The seventh year of operation for the Harvey Mercheum website is not off to a great start. It has been a month since I posted an exhibit, and that exhibit was the first for the operational year. At least today’s exhibit is a good one, still sealed in box and unpunched from 1962! And like the last exhibit, the Wendy doll, it was made by a company we have not seen before, Giant Plastics Corp. I present to you the Casper Cartoon Viewer:
Category Archives: New exhibit
Wendy doll exhibit posted
I can’t believe it has been almost a month since I posted a new exhibit, sorry! The last exhibit was a Casper doll, I thought it would be appropriate to follow it up with a doll of Casper’s friend Wendy. Harvey Comics worked with a number of manufacturers over the years. This Wendy doll was made by a company we have not seen before, but is still in business, Kellytoy:
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Talking Casper doll guest exhibit posted
Some excellent progress this morning on the toys Mattel made for Harvey! First off, I embedded a television commercial for the Casper Music Box on its exhibit page under External links. Now you can hear that it plays the theme song to Matty’s Funday Funnies. Take a moment to go watch, then come back here for today’s exhibit!
Continue reading →Gloria mini-maquette guest exhibit
I frequently say how it is better to see museum exhibits in person, but with the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) going around, virtual museums are having their moment! I am going to use this time in the spotlight to share the other exhibit Richie Rich Yahoo Group member Duff recently submitted. It is another of the wonderful “mini-maquettes” made by Electric Tiki. It seems like just yesterday I posted the Richie Rich Artist Proof, but it was over a year ago! Today we have his girlfriend, Gloria:
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Richie Rich iron-on patch guest exhibit
Today we have a new exhibit from an old friend of the Harvey Mercheum! Our first guest contributor, Richie Rich Yahoo Group member Duff, recently got back in touch with me, and submitted photos of two more items from his collection to share with you, my readers! Long-time readers of the Mercheum Blog may recall the first guest exhibit, the Richie Rich Video Set by JA-RU. Today we have an embroidered iron-on patch of Richie Rich by Kalan LP, which is still in business making novelties:
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Casper story record guest exhibit posted
Today we have the last of the guest exhibits from Rick Beckham. Long before they worked with PolyGram’s Parachute label, Harvey Comics used Peter Pan Records to make a number of story records. Today we have “Where Do You Hide In A Haunted House?” backed with “Good Luck Isn’t Bad”:
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Sad Sack record guest exhibit posted
I promised to post an exhibit this weekend, and I am delivering. I find it hard to believe that it has been almost a month since I posted an exhibit, but today we have another great guest exhibit from Rick Beckham.
Continue reading →Casper Music Box guest exhibit posted
Another great guest exhibit from Rick Beckham today, a jack-in-the-box of Casper and the other stars of Matty’s Funday Funnies on ABC-TV. They come up for sale pretty frequently, but are usually badly rusted and do not work. Thank you Rick for sharing this nice example:
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Sad Sack books guest exhibits posted
Today we continue our look at America’s favorite comics G.I. who is not Beetle Bailey, Sad Sack. We have two guest exhibits from Rick Beckham, books from 1944 and 1978 compiling his appearances in Yank Magazine, where he first appeared in 1942.
I would like to point out part of the text on the back cover of the 1944 hardcover: “His name and familiar, sagging likeness have decorated the sides of plans and tanks on every battlefront.” Long time readers of the Mercheum Blog might recall another guest exhibit, this one of a pin depicting Sad Sack bomber nose art.
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The Harvey Mercheum reaches 150 exhibits!
Thanksgiving may still be several days away, but today I am giving thanks that the Harvey Mercheum has reached 150 exhibits, with the help of guest exhibitors such as Rick Beckham! I am finishing Rick’s contributions of Pepsi Collector Series glasses made by Brockway Glass with a character many people do not even realize was part of Harvey Comics, Sad Sack:
