Disclaimer: No comics were harmed in the making of this paper airplane. -The Management
A paper airplane made from a folded vintage advertisement, found within the pages of the comic books of my youth. This is the Olympic Sales Club, that offered prizes or cash for you efforts. I often wonder who out there did these things because they stayed in business somehow? Who knows how long they really did stick around?
A lot of the prizes were pretty awesome, or so they made them seem, but who knows what the reality was, it may have been a scam, or at least it seemed so. I have no doubt that they were legitimate companies, just not very good or successful business models.
I have preserved my copies of these old ads as illustrated paper airplanes, because it seems rather fitting, and it makes them all the more interesting, or at least I like to think so.
I have a lot of old comic books to draw from, and I like the way the ads show us how we were living a lot differently back then.
This is “Appropriation Art”, or at least it’s my version of it. It’s a tribute to my youth, and the time I spent reading comic books. -YoPedro
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This image is available on MADPaperAirplanes or RedBubble as a print, or a whole bunch of products, it boggles the mind. One of the best parts about art these days is the ability to print it on so many different surfaces and items. For an artist this is quite an exciting time, to know that buyers of art are willing to share artwork in such wonderful new ways.
If you would prefer a signed print, those are available too. -YoPedro
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