This is issue #48 of Reggie’s Wise Guy Jokes, published in January of 1979 by the Archie Comics Group. It’s got skateboarding on the cover as well as two single page stories that feature skateboarding, including what just might be the first ever guitar-as-skateboard!
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Kinder Em-Eukal makes cough drops and sweets and has a mascot named Felix. The packaging was designed by an agency called Milk Food. So far Felix has been spotted with an orange, blue, and yellow skateboard. Thanks to… I want to say… David Maes for the tip?
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It’s Jesus riding a skateboard! These faux ugly Christmas sweaters that are actually sweatshirts are available from about 100 different online merchants. It’s a shame that Jesus isn’t rendered in the blocky fashion to match the rest of the illustration.
– Thanks to Jason Harrison for the tip.
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Bugs Bunny #213 is from October, 1979. It was published by Western Publishing under the Gold Key and Whitman labels, the former in newsstands and the latter in poly bags for stores. A disapproving Elmer Fudd looks on as Bugs prepares to go into a double-truck carve grind in the pool he must have drained. That wascally rabbit… There are no other skateboard illustrations in this issue except for the one in an Olympic Sales Club ad that features a California Free Former plastic skateboard.
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Actress Halle Berry has been hanging out with physical trainer Peter Lee Thomas doing things like getting fit and skateboarding, promoting a “digital health, awareness, and wellness community.” Community is a new word for shop these days. These pics are from her Instagram feed.
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Who knows how many times the Airwalk brand name has changed owners since it first appeared on the scene in the late 80s. You may be used to seeing Vision name slapped on crappy scooters and the like, but it’s always amusing when a new blast from the past shows up. Witness the Airwalk brand of inline skates, likely on sale in a Target or Marshalls near you.
– Thanks to Heath Berg for the photo.
It’s 1965, a time when seeing your friend on a skateboard is still so exciting that it would make you run after him on the street. This is #43 of the Life With Archie series that started in 1958. November, 1965 was a big month for skateboarding in the Archie Comics Group. There was skateboarding on the cover of Jughead #136 and a cover with a story in Tippy Teen #1, a title drawn by the recently defected former Archie artist Samm Schwartz. Sam is credited with developing the Jughead character into a headliner instead of just a bit character.
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Artist @suzushiro333 has a series of Manga/Anime style illustrations called Maid to Skate that features… well, maids in formal attire skateboarding. While all of them exhibit a certain amount of humor, some of them are quite beautiful and you can tell the artist either skates or has at the very minimum done a really good job of studying. If you appreciate it, there is some merch available.
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Nany Shops (insert pad nanny joke) specializes in customized digital gifts, including these kid skateboarding ornaments. You can customize the colors of the skin, clothes, and skateboard, as well as the name on the t-shirt.
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