Mr Toast's USA Tour - California - Part 2

We pick up Mr Toast in San Diego with his host Kate. They are heading to the fair....

"Can you find Mr Toast? He's in there somewhere."

"Tractor time."

"Mr Toast snuck on a float."

"Vegetable friend found at the fair."

"Funnel cakes for everyone."

"Foot massage after a day at the fair."

"A view of San Diego Harbor."

"An afternoon on the bay with Mr Toast."

"Shall we take a sail?"

"Sail away, away....."

"Mr Toast is tied up at the moment."

"San Diego downtown."

"Time to go already?!?!"

"San Diego loves you too, Mr Toast."

"Mr Toast travels in style.

This finishes his stay in San Diego. A big thanks to Kate for being our first host and quite a wonderful one. Next up, Mr Toast heads to the Sagebrush State of Nevada.

Mr Toast's USA Tour - California - Part 1

Well Mr Toast left his home here Los Angeles for the start of his Tour Across the USA. His first stop was sunny San Diego, California. His host was Kate, we will let her take over from here.....

"Hi! I'm Kate."

"Mr. Toast is here, Mr. Toast is finally here!"

"Mr. Toast's first day at work. It's ok, Mr. Toast. It's not fun for anyone. "

"Ready for the drive home?"

"Whew. Long day. Ready for bed?"

"School day. Mr Toast was a hit with the graphic design class."

"Ahh, sunset at Ocean Beach."

"Squeezin in some art"

"So many shoes, but none in Mr Toast's size."

"Farmers market. Stop and smell the rosemary."

"Tiki is not so sure about Mr Toast....."

Part 2 tomorrow

Scrappy Candy Wrappers

These little candy wrappers are some of the earliest food packaging to feature a cartoon character back in the 1930's. Mickey Mouse would go on to be the king of 30's marketing but thse little wrappers are a nice little remnent of the battle for cartoon supremacy that went on then. Each little wrapper had a cartoon on the back which I am sure kids loved collecting (although it would have been hard to find all 100+ different).

Shaky's Motto

Funny Face

I just got this great Funny Face pack from someone who saw my collection online. It is such a cool pack because it was given away free with a package of Scott Cups in about 1966. The whole package is just a jumble of great printed typefaces, all kind of doing their own thing. That is my kind of design.

New Snaps

Happy St Patrick's Day

Character Design Collection

This neat book was put out by one of my favorite publishers, PIE Books in Japan. Covers Japanese advertising character design. Most of the work is from the last 5 years but for those of us that don't live in Japan it is a great primer to all the crazy design that goes on constantly over there.

Bills

The Wonder Wagon

Wonder Bread's answer to the funny car! From a 1973 promotional packet.

Lemon Bros. Markets

T-Shirt coming soon.....

PARADE arrives

Finally my new book is here! PARADE is 64 pages of Mr Toast fun, with comics, gags, photos, paintings and a lot of silliness. You can order from me directly (email grickily@yahoo.com) or buy it in my Etsy store.