM
...done by Dan Thompson, this could have been a Wacky Packages take on The Little Prince book (Would Mark "Off the Mark" Parisi have thought of it first?):
(https://i.postimg.cc/BLwLMKjd/Brevity.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/BLwLMKjd)
Title: Re: September 1, 2022 Brevity strip...
Post by: ToadallyDude on September 06, 2022, 01:47:35 PM
Since this is technically a Wacky-Related oddity, I thought this thread might be okay to ask this... what are THESE?:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/313652222693?hash=item4907211ae5:g:BKsAAOSwuylhKDmX&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoBu9sPs9JUvCz1g7qGcSADxZSogSBIhpn3IrJAT5IbLEYp%2FADXjDHX6%2FeJsIlZX2ExeejEbBNtYjAaSGvbsmr5sPu0wxJae70YrtZXGnadyR6m5lk9wBMzFNCZnaVLVL8pd4QEmpH8p47Neah0KTwURZaQiaIR3fTT6DajB3zVHnbYjQMlr1A0JVVim5IAXgMxFbsuxnpCK1swGDN2jwnZ0%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR6TP-MPiYA

Title: Re: September 1, 2022 Brevity strip...
Post by: toddbarrett on September 06, 2022, 02:25:46 PM
Ha! Those are paper samples given out to printers and graphic designers to promote their lines of paper. French is famous for doing fun and unusual samples. They would hire the hot designer or illustrators of the time to do the artwork. I used to have a whole bunch of their samples but lost them in various moves. I don't remember this sample though.

Here are some of the current designs on their website...
https://www.frenchpaper.com/collections/french-paper-merchandise

Todd B.
Title: Re: September 1, 2022 Brevity strip...
Post by: Swiski on September 06, 2022, 07:35:47 PM
Ha! Those are paper samples given out to printers and graphic designers to promote their lines of paper. French is famous for doing fun and unusual samples. They would hire the hot designer or illustrators of the time to do the artwork. I used to have a whole bunch of their samples but lost them in various moves. I don't remember this sample though.

Here are some of the current designs on their website...
https://www.frenchpaper.com/collections/french-paper-merchandise

Todd B.

I have quite a few of those posters, among other promo materials for French Paper, that I picked up years ago from paper shows. Charles S Anderson is one of my favorite graphic designers. He really mastered the neo-retro design style.
Title: Re: September 1, 2022 Brevity strip...
Post by: ToadallyDude on September 07, 2022, 03:00:10 PM
So, are they considered, "Wacky Packages related" collectables by this community, like Mr. Foney's Funnys, the Mad Magazine product parodies, and Kooky patches?  $600 seems like a lot if these are just standard samples, but maybe those particular designs are rare.  Never seen them before, though. 
Title: Re: September 1, 2022 Brevity strip...
Post by: dth1971 on September 10, 2022, 07:51:02 AM
So, are they considered, "Wacky Packages related" collectables by this community, like Mr. Foney's Funnys, the Mad Magazine product parodies, and Kooky patches?  $600 seems like a lot if these are just standard samples, but maybe those particular designs are rare.  Never seen them before, though.

Don't forget the former Marvel comics published MAD Magazine clone Crazy Magazine in a 1981 issue offered a FULL COLOR LOONEY LABELS lick and stick insert.
Title: Re: September 1, 2022 Brevity strip...
Post by: sco(o)t on September 10, 2022, 08:32:44 AM
So, are they considered, "Wacky Packages related" collectables by this community, like Mr. Foney's Funnys, the Mad Magazine product parodies, and Kooky patches?  $600 seems like a lot if these are just standard samples, but maybe those particular designs are rare.  Never seen them before, though.

I don't collect them and I collect MANY parody and satire items.I haven't run across anyone else that does either.