Tom Ray

A look at some of the artwork from this vintage activity book from the 70s that I found.  I've always been fascinated with connect the dots artwork. It was always fun to do but you could clearly see what the image was.




I know when the pages are used that's supposed to be a bad thing. But when I see that some kid drew on the pages years ago it makes me think about what they were thinking at the time they did it? Especially in art books. Did they ever grow up to draw? Do they remember the book they did this in? 
Yeah I know that's super corny, but think about it ok!


I just realized that none of the artwork in the book matches the style that was on the cover at all! Why would there be a different artist for the cover than there was for the contents of the book itself?


I'd be curious to know how long it took for the artist to do this book and how much they made at the time they did this?

Of course, I can't talk about connect the dots and not mention Pee-Wee Herman's conn…

It was like they were doing something they shouldn't have.

A lot of vintage pop-culture items ordered over the weekend. Check out what I sold. Then I took a bike ride which didn't end well :/
This is a look into the home business I started to support my art and music, Reselling retro pop-culture items I've collected from the 50s through the 90s. 
Here is the Tom Ray's Pop-Culture Roadshow episode I reference in the video - The Story of Western Publishing - Tom Ray's Pop-Culture Roadshow
Check out my eBay store - https://ebay.to/2vMYStC My Band Lorenzo's Music on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2JJF39QMy Art Podcast: Tom Ray's Art Podcast on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/36BlMk9Daily comic on Tapas - https://tapas.io/series/then-this-happenedMy Graphic Novel "Then This Happened..." (Year One) - https://amzn.to/2T37F2RMy Webcomic "Then This Happened..." Book (Year Two) - https://amzn.to/3fMuAJC

The song was Coolidge by The Descendents.