Mad House Comics #108 was published in August of 1977. It’s another fine example of the Archie Comics group. There’s nothing on the cover but there is a 1 page story or gag at least, and a whopping 3 different sales club ads featuring different skateboards you could have earned by selling crap.

Legendary San Francisco skate spot China Banks is no more. The spot was apparently not popular with the community but oddly enough it had nothing to do with the skateboarding and more to do with the use of the rest of the space. Makes no difference now… Video from KPIX after the jump.

Retro Supply Co is a sells tools and templates for making your digital illustration look, wait for it… retro. They provide a slide show of examples with each offering, and two products, Comic Junkies Tooklit and Inkchamp feature cool little skateboard illustrations. They have Aton of products, I may have missed another skateboard somewhere.

30 ads from the August, 1978 issue of Skateboard World have been added to the Vintage Skateboard Magazine Ad gallery. It’s a pretty thin issue for 1978, with only 76 pages. A few of the standouts include an all female cast in an ACS trucks ad called “Girls Get Radical Too…“, Starstick, Lazer Truck Stabilazers, and a Vision ad featuring a pro model for 7 year old kid named, Aaron Wienenga. The deck is supposed to be “designed for the younger rippers of today!” The picture of the deck does not have his name on it anywhere, so who knows if it was just a prototype for an idea that they never committed to. A quick google search turns up nothing.

Pep #348 was published in April of 1979 by the Archie Comics Group. It’s got a six page skateboard-centric story called “Board With It All.” (Get it? GET IT???) and an ad for the Sales Leadership Club in which you can earn an Action-tail skateboard. Reggie takes on Frankie Valdez, the “champ’s champ.”

In alternate universe, Thrasher is a big enough corporation to be a front of the jersey sponsor. In this universe it’s an Adidas collab. The World Cup is over. Last time around I rooted for Argentina in the finals because the Netherlands had a team full of pricks. This time around, the pricks were playing for Argentina. I passed on posting this Argentinian-themed Thrasher soccer kit until NFL quarterback Patrick Mahomes showed up wearing it on TV in one of the World Cup matches held in Kansas City. Skate and Annoy: The number one crossover site for skateboarding and soccer, and MLS, for better or worse.

The July/August issue of Osider Magazine has a nice eight page feature on the history and legacy of skateboarding in Oceanside California. The cover features a 1985 photo of Mark Gonzales from the vaults of J. Grant Britain. Osider is one of those local lifestyle mags funded by ads from local business. It’s a fluff piece typical of these types of publications, but the photos are good and there’s even a Steve Rocco sighting. You can read the entire issue online.

BOBBY! YOUVE BEEN AT THAT SKATEBOARD PARK ALL DAY! IT’S TIME TO COME HOME FOR SUPPER!

HONESTLY! SOMETIMES I WONDER WHY I EVER MARRIED THAT MAN!

I’m not sure where this came from. The date on the cartoon says 2006, but the scan was created in 2019. I think my mother-in-law sent this to me, as in physically mailed it to me. I’m not sure why it says “Big Bear Grizzly” under the catption. Usually a cartoonist will have some sort of online presence through syndication or otherwise, but I can’t find one for Dale Neseman. I found an archive of some comics that seems to have stopped in 2016. He is on Facebook however. Looks like he’s switched to watercolors.

Check out this merch tied into the 1964 TV series Stingray from the UK. It was a Gerry Anderson production similar in style to Thunderbirds. Even though it was off the air in 1965 after 39 episodes, someone thought a skateboard with a Stingray graphic would make some money. There are other Stingray graphics/models from the 60’s and 70’s but they are not related to the TV show. There was however, another licensed Gerry Anderson Stingray board made in the 90’s. In the show, the Stingray was a nuclear-powered combat submarine used by the World Aquanaut Security Patrol to keep the oceans safe.

Doug Avery made a music video for Hot Lunch‘s song Killer Smile in the style of 90’s videos games with a nod to the 720 and Skate or Die video games, plus a handful of easter egg references to the Bones Brigade Video show, and 70’s wheels brand UFO. It’s really well done, right down to the time appropriate aspect ratio. It’s sure to make you want to skate, play video games or rock out. Maybe even buy a motorcycle…. (Hey Wes!)