Month: April 2013 (Page 3 of 3)

The Marx Toy Museum Reopens

One of the coolest places in the state, The Marx Toy Museum, is open again after their annual Winter hiatus. Located at 915 Second Street in Moundsville, their hours are 11 AM to 5 PM, Tuesday through Saturday.

The Marx Toy Museum celebrates the legacy of Marx Toys, once the largest toy company in the world, with one of their main factories located in Glen Dale, WV, near the site of the museum.

Marx Toys was the company that first unleashed green army men and a plethora of plastic playsets on the world, along with the original Rock ’em Sock ’em Robots, Big Loo, Johnny West, Big Wheel, and an entire universe of licensed toys, from Popeye and Dick Tracy to Disney, Hanna-Barbera and Marvel.

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Seen at Tricon, the intergalactic Orkin Man

Above you see Radio Free Charleston, 183, “Defenders Of Bulletman Shirt,” with music from Albert Perrone, Saprogen and Radio Cult plus two trailers for movies that can be seen at the Historic Keith-Albee Theater in Huntington during the 2013 Appalachian Film Festival. April 12 and 13. Host segments for this episode were shot at Tricon, the area’s largest comic book convention, held at The Big Sandy Superstore arena in Huntington.

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This week’s art is a digital painting. Not based on a photo or anything. Just an impressionistic piece inspired by a stop on the highway. Click to see it larger.

Here’s a little something to leave you deeply disturbed, a full adventure of Scott McCloud, Space Angel. Enjoy!

It’s extra fun for lip readers.

The PopCulteer
April 5, 2013

Tricon Invades Huntington

The Tri-State Comic Con happens Saturday at The Big Sandy Superstore Arena in Huntington, kicking off at 10 AM. This is the second year for this big, regional comic book convention, and since this time the organizers wisely picked a new date (last year’s was on the same weekend as MEGO Meet in Wheeling), the PopCult crew will be going. In fact, the plan is to shoot host segments for RFC 183 at Tricon.

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The PopCult Bookshelf 

This week the PopCult Bookshelf is not looking at an already-published work, but instead we’re plugging a Kickstarter project for a sequel to a classic comic which we have raved about before, Elaine Lee and Michael Kaluta’s Starstruck. That title may sound familiar to long-time readers of PopCult.

Back in 2010 I wrote about the original Starstruck remastered series, which has since been collected into book form by IDW. And I also told you about the Audiocomics adaptation of Starstruck.

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Old Time Toys

I know I usually cover modern toys, things like action figures and cool pop culture stuff like that, but this week we’re going old school to look at a company located right here in West Virginia that makes high-quality, old-fashioned toys that are sold all over the world.

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This week’s art is a digital painting, an impressionistic look at Kanawha Boulevard and the Charleston skyline, as seen from MacCorkle Avenue, across the river. Click to see it larger.