Saturday, October 09, 2010

Halloween Goes Bananas Part 1

Along with Dynamite magazine, my brother and I also subscribed to Bananas magazine. From Wikipedia --

Bananas was an American humor magazine for teenagers. Scholastic Press published 72 issues between 1975 and 1984, plus various "Yearbooks" and paperback books.
Editor Jovial Bob Stine, later known as R.L. Stine, was responsible for much of the writing. Other contributors included writers Suzanne Lord and Jane Samuels and artists Sam Viviano, Samuel B. Whitehead, Bob K. Taylor, Bryan Hendrix, Bill Basso, and Howard Cruse.
Recurring features included "Hey - Lighten Up!", "It Never Fails!", "Phone Calls", "Joe" (a comic strip by John Holmstrom), "Phil Fly", "Don't You Wish...", "Doctor Duck", "The Teens of Ferret High", "First Date" (a comic strip by Alyse Newman), and "Ask Doctor Si N. Tific".
I still have a few issues of this mag, but they're in pretty rough shape. We used to cut out photos and make "scrapbooks" of our favorite movies and TV shows. Plus these got wet at sometime and have some mold on them.

I hope to scan and share the spooky stuff from the issues that I have. Beginning with issue #33 from, I believe, 1979.

(click on pictures to enlarge)

A Haunting Experience Story and photos by Arthur Sirdofsky.

True Unsolved Mysteries - Inside the Jade Jar
Story by Margaret Ronan. Illustration by Liam Roberts.

2 comments:

The Artful Gypsy aka Wendy the Very Good Witch said...

Ah...I fondly remember Dynomite magazine as a young girl! Although admittedly I got mine for photos of Shawn Cassidy....ha! Love the new blog header image up top too Erick!

Video Zeta One said...

Nice. Loved Dynamite, then graduated to Bananas... then, I guess National Lampoon.

They don't make 'em like this anymore. Nice post.