Film Mags, What have you got?

[paul waines]

It does me good to hear you talk like this Charlie. One of the easiest ways of telling an old poster is how it has aged. You just can't fake that, these kids with their Batman repros is so much hassle.  Give me a good old vintage poster with it's faults, there's nothing finer, or more Original.... It's called History, and it's what Old posters have in buckets full...

[brude]

That is understandable, Paul.
Now, send me this one, so I can give it some 'history.'



A few weeks in the bathroom, it'll have that well-worn look, rolled spine, etc.  
Right now, it's too unblemished for your collection.  

[Ari]

That sounds like a good idea.  I'll have to make a decision once in hand... I am actually starting to like old beat up stuff.  It's funny when you know you can probably fix something all of a sudden having something perfect is not that big a deal anymore...  For example on the African Queen; it is a perfect candidate for backing but I kind of like the patina.  It makes it more original...

IF IT WAS ME, laser print the cover, and frame, keep mag as is.

[erik1925]

It does me good to hear you talk like this Charlie. One of the easiest ways of telling an old poster is how it has aged. You just can't fake that, these kids with their Batman repros is so much hassle.  Give me a good old vintage poster with it's faults, there's nothing finer, or more Original.... It's called History, and it's what Old posters have in buckets full...

I'm exactly with you on this, too, Paul. All of these new DS posters, the continual risks of repros, quantities printed in the thousands upon thousands, all make for a crazy making game. Vintage paper, the look, the smell, the feel, along with a piece's historical bumps and bruises, are what that material is all about. To take items like these and "scrub them clean," repaint their borders to a pristine finish and make them look almost better than they did when printed, defeats the purpose (conservation efforts aside), IMO.

Someone wanting a mint 40-70 year old poster would be better off buying a reproduction (not one that is meant to fool, but those created and so noted as such). All my 2¢, of course.

[Ari]

Ill add the same 2c

[Charlie]

It does me good to hear you talk like this Charlie. One of the easiest ways of telling an old poster is how it has aged. You just can't fake that, these kids with their Batman repros is so much hassle.  Give me a good old vintage poster with it's faults, there's nothing finer, or more Original.... It's called History, and it's what Old posters have in buckets full...

You know with having the experience of backing and restoring posters, I've gained a sense of appreciation for what a poster has gone through to get to the state it is in; because I have to reverse that history.  It is hard work and I find myself sometimes saying "Why?"...  A stain here or small tear there.  Guess what?  I can make that go away any time I want now...  Plus, The process also covers up so much, even stuff that is not aesthetic...  

Again I refer to the African Queen - If I were to back and restore it, no one would be able to read the great Charlotte North Carolina Exchange stamp on the back... That probably mean this one hung up all over the state in South Carolina...  Now that just adds to the poster - completely lost if backed...

Just some of the things I ponder.  If I linen back this, that history is pretty much forever gone...  Just like the mag cover being from the North Dakota State School of Science...  Some horn dog science geek or engineer ( ) probably drooled all over it...  

[paul waines]

    Well said Charlie, I have two posters that need backing, but they have stamps on the back Similar to the one you posted, and I can't bring myself to cover them up.  So they just stay in my "to do" pile....   

[paul waines]

i've been in the loft looking for something I can't find again, but this was there...

[brude]

Now, that's the first children's book I've ever seen bagged and boarded. 
Nice!

[CSM]

I think so long as you've got a pic of the exchange stamp you're still preserving the history Charlie.

[paul waines]

I just can't help myself with Film mags, just picked this up, it's from July 1966...

[brude]

Raquel...whatta woman.
Great mag, Paul.
 

[Charlie]

I just can't help myself with Film mags, just picked this up, it's from July 1966...

You know mags are starting to grow on me again...

[Ari]

anyone got one of these?

[paul waines]

Yep,  I got two, do you need one..?

[Ari]

haha no, I got 3. ha.

[brude]

"by Phil Edwards"
Name sounds familiar....that the same Phil at NSFGE?
Why is there a sealed section?  Someday have a spill?

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

LAMP has some early 20th Century film mags if you're willing to sign up ($45 for six months).  I'd like to see some scanned-in pressbooks there as well....

[paul waines]

"by Phil Edwards"
Name sounds familiar....that the same Phil at NSFGE?
Why is there a sealed section?  Someday have a spill?

Here you go Ted,  The sealed pages of the above mag. A bit tame, but if anyone needs these taken off the forum do say and I'll remove them...



























As I say a bit tame, but a good ploy by Phil to get people to buy the Mag...

[rumble]

It may seem tame by today's standard but remember that this was a time when people were thrown in jail in the UK for renting out uncensored VHS films! (and in Sweden too, incidentally)

[110x75]

anyone got one of these?

I WANT one.

[Hallucination Generation]

Here you go Ted,  The sealed pages of the above mag. A bit tame, but if anyone needs these taken off the forum do say and I'll remove them...





























As I say a bit tame, but a good ploy by Phil to get people to buy the Mag...

Ummm, if this is the kind of mags you are looking for i could put up a few photos.
I thought it was film magazines for some reason....

[brude]

[Ari]

Ted, yes its the same Phil from NS4.

re Censorship, this magazine was on the mag racks with other stuff for anyone to look through, and I  the magazine wasn't allowed in Queensland (a state in oz).

he also wrote a magazine called BEYOND IMAGINATION,

I got both of these when they were released, as a youngster, I cant remember dates off hand, but about 11 for Beyond Imagination, 13 (?) for Shocking Cinema, my mother had to buy it for me.

So, it was a thrill for me, many years later, to meet Phil and then become his friend. I had already "known" him for nearly 20 years.

If anyone has trouble finding a copy send me a message, or Phil might have some left for sale, they are getting pretty thin on the water, and also the quality of the binding isnt hot, so they tend to fall apart if handled too often .....

Beyond Imagination would be harder to get I think. Theres no hard pics in that though

[CSM]

Ted, yes its the same Phil from NS4.

re Censorship, this magazine was on the mag racks with other stuff for anyone to look through, and I  the magazine wasn't allowed in Queensland (a state in oz).

he also wrote a magazine called BEYOND IMAGINATION,

I got both of these when they were released, as a youngster, I cant remember dates off hand, but about 11 for Beyond Imagination, 13 (?) for Shocking Cinema, my mother had to buy it for me.

So, it was a thrill for me, many years later, to meet Phil and then become his friend. I had already "known" him for nearly 20 years.

If anyone has trouble finding a copy send me a message, or Phil might have some left for sale, they are getting pretty thin on the water, and also the quality of the binding isnt hot, so they tend to fall apart if handled too often .....

Beyond Imagination would be harder to get I think. Theres no hard pics in that though

Damn - why didn't I know Unka had his own mags?!  Or did I just forget?