tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173312514789272272.post4992444587292022414..comments2024-03-26T00:02:09.811-04:00Comments on Timothy Gager News: It's Bigger than Charles Atlasctgager37http://www.blogger.com/profile/17175324085280056397noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173312514789272272.post-10069951989466816692010-03-31T18:36:47.819-04:002010-03-31T18:36:47.819-04:00OK, Mr. Anonymous. How do I contact you?OK, Mr. Anonymous. How do I contact you?ctgager37https://www.blogger.com/profile/17175324085280056397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173312514789272272.post-21798835066173120532010-03-31T16:04:01.705-04:002010-03-31T16:04:01.705-04:00Charles Atlas is a registered trademark owned by C...Charles Atlas is a registered trademark owned by Charles Atlas, Ltd. and the ad that is posted entitled "Hey Skinny" and it is also a trademarked ad owned by Charles Atlas, Ltd. 2010 All Rights Reserved www.charlesatlas.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173312514789272272.post-16145738538680095792010-03-30T12:50:08.736-04:002010-03-30T12:50:08.736-04:00And this was the pre-steroid era!And this was the pre-steroid era!ctgager37https://www.blogger.com/profile/17175324085280056397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173312514789272272.post-34502058410552288002010-03-30T12:44:23.845-04:002010-03-30T12:44:23.845-04:00I know those adds full well. Recently came across ...I know those adds full well. Recently came across a series that Bill Griffith did in <i>Zippy the Pinhead</i> on Charles Atlas-- and then there was Grant Morrison's surrealist take on Atlas: "Flex Mentallo, Man of Muscle Mystery."<br /><br />As I said, he's now part of the American mythology: scrawny young man is bullied and humiliated on the beach in front of his love interest, answers an ad in the back of a magazine and is soon even more muscular than the bully, whom he bests in a fist fight, proving that he's a real man.Ian Thalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15348768867561450314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173312514789272272.post-25723850960378475332010-03-30T12:33:42.885-04:002010-03-30T12:33:42.885-04:00Thanks Ian. Those magazine ads which were in so ma...Thanks Ian. Those magazine ads which were in so many of the magazines I used to read as a kid were like early reality TV in print. But it was only one episode, the one where the scrawny kid becomes the "real man" and punches out the mean ol' Jersey Shore guy.ctgager37https://www.blogger.com/profile/17175324085280056397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173312514789272272.post-86226640175895473032010-03-30T12:27:34.531-04:002010-03-30T12:27:34.531-04:00It's amazing how Charles Atlas has become part...It's amazing how Charles Atlas has become part of American mythology. I keep coming across riffs on him-- mostly in comics, of course.<br /><br />But it's a simple story and so lends itself to that mythological presentation.Ian Thalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15348768867561450314noreply@blogger.com