Ten Years of Blogging...

Today marks the ten year anniversary of this blog.

My very first post, on October 5, 2006, was about the 1973 G.I. Joe yeti.  So I decided to make things come full circle for the close of this blog.

It's been fun! So long, everybody. 

Now I've Seen Everything: KISS vs. Robot Yeti

KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park was a film from 1978. In the flick, KISS battle robot yetis.

Read more here, here, and here.

Now I've Seen Everything: KISS vs. Robot Yeti

Now I've Seen Everything: Yeti as Jesus

Now I've Seen Everything: Yeti as Jesus

Now I've Seen Everything: Yeti as flying Gandalf Monk Mentor to Hercules, Mulan, Ulysses & animals/dinos (aka Kids Cartoon: Super Little Fanta Heroes)

The kids cartoon "Super Little Fanta Heroes" (1997) has this description:

Gifted with their ancestors’ virtues, the heroes featured in these adventures are the following characters: Hercules and his friendly dog Cerberus, Hua Mulan and the friendly eagle Tylli, the Ninja Turtle Dragon, Ulysses – assisted by a Ram and Bear, King David and the cheetah Betsy, the Thief of Baghdad – aided and abetted by his cave lion Yubba, Jerome and the friendly cave cougar Bloody Knife with the buffalo Wapi, the protective Blue Yeti and two little dinosaurs named Knock and Hit.

Yep, a knock-off ninja turtle teams up with a motley crew of mythic characters and a bunch of random animals.  I'm going to come out and say it: This is the craziest cartoon of all time.

Great Yeti is sort of this Gandalf Monk to the heroes. He flies everyone on the back of a big blue bird but can also fly himself with his retinue of monks. Also, he has a magic sword that he can summon.  Oh man.... Great Yeti is amazing.

Now I've Seen Everything: Yeti as flying Gandalf Monk Mentor to Hercules, Mulan, Ulysses & animals/dinos

Now I've Seen Everything: A McDonalds' Video Game (Yeti Arcade: Global Gladiators)

Global Gladiators (1992):

You the player must collect a certain number of Golden Arches to advance.

You are guided in your quest by Ronald McDonald.

You are armed with a Super Soaker-type gun that shoots gooey projectiles.

Now I've Seen Everything: A McDonalds' Video Game.

Oddge Podge!

Welcome to...

An ODDGE PODGE of ODDITIES

Art by Oleg Duryagin

Yeti plush

Custom figure

Odd moment from Scooby's All Star Laff-A-Lympics

Grimm Notes (video game) - featureless yeti has weird slit mouth w/ blue tongue

One of the"Pocket Shocker" toy line was just a yeti arm from a crate (reminiscent of Creepshow)

Costume where it looks like a Yeti is carrying you in a cage

A fox doctor tends to a chicken pox addled yeti child

1980s Yeti Comic

Seattlesquatch

Yeti grab make you spontaneous combust

Just a friendly guy we met in the night

I assume this cover illustration references Morlocks from "The Time Machine"?

Glamorous Trio

Self-explanatory

Festive

Decorate the Giant Mouth for Christmas

Oddity of the Week

A sculpture of a Yeti

Oddity of the Week (special edition: Jack Kirby)

This Sunday is also the 99th birthday of another great 20th Century visionary named Jack.

Jack Kirby.

He created a yeti named Thunderfoot,  but is mostly known for his yeti from Tales to Astonish Vol 1  # 24 (October 1961), the one from Fantastic Four # 99 - which is depicted here:

And my personal favorite - the one from Black Panther # 5 (1977) (blogged about here and here).

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A comic of his that has proven to be as elusive to see as the Yeti himself is "I Found the Abominable Snowman" from Tales to Astonish Vol 1 #13 (1960). (not to be confused with Ditko's 1958 "I Captured the Abominable Snowman").

This is the only picture of Kirby's yeti I can find from it. Anybody got any others?

Here are two summaries of the comic:

"When mercenary Carl Hanson crossed paths with a man possessing a photograph of the real Abominable Snowman, Hanson assaulted the man and stole the picture, determined to find the Snowman himself and make himself wealthy. Several times he was warned that the picture itself was cursed and that he should discard it immediately. He traveled into the Himalayas by himself, and after a long amount of time, began to lose his sense of reality. When last seen, Carl had lost the ability to talk, and now resembled the creature in the photo." Source

"While in Calcutta, Carl Hanson overheard a man talking about a photograph he had found of the Abominable Snowman, which was said to be cursed. Figuring that this would be a great source of money for the sensationalism, Hanson stole the photo from him, and set off for the Himalayas. However, no one there would help him, all pleading with him to lose the photo before the curse overcame him. Finally, he set off into the mountains to find the creature himself. And as he climbed through the snow, his hair grew longer and longer-- until he was the Abominable Snowman himself!" Source

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Jack Kirby has other wonderful Yeti-esque creations.

Like Flim-flam from Kamandi:

Good ol' Xemnu, who is worth throwing back to:

Fan art

Fan art

Fan art

Fan art

From cartoon: Hulk and the Heroes of S.M.A.S.H.

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And who can forget ORRGO?!

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And TORR!?

Happy birthday, Jack Kirby!