FF&G - FAQ

It's Friday already?
Well, at least i noticed in time for Friday Fun & Games -

As you may well know, i've been rather buried in old Funny Animal comics this week. Since i'm already there anyway, that's our theme this week - the Funny Animal Quiz. (You didn't think i was running a Frequently Asked Questions for Friday Fun & Games, did you?)
These all come from the 1940s since that's where i've been working -

Solutions and sources tomorrow, of course.

Friday Fun & Monsters

Another week has passed already? It must be time for 

Just a quickie quiz this time, going back to the old classic monster movies of last century...

Answers tomorrow, of course.

Friday Fun & Games - 20 July Commemorative Crossword

It's Friday! That means, of course, it's once again time for Friday Fun & Games -

Today is a special Friday, with a special puzzle to commemorate the occasion. 33 clues all pertaining to things that happened on 20 July:

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1. Today in 1822, this monk with a thing for plants was born. (two words)
3. Today in 1930, the temperature peaked at 106°F in this capital. (Today's predicted high: 86°F) (three words)
7. Today in 1977, the CIA was forced to release documents regarding the infamous ______ mind control program. (three words)
8. Today in 1864, in Atlanta the battle of this famous creek was fought.
9. Today in 2003, ______ doing commercial work in India by new law began wearing night reflectors to avoid auto accidents.
10. Today in 1947, ______ was born down south and started looking for a guitar. (two words)
12. Today in 1932, comics creator Richard Joseph ______ was born.
13. Today in 1994, ______ publicly offered a half million dollars for an alibi. (three words)
17. Today in 2005, ______ became the 4th country to legalize same-sex marriage.
18. Today in 1973, ______ died and a thousand conspiracies and legends were born. (two words)
21. Today in 1847, Comet Brorsen-Metcalf was discovered by the German astronomer, ______.
23. Today in 1969, ______ Jr. was the second man to walk on the moon. (two words)
25. Today in 2017, ______ went live with the first meandering ramble and a painting of the Composite Stan Lee. (four words)
27. Today in 1983, the French government detonated an atomic bomb at ______ Atoll.
29. Today in 1921, US Congresswoman ______ becomes the first female to preside over the floor of the House Of Representatives. (three words)
30. Today in 1968, ______ became the first Heavy Metal band to have a song on the charts. (two words)
31. Today in 1940, Billboard Magazine published their first Singles Record Chart, with this singer in the #1 position. ( two words)
32. Today in 1942, the first detachment of the Women's Army Auxilary Corps entered basic training at ______. (three words)
33. Today in 1968, Jane Asher broke up with him on live television. (two words)

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2. Today in 1917, #258 was the first drawn for the ______. (two words)
4. Today in 1940, California opened its first freeway, the ______. (three words)
5. Today in 1938, this Dame most famous for her M. Appeal was born. (two words)
6. Today in 1923, _____ was assassinated in Chihuahua. (two words)
11. Today in 1911, Pioneering Filipino comic artist ______, affectionately known as 'Mang Pepe', was born.
14. Today in 1985, treasure hunters struck a $400 million payday from the sunken Spanish galleon ______. (four words)
15. Today at 10:10am, Dr. Horrible's Sing-A-Long Blog reunion is scheduled at the San Diego Comic Con in this room. (two words)
16. Today in 1712, Great Britain was read ______. (three words)
19. Today in 1976, ______ landed on Mars (two words)
20. Today in 1935, NBC premiered the G-Men radio program, later renamed ______.
22. Today in 1977, i attended my first San Diego Comic Con at the ______. (three words)
24. Today in 1973, Congress reaffirmed their Constitutionally exclusive power to declare war by re-limiting the President's ability to do so with the ______. (three words)
26. Today in 1810, ______ declared independence from Spain.
28. Today in 1878, the first ______ in Hawaii commenced operation.

