Lord Nibs Party Crackers
Topic: Nibs
LORD NIBS Vintage Party Crackers for sale on eBay. "The Crackers were made and printed in Norwich England by Caley Crackers Ltd. Exact date of manufacture unknown. Believed to be circa 1950 before the take over of Caley Crackers by Tom Smith in 1953." Auction ended 8.Jan.2005. View eBay item #6502329110. (I did not bid on this auction and I don't know the seller.)
  »Search eBay auctions for Nibs
  »Search eBay for Party Crackers

UPDATE:Final bid was GBP 1.20 (approx. US $ 2.30) Reserve not met.

»What are crackers? Send a virtual cracker! Learn more about christmas crackers on absolutelycrackers.com

»Author Peter Kimpton, in his new book entitled TOM SMITH'S CHRISTMAS CRACKERS brings you an in-depth history of Tom Smith the man, his accepted invention of the Christmas cracker, his associated products, competitors, many re-discovered facts and images and much, much more in his wide ranging coverage of the subject. Go to thekingofcrackers.co.uk

Herge - Tintin - Au pays de l'or noir
Topic: Comics
DET SVARTA GULDET - Tintin Book Number 15 - the new Swedish translation by Bjorn Wahlberg is available in the stores now. More about Tintin on my TINTIN PAGE

>Kop Det Svarta Guldet fr?n Bokus Bokhandel (Swedish bookstore)
>Search eBay auctions for Tintin Books and Collectibles

My Yahoo! RSS Syndication
Topic: Blogging
Click on the button to get Niblog delivered directly to your My Yahoo! page.

"RSS stands for 'Really Simple Syndication.' It's a format that web sites and blogs use to syndicate content via news aggregation tools and services like My Yahoo!." Read more in My Yahoo! RSS-FAQ

AIGA Typography Forum
Topic: Typography
AIGA - American Institute of Graphic Arts - Great articles and discussions in the Design Forum. Check out the Typography Forum, moderated by Allan Haley. "This forum is for the passionate. It's for those who are crazy in love with type, absolutely hate the problems fonts can cause, have an uncontrollable need to learn more about typography, or an irresistible desire to share typographic opinions and stories. This is not a place for the typographically indifferent." Read more...

Will Eisner, RIP (1917-2005)
Topic: Comics
Will Eisner passed away on January 3rd, 2005 at the age of 87 following quadruple bypass heart surgery.
Click here to enter the Will Eisner.com site

World of Art
Topic: Art
Thames & Hudson World of Art "A constantly growing series that for 45 years has been the market leader in popularly priced, original art books." ArtWords features extracts from new titles in the World of Art series.

>My favorite art links

You Can Protect Yourself From Radioactive Fallout
Topic: Advertising
"This is a poster advertising a Civil Defense training class. This poster is dated 1955. The Hydrogen Bomb was the latest thing and it was obvious that the only hope would be to take cover from the Radioactive Fallout if you happened to be far enough from the blast to survive."

»Get the Facts! in the Civil Defense Museum Art Gallery

Perspective For Comic Book Artists by David Chelsea
Topic: Comics

Misspelling Britney Spears
Topic: Logos
Britney Spears spelling correction - Google have found hundreds of different ways that people spell Britney. The most popular way is Brittany, followed by Brittney, Britany, Britny, Briteny, Britteny, Briney, Brittny, Brintey, Britanny... Read the complete list on Google

»Image: Britney Spears, Rolling Stone, Magazine cover, October 2003.

The Rolling Stone logo was drawn by lettering artist and type designer Jim Parkinson. You can see his work at Parkinson Type Design, including the Rolling Stone logo.

posted by niblog at 00:01 CET

Updated: Saturday, 23 April 2005 15:11 MEST

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