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Maya the Bee
She may be a little strange, but we love her. Sometimes the things we loved as kids just seem bizarre now. Eating boogers, spinning around so fast you fall down, most of the candy from childhood. In comparison, Maya the Bee doesn’t seem all that strange. Maya the Bee was...
Asterix creator Albert Uderzo
The Roman Empire has been no match for this village of Gauls, and neither are our hearts. When asked about the enduring success of The Adventures of Asterix comic strip he created with René Goscinny in 1959, Albert Uderzo replied, “We are like magicians who don’t know how they...
Behind the Wheel of Mickey Mouse
For the 40th anniversary of the Angoulême International Comics Festival, organizers went back way more than 40 years to trace the history of Mickey Mouse in comics around the world. A special pavilion at the Angoulême International Comics Festival focused on the artists working behind the “Walt Disney” name...
Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots
Once robots do all of our cooking and cleaning, the next logical step is to have them do all our fighting too. In all of our visions of the future, robots don’t make out very well. We force them to run our households (The Jetsons), replace our deceased family members...
A bottle of memories
Why do soft drinks taste so great in glass bottles? When I was a little kid, I was told to be very, very careful with my soft drinks. Use two hands when carrying it from the fridge and always sit down while drinking it – never walk around. My...
Mr. Bubble, 1961
“Gets you so clean, your mother won’t recognize you!” For most of as adults, a morning shower is just a small part of our wake up routine (I myself am pretty adept at shampooing while still asleep). But back when we were kids, bath time was a huge chunk...
Mickey Mouse Club, 1955
Come along and sing a song And join the jamboree! M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E Humans are pack animals; we like to join things. From the bowling league to the PTA, it can be comforting to be a part of a group and to feel included. It’s no wonder...
Nostalgia calling
What will we pass on to the next generation? As 2012 comes to a close, we’ve been thinking a lot about what we’ll bring into the New Year, and what we can bear to part with. That can sometimes be a tough choice. Back in 2000, Fisher-Price decided to...
Season's Greetings from Curio & Co.
It's that time of the year... When snowflakes get us dreaming (and snowballs get us scheming), and it's time to get down on the floor again and play like kids. We've brought the Lego bricks down from the shelf, and have a pile of books and at the...
Captain EO, 1986
“The planets are linin' up, we're bringin' brighter days, They're all in line, waitin' for you” Back in 1986, Michael Jackson was the biggest star in the galaxy. So it made perfect sense for him to star in the 3D science fiction film Captain EO, shown at Disney...
Campbell’s Soup
Thinking outside the can There’s nothing like a bowl of hot soup on a cold day, and now that winter is upon us, we’ve got plenty of those cold days to go around. While homemade soup warms both your heart and your stomach, the iconic red and white...