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Vintage Toy Print - Mid Century Atomic Rocket - COE Cab Over Engine Truck

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Vintage Toy Print - Mid Century Atomic Rocket - COE Cab Over Engine TruckTreasures from THE TOYS & GAMES COLLECTION at The Willing Mind. By exclusive arrangement with The Grand Review. Print size 22 x 24, and consciously formatted to work with a standard size store bought frame, or custom framed as you see fit. One of the many joys of how we go about our work is connecting with collectors of various types. One friend, a devoted toy collector, brought me in to see some unusual tin cars that we plan to shoot together down

Treasures from THE TOYS & GAMES COLLECTION at The Willing Mind. By exclusive arrangement with The Grand Review.

Print size 22 x 24, and consciously formatted to work with a standard size store bought frame, or custom framed as you see fit.


One of the many joys of how we go about our work is connecting with collectors of various types. One friend, a devoted toy collector, brought me in to see some unusual tin cars that we plan to shoot together down the line. While there, I was treated to access to some of his toy related paper treasures. He allowed me to scan several gems which are currently waiting in our backlog of work to be done, but this amazing promo shot we rushed to the front burner.

How delightfully 1950s this shot is. Yes, we have changed and no, we would never again produce a kid's toy capable of shooting make believe atomic missiles at ol' Sparky. Yes, the realities this makes light of are the horrors of the atomic age, the whole Cold War and the doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction, yet this one photo manages to acknowledge and lampoon all that at once.

Originally a promotional photograph for the biggest annual industry toy show in the Western Hemisphere, now an amazing window into a moment in time...

2nd image is for reference, and for fun.

2nd image is for reference, and for fun.


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  • Materials: Art stock enhanced matte paper, archival ink
  • Made to order
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All prints are shipped in a sturdy mailing tube for $8, which covers postage, tube and S & H.

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A NOTE ON OUR PROCESS, OUR CHOICES AND THE QUALITY OF THE GRAPHIC CRAFTSMANSHIP THAT GOES INTO OUR PRINTS.

Every print we deem exciting enough to present to the public via our Etsy store or available here at our studio has gone through a number of steps. The first of those is always discovering and falling in love with an obscure image, always an original that we can hold in our hands. That image is speaking to us, sometime screaming “Don’t leave me here. See what I am, what I was, what I can be, what I SHOULD be!”

There is a real sense of excitement involved, and a great many smiles and knowing grins when we make that deal and bring that ancient print, that battered photo, that scrap of ephemera that contains some scrap of genius from an unknown commercial artist home with us, knowing already how we mean to approach its restoration.

There is the heady promise of a further hunt just as real as what drags a weekend fisherman out of bed at 3AM to work a favorite brook as we start our research, looking for that great backstory, and both ready and willing to tumble down as many rabbit holes as are revealed to us to get that story.

Then there is a meticulous digital restoration that is as often as much fun as riding a vintage Moto Guzzi on a winding coastal road. I don’t care if that sounds crazy, it really is like jumping in the saddle! So many choices, so many chances to take to subtly or spectacularly give new life to otherwise permanently obscure images.

This dedication and the ongoing rush of joy in the accomplishment of it, and the opportunity to share the results in our studio and here on Etsy, is the fire of passion that keeps these engines roaring. We make every effort to ensure our customers are not just satisfied but thrilled, and we happily stand 100% behind our work.

 

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★★★★★ 5
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Decided to dive into the DC Comics New 52 and in preparation for Batwoman #1, I decided to pick up this book as a recommendation to getting the full story on this relatively new character to the DC world. This comic renewed my faith in comic books as both great stories and great pieces of art! Greg Rucka crafts a great story here but the artist JH Williams III presents it to you. You get to know this character here in more ways than just a quick reference. Batwoman is given the desire to serve her fellow man as her motivation. She is given the demographic of a Jewish lesbian soldier with a solid family background which is something we don't see much in our universe of white dominated or scarred superheroes. Sure she lost her mother and twin sister as at a young age, but she isn't damaged here. She rises above and serves only to be disappointed by trust issues in her life. But Rucka and Williams make her a bold woman who just keeps going like a shark, surviving because its her instinct and not her desire to escape something. This is the 21st Century woman superhero. Panels of note for me were: 1) how they presented the apartment Batwoman's alter ego lived in, 2) a beautiful full page spread showing the fight on the plane between Batwoman and Alice, 3) a transition panel where Batwoman and Alice are shown on the phone to each other, 4) a touching series where Batwoman as a child and her twin sister realize they are moving because of military orders and their life will change and they swear to always be there for each other. If you want to take a chance on the DC Comics reboot, take a chance on Batwoman #1 and get this one to bring you up to speed, you won't be sorry. A great twist for any new reader wanting to test the graphic novel/comic book scene.
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Abel Ambriz
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★★★★★ 5
BATWOMAN ORGINS
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Justin Ludwig
San Leandro, US
★★★★★ 5
Beautiful Art, Compelling Story
The birth of Kate Kane as Batwoman is one of my favorite graphic novels in my collection. I already owned the digital edition on my iPad, but the art by J.H. Williams was just too amazing not to see in print. This artist knows how to draw beautifully artistic pages; right down to the panels themselves. I also love the style shift from nighttime Batwoman to daytime Kate Kane. The story is really great, especially the ending of Elegy! I also really loved the back stories that follow, showing the history of Kate Kane and how she became the Batwoman. Its also good to know that the New 52 timeline in DC didn't delete all this continuity. Batwoman isn't another Batman flunkie. She's a strong woman and an amazing character that Greg Rucka and J.H. Williams really bring to life in this book.
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Morgan Floyd
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★★★★★ 5
Better Than Batman!
This is by far one of the best Batman titles that doesn't include Batman as the title character. I'm not much of a reader of Batman, but I have been very interested in Batwoman since I read the 52 series back in 2006. The story line itself is much better then when 52 presented her for the first time. I really like how Rucka focused more on her homosexuality and making her an identical twin too (since I'm a twin myself). However, what blew me away the most was the artwork. Williams really focuses on covering the entire page with art and color; giving you the full comic book art experience. I have seen and very much liked his work in Promethea and think this is just as good. Batwoman is now my second favorite super heroine after Wonder Woman of course.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2011
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Key
Birmingham, US
★★★★★ 5
Compelling and beautiful
I'll say this up-front: I'm a Marvel fangirl. Even so, this book has won me over to reading at least some DC stuff, because it's utterly beautiful. The writing is wonderful and compelling, and the art is astoundingly good, especially the creative, non-standard panelling. This book doesn't really sound like it'd be one as highly rated as it is, does it? Let's be honest here. It's about a lesbian Batman knockoff who's battling a mutant werewolf cult led by an insane Alice-in-Wonderland fan who speaks only in lines from Carroll's book. ...but they MAKE IT WORK. I don't know how, but it's powerful and a damn good read despite the craziness of the premise. And Kate Kane might just be my favourite superhero now.
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