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Follow the mod blog, Glob, for a weekly dose of The Manicule.

What Have You Got Toulouse

November 9, 2018
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Into Each Fingernail a Little Dirt Must Fall. Detail from Hallmark’s 1970/71 What Have You Got Toulouse Calendar.

Tags Manicule, Hallmark, 1971
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Dandruff!

November 8, 2018
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Detail from a 1971/72 Hallmark Calendar. You get the sense Hallmark gave their crew of designers free rein in this wild eighteen-month wall calendar. It’s tough to imagine a corporation like Hallmark publishing a piece like this today. See all 18 months.

In Calendar Tags Hallmark, 1972, Speech Bubbles
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HOW TO QUIT!

November 2, 2018
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Detail from Mike Strouth’s How to Quit. Published by Hallmark in 1971. See more.

In Books Tags Hallmark, 1971, Mike Strouth

Things to do While Getting Well

July 13, 2018
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Cover from Hallmark’s “Things to do While Getting Well.” Illustrated by Mike Strouth. Hallmark, 1971. See more.

In Books Tags Mike Strouth, Hallmark, Sun, 1971
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The Joke is Wild!

July 1, 2018
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In Books Tags Hallmark, Dan Branham, 1968, Manicule
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Color By Numbers For Dummies!

April 6, 2018
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Detail from What Have You Got Toulouse?, a 1970/71 calendar by Hallmark. See more.

In Calendar Tags Mona Lisa, Hallmark, Black and White, 1971
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Hallmark Calendar

April 1, 2018
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Welcome to the month of April. From a 1970/71 Hallmark Calendar. See more.

In Calendar Tags Sun, April, 1971, Hallmark
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PE·CU·LIAR:

Hello. I’m a graphic designer, vintage dealer, and ephemera collector whose favorite pastime is rummaging through used bookstores and second-hand shops for paper artifacts from the psychedelic era. I’ve decided to archive and share some of my favorite finds here. I hope these mod graphics entertain and inspire you as much as they have me. Learn more.


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MAN·I·CULE:

NOUN. 1. A symbol in the shape of a pointing hand, used in printing and graphics to draw attention to or indicate something. Origin: from Latin manicula, diminutive of manus or ‘little hand’.

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