I don’t know how to break this to you, but professional wrestling is fake. That said, William “Haystack” Calhoun was as close to the real thing as you could get. Haystack Calhoun was born in McKinney, Texas and by the time the hulking youth reached his 20s, he tipped the scales at 450 pounds and …
It’s that time of year again. Time for your ol’ pal JPiC to give the gift of music. My annual Christmas music compilation is available as a FREE DOWNLOAD for a limited time. 24 unusual holiday songs and a custom full-color cover with track listings all for you and all for FREE! Just CLICK HERE for A Non-Traditional …
Stanisława Walasiewicz was born in Poland in 1911 and emigrated to the United States with her family when she was three months old. After settling in Cleveland, her parents, “Americanized” the family name to Walsh and began calling their daughter Stella. At 16, Stella began competing in running events and soon qualified for the Olympics. …
This week’s Illustration Friday word is “stretch”. Welcome, foolish mortals, to the Haunted Mansion! I am your host, your ghost host. Kindly step all the way in please and make room for everyone. There’s no turning back now. Our tour begins here in this gallery where you see paintings of some of our guests as they appeared …
Now you can proudly wear your best pal from the internet splattered across your chest! It’s a dream come true! (You’ve had that dream, right?) VERY LIMITED EDITION Josh Pincus is Crying t-shirts and buttons are now available! Why, it’s the greatest thing to happen to the internet since Al Gore invented the damn thing! …
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As soon as Fred Moore joined the Disney Studios, he began to build his legacy. The self-taught artist worked as an animator of several cartoons, including Three Little Pigs and its sort-of sequel Three Little Wolves. In 1937, he was the supervising animator on Walt Disney visionary classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It was …
The new Illustration Friday challenge word is “whiskers”. “You know it’s hard to hear what a bearded man is saying. He can’t speak above a whisker.” Herman J. Mankiewicz, Oscar-winning screenwriter for Citizen Kane (1941)
The son of Polish immigrants, Alan J. Pakula had no intentions of taking over the family printing business. Instead, the Yale graduate with higher aspirations, headed to Hollywood. He became the assistant to the head of Warner Brothers cartoon department, but he was still not satisfied. In 1950, Alan moved on to MGM Studios as …
This week’s Illustration Friday word is “zoom”. “One of these days, Alice! One of these days! BANG! ZOOM! Right to the moon!” Remember the golden age of television when threatening spousal abuse was funny. For a color version of this illustration, click HERE.
Former Pennsylvania state senator R. Budd Dwyer was elected Pennsylvania state treasurer in 1981. Around the time that Dwyer took office, a huge clerical error affecting state withholding tax (FICA, which contributes to Social Security and Medicare) was discovered by Pennsylvania auditors. The effects were enormous with records showing that state workers overpaid in the millions …
