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The Spirit Halloween where Nat Gertler used to be

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Eisner-winning Peanuts nerd. Writer, publisher (About Comics), founder of 24 Hour Comics Day, sperm donor (retired). "Is he the guy who did that thing?" Yeah, prob'ly.

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The Spirit Halloween where Nat Gertler used to be @nat.gertler.com · Nov 12

Just some of the dozens of books I've written, co-written, annotated, or compiled, as an introduction.

Covers to: the alt superhero book The Factor, Panel One: Comic Book Scripts by Top Writers, Bootsie's War Years, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Graphic Novel, Just a Book with About 410 Drawings of Bicycles from Newspapers of the 1890s, Be More Charlie Brown, The Peanuts Collection, The Licesable Bear™ Big Book of Officially Licensed Fun!, Wife Gets Smart, Makes Husband Happy: Supermarket Comic Strip Ads of the World War II Era, Charles M. Schulz: The Art and Life of the Peanuts Creator in 100 Objects, and Be More Snoopy.

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The Spirit Halloween where Nat Gertler used to be @nat.gertler.com · 28m

It seems to me that carrying the magnifying glass in that manner is unwise, as it will be top-heavy and apt to fall to the ground.

But how can I doubt a man who likes two-for-a-nickel cigars?

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King Kong doesn’t use a Big Bong?

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I won’t claim any particular knowledge of Israeli gumbo… although I will note that, despite what’s pictured, gumbo can be legit made with chicken rather than shellfish.

The Spirit Halloween where Nat Gertler used to be @nat.gertler.com · 1h

A significant portion of Israeli Jews are atheists, and some religious Jews don’t keep kosher.

The Spirit Halloween where Nat Gertler used to be @nat.gertler.com · 1h

“Remember,” she intoned gravely, “you can’t spell ‘can’t I fart?’ without antifa.”

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The Spirit Halloween where Nat Gertler used to be @nat.gertler.com · 2h

Yes, but given the broad swath of people eligible to nominate, including many Republican politicians, I’d be surprised if he wasn’t nominated.

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The Spirit Halloween where Nat Gertler used to be @nat.gertler.com · 8h

Neal Adams drawn cover to Brave and the Bold issue 81 features Batman and Tha Flash battling a swole dude, who is saying "You can't hurt Bork... but Bork can hurt you!"

The Spirit Halloween where Nat Gertler used to be @nat.gertler.com · 9h

1947 was a different time. (Checks clock.) Yes.

The Spirit Halloween where Nat Gertler used to be @nat.gertler.com · 10h

Workplace harassment, courtesy of Sanka.

Panel one of ad. Man in suit, sleepwalking, as pretty female secretary looks on. Title: "My boss woke up—and kissed me again!" Caption explains the she'd always had a crush on boss, but he ignored her, until the day he kissed her.

Four more panels of illustrated ad. In the first he's kissing her cheek. Caption explains he kissed her, she called out "Mr. Jones", and he asked "What have I done?"
In the second, he;s begging at her. She tells him about hte kiss, he begs for forgiveness, he was sleep walking, which surprise her, as is morning.
In the third, they're talking. He was up all night, drank coffee for dinner. She suggests Sanka, the 97% caffeine coffee.
Final panel, he's landing a big old lip smooch on her. He praises Sanka, kisses her, and says he's awake now.

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The Spirit Halloween where Nat Gertler used to be @nat.gertler.com · 10h

Sherlock would not endorse a low-quality product!

The Spirit Halloween where Nat Gertler used to be @nat.gertler.com · 11h

@johannadc.bsky.social If you don't have this one from 1925, well, here's an early birthday present. Unless today's your birthday, in which case, here's just a normal birthday present.

Five-panel captioned Sherlock and Watson cartoon promoting Old Virginia Cheroots, from a 1925 newspaper.

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The Spirit Halloween where Nat Gertler used to be @nat.gertler.com · 14h

(Of course, I'm coming from a twenty-first century perspective, when we know that women can be parents too!)

The Spirit Halloween where Nat Gertler used to be @nat.gertler.com · 14h

For all those who say that using "they" for a non-specific person of unspecified gender is awkward, here's 1924.

Image from a Wrigley's gum add of a family -- Dad in the comfy chair, daughter on his lap, Mom on a divan, son playing with a horse and barn toy. Text: Every Parent Loves his children.

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The Spirit Halloween where Nat Gertler used to be @nat.gertler.com · 16h

Deal!

Sign in meat department: Sale, Ground Bork, $4.00.

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The Spirit Halloween where Nat Gertler used to be @nat.gertler.com · 18h

Harvard and MIT working together know the answer.

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The Spirit Halloween where Nat Gertler used to be @nat.gertler.com · 18h

Seven-Time MP Bhartruhari Mahtab Sworn In As Pro-Tem Speaker Of 18th Lok Sabha By President Murmu

YouTube video by Republic World

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The Spirit Halloween where Nat Gertler used to be @nat.gertler.com · 18h

I have found his nemesis. Or girlfriend. Or both. (Also in the public domain, but not Disney.)

A woman in a dress covered in crossword puzzle patterns burst through a crossword puzzle. Caption: The Cross World Girl.

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The Spirit Halloween where Nat Gertler used to be @nat.gertler.com · 19h

Not all members of the Atomic Club are equal. Nonetheless, they accept both kinds of people.

1948 newspaper ad for Adler's Atomic Beanie, which "has not 1, not 2, but 3 propellers".

Ad, "Wear a Beanie with a propeller", features portraits of both a boy and a girl in such garb.

The Spirit Halloween where Nat Gertler used to be @nat.gertler.com · 19h

Those guys have their own superhero team already, the Atomic Club.

1948 newspaper ad. Boy in propeller beanie. Text: Join the Atomic Club
...wear the atomic whirling propeller beanie hat for boys and girls. Just walk along and the propellers whirl..ready to take off at a moment's notice! 49 cents. Sonin's: Howard Muller, Prop.

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The Spirit Halloween where Nat Gertler used to be @nat.gertler.com · 20h

That would be the Reptile Mercantile Exchange.

The Spirit Halloween where Nat Gertler used to be @nat.gertler.com · 21h

If you don't trust me that "Christian-Judeo" has problems on a pure linguistic level, trust William Safire.

Mist at Foggy Bottom

Clipping found in San Francisco Chronicle published in San Francisco, California on 3/8/1981. Mist at Foggy Bottom

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The Portland Air Force is on its way!

Art from Tuesday by David Wiesner (it’s a good book) shows dozens of frogs on lillypads flying through the air.

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The Spirit Halloween where Nat Gertler used to be @nat.gertler.com · 1d

As much as the term "Judeo-Christian" puts me on alert (as it is generally used to mean "Christian, and we can assume Jews, because Judaism was just the beta release of Christianity), today I ran into "Christian-Judeo", which adds a layer of linguistic horror on top.

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The Spirit Halloween where Nat Gertler used to be @nat.gertler.com · 1d

A genuine type case I bought at an old printing stuff sales event this summer. (Still not sure what I’ll do with it.)

A wooden drawer separated into dozens of rectangles of various sizes.

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I feared searching for this on YouTube due to what it would do to the algorithm.

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

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