Tag Archives: Artwork

Book Review: The Celebrated Cases of Dick Tracy

Publisher: The Wellfleet Press Year: 1990 Pages: 291  Type: Hardcover ISBN: 1-55521-620-X “Little crimes lead to big crimes.” – Dick Tracy This is an interesting collection of some of the ‘cases’, or strips, of Dick Tracy. But before you get to them, you are … Continue reading

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Sierra Leone Disney-Themed ‘Space Ark Fantasy’ Stamps

Sierra Leone is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It has a tropical climate with a diverse environment ranging from savanna to rainforests, which means for me, it would be a better fantasy destination than Space! It’s time to revisit my Disney-themed stamp … Continue reading

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Bhutan Disney-themed ‘History of Communications’ Stamps

Time to stick out our tongues and get ready for some licking fun as we delve into yet another set of wonderful Disney-themed collector stamps. However, these ones may taste bad, as they were produced in 1983! Bhutan is a landlocked … Continue reading

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Book Review: Kids Say the Darndest Things!

Publisher: Prentice Hall, Inc. Year: 1957 Pages: 194 Type: Hardcover ISBN: Book Club Edition “If I was an elefunk, I’d be a fireman, ’cause then I could squirt fires out with my nose.” And there’s more where that piece of logic came from! Yes, it’s … Continue reading

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History 101: How the Disleelandia Logo Came to Be

I was visiting Walt Disney World for a year or two before I started this blog. Although the Archives show the first post as going live in 2011, the real debut of Disleelandia was in 2009. An unfortunate happenstance caused … Continue reading

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Post Toasties Original Cereal Box Framed Art

Post Toasties was an early American breakfast cereal made by Post Foods. It was named for its originator, C. W. Post, and intended as the Post version of corn flakes. The brand is now defunct but you can still buy Frosted Flakes, so all is not lost! … Continue reading

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Art of Disney 4-Park Collector Set Photomechanical Lithographs

Disney often releases lithographs to promote movies or Theme Park projects to generate interest in the buying public. These can be given away if you attend a seminar or if you pre-order some piece of merchandise. Unfortunately, I can’t remember … Continue reading

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1984 Olympic Games Depicted by Disney on Grenada Stamps

The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) was held from July 28 to August 12, 1984. It marked the second time that Los Angeles had hosted the Games, the first being in 1932. … Continue reading

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Embossed Mickey Mouse Fan Art

Years ago one of my nephews made me this wonderful embossed Mickey Mouse out of copper plating: When people in your life learn that you like a certain thing, they generally fill your living space with articles pertaining to that … Continue reading

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Walt Disney Animation Studios SHORT CIRCUIT Season 2 Review

This a NON-SPOILER article. I watched Season One of this series and was underwhelmed. I felt the emphasis for the majority of the Shorts was not placed enough on the story, creating confusing or directionless efforts. The overall impact of … Continue reading

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