Dixie Dean, assisted by Auntie Myra.  Songs and Stories for Children , Zondervan Records, c. 1965.   Hi Guys! A big part of my job as Editor at Hybrid involves finding anthro stuff that maybe you've never heard of before!  I'm talking about the offbeat stuff, the unexpected stuff!  Well, I stumbled into some seriously uncharted territory when I entered the curious world of Christian children's records !   Now I'm not here to bash anybody's religion or to look down my nose at the well-meaning musicians, singers , and producers of these records.  They were just trying to capture the kids' imaginations .  All they wanted to do was to put girls and boys on the right path in life !  My goal here is to check out some fun anthro that is maybe --let's face it-- just a little weird .   Take, for example, Dixie Dean's Songs and Stories for Children from right around 1965 .  Looks pretty cheerful and the songs are a...

She's the second in my vintage series. These are based on a book by Jen Racine called 15 Decades-Women,Style,and Innovation. The book features ladies from the 1870's till the 2010's-I thought it would be fun to re-draw these as anthro characters. As you can see,long tresses in "ringlets"  were still a popular hairstyle for this decade! In sepia tone~ And the art in progress video with music of that time~

 Anthro Moxie ad.  Moxie is a soft drink popular in New England, it is the official soda of Maine.  Our very own Andibi, a Mainer, claims that Moxie is 'leprosy in a bottle'.  He found this ad.  I found one other anthropomorphic Moxie ad-   Yes, that's a clam in a housecoat.    And this is a Moxie Horsemobile.   Another Foxy Fables. Be Foxy, Drink Moxie. These people got a nerve, or plenty of moxie. Speaking of which, our own Flapper Foxy herself pointed this 1921 Arthur Fields tune out to me- https://youtu.be/JHX0g7WMK6Q   Distinctively different! 

  Like the endings of 'The Velveteen Rabbit' and 'Watership Down', this is Anthro at it's saddest and most triumphant. Take my hand, I'll show you the way home.  This lady is tremendously talented. https://jenny-jinya.com/   Struck with palsy, sore and old, Waiting at the Gates of Gold, Said he with his dying breath, “Life is done, but what is Death?” Then, in answer to the king, Fell a sunbeam on his ring, Showing by a heavenly ray, “Even this shall pass away.” –Theodore Tilton    I wrote Ms. Jinya and received permission to post this on my blog, as this one is connected to it I don't think I'm that much out of line by posting it on Hybrid.  She is a fantastic writer and artist and more people should know of her work.  Anyone who can read this post without crying is a far stronger person than I am.    

  Back in the 1970s, many people complained that the word “Easter” had been dropped from the packaging of chocolate eggs. They also claimed it was only a matter of time before other Christian Easter imagery, such as anthropomorphised cartoon chicks playing with bashful ducks or dungaree-wearing bunny rabbits, received the same treatment. The Scarfolk Confectionery Company ensured that the word “Easter” was not omitted from its products (see above, from a 1971 brochure), in fact it was printed on the packaging over 100 times with corrosive ink that burned the word into the skin of the consumer. Anyone not bearing the burn scars was deemed by the government to be "unBritish". Happy Easter from Scarfolk!   https://scarfolk.blogspot.com/  

The "Hail" 150/4 was a Cat multiple rocket launcher used in the Felino-Martian war.  It's a 4-barrelled rocket launcher mounted on a 2-wheeled carriage with stabilizer arm spade and towing ring.  The 150mm fin-stabilized and electrically-fired rockets it fires carry shaped charges or incendiary warheads. The "Hail" was usually towed by KAZ-205 jeep and operated by a 3-cat crew.  The rockets were fired by a switch box, which can select fire mode from single fire to salvo.  When fired, the rockets had a long backblast area and kicked up a lot of debris, so the crew had to seek shelter before firing.  When used properly, the "Hail"could easily knock down any Martian runner or construction machines, or cause serious damage to the Martian strider.   A scene from the Felino-Martian War.   https://www.deviantart.com/bogatyrkhan/gallery/71791934/the-felino-martian-war This just could not be more interesting.  

 Vaughn Frederic Bode, Junkwaffel # 1.  Vaughn specialized in stupid beings meeting gruesome fates. He was critical of American involvement in Vietnam.  Vaughn served in the army in the early sixties but was given a section 8 for unsuitability, huge surprise there.  He later got that upgraded to an honorable discharge. An episode from the Sunpot story, all of these creatures are doomed. Many of these stories are single page concepts. Violent death is a favorite theme. This, folks, was one strange person. Very cold.  Junkwaffel # 4.   Necron 99 from Ralph Bakshi's Wizards.  Ralph and Vaughn were friends and Wizards, his best, is heavily influenced by Bode's art.  Art by William Stout.   https://www.cca.org/blog/20110926-Bode-and-Wizards.shtml   Vaughn got the 1969 Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist largely on the strength of Cobalt 60, which appeared in a little known fanzine called Shangri L'affaires (aka Shaggy ) # 73 .   ...