 As usual, the puzzle answers will be provided in tomorrow's Saturday Solutions.
The reason for today's puzzle is hidden within the puzzle, and we'll elaborate later. See you then.

all art & puzzle by -3- (2013-2018)

FF&G - Return To The Great Game

Ah... missing those days when i was working and the home studio had several networked machines on the render farm. There was never a time without primary system - not like today. It's likely to be a couple weeks yet before access to data is restored and machines are back to fully functional. However, while most of the puzzle/quiz/game archives are out of reach, i did find an old friend of Friday Fun & Games to help us out today.

Let's return to The Great Comics Game for another batch of quiz pages. This set includes some characters and comics that were in the To-Blog pile - from Jungle Comics to Smitty, The ... Office Boy - so we'll be seeing some again after access is restored.

puzzle fun from The Great Comics Game by John Stanley & Mal Whyte (1966)

Friday Fun & Games - ID'37

Currently cut off from our archives and primary tools, we're going very simple for today's edition of

Let's jump back 81 years for a 4th Of July puzzle page from the Oakland Tribune:

Don't worry, the 11 July edition is on-hand for the answers in tomorrow's Saturday Solutions.

puzzle from Oakland Tribune (1937)

yeah, i know i'm not supposed to tell today, but it was kind of why we're here, so...

Friday Fun & Games Quickie

As you may already know, we currently suffering from major computer death and most of our archives and material are currently inaccessible. So, for our late edition of FF&G today we've just a quickie Whozit Quiz with three questions.

1> Who is the girl featured in this painting? (Bonus points for full title)

2> Who is is hearing the dreadful whispers on this page? (and from what tale?)
 

3> Whose butt has this assemblage of heroes gathered to kick? (again, bonus for source)

As usual, despite the current circumstances, answers in tomorrow's Saturday Solutions post.

you know i'm not going to tell you today!

Friday Fun & Games - 'Trekki' Style

A cautionary note on today's Friday Fun & Games entry:
Some of the proffered answers are consistent with being unable to spell the word 'Trekkie' as it is spelled by Star Trek fans. Be prepared to supply your own answers when necessary, with bonus points given for context solutions to Al's errors -

Puzzle answers (and corrections) available in tomorrow's Saturday Solutions, as well as the puzzle source.

puzzle from ... weren't you reading that line above? 

Why is all this empty white space down here?
Oh... it's not empty. There's words!
In fact, this whiteness is filled with 600 characters.

Why?
Because this is the 600th post!

But, really - is there any point to celebrating that milestone? Certainly not worth offsetting the scheduled Friday Fun & Games post; not in my opinion. More fun to wait a bit for the 666th post to roll around. We'd have fun celebrating that comic book character that Disney bought along with Marvel - Satan!

So, we'll probably visit with his kids then - they both have had their own Marvel comics features.
See you then!

FF&G - Spectacular Marvel Xword Trip

As is likely rather obvious to anyone who reads this blog for any length of time, my mind tends to wander where it pleases, often heedless of my attempts to herd it toward my preferences. This week's edition of Friday Fun & Games is a result of that.

I started prepping this puzzle way back in August, during the first week of the King Kirby 100. Then my mind went off and designed that KK100 Crossword Challenge instead and left this sitting in the To-Do pile. Not entirely a bad thing - the puzzle came out well enough that it went off to the Kirby Museum and Kirby Collector magazine, but this old Marvel crossword challenge sat languishing and wasted.

I finally To-Did...

Due to the text size, those pages are double the usual width for easier reading when clicked upon.
And, like the puzzle says, see tomorrow's Saturday Solutions for the answers.

see tomorrow's Saturday Solutions for puzzle source (too)

Friday Fun & Games - Puzzle Day

Caught up enough on that whole time thing  to realize that Friday is upon us and it's time for

We're going old school comic book puzzles & games today, with a variety dozen from back in 1946 -

As usual, tune in tomorrow for Saturday Solutions and the sources for today's puzzles.