{"id":2990,"date":"2010-03-15T07:00:53","date_gmt":"2010-03-15T12:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=2990"},"modified":"2010-03-14T21:38:45","modified_gmt":"2010-03-15T01:38:45","slug":"green-slime-dont-touch-it-it-is-certain-death-look-out-its-dripping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/15\/green-slime-dont-touch-it-it-is-certain-death-look-out-its-dripping\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Slime! Don&#8217;t Touch It! It is Certain Death! Look Out! It&#8217;s Dripping!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here is a <em>Dungeons &amp; Dragons<\/em> advertisement that ran in comic books in mid-1981.\u00a0 The lack of color, amateur artwork, inconsistent lettering, and ridiculous scripting is appalling.\u00a0 This ad is simply terrible.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With that said.. I LOVE IT!\u00a0 This pathetic little ad inspired me to try roleplaying and seek out further comic adventures of these heroes.\u00a0 Sometimes greatness comes from humble beginnings.\u00a0 Click the image to enlarge.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/dnd_comic2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Dungeons and Dragons comic book ad 1981\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/dnd_comic2.jpg\" alt=\"Dungeons and Dragons comic book ad 1981\" width=\"520\" height=\"764\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2990\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/15\/green-slime-dont-touch-it-it-is-certain-death-look-out-its-dripping\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2990\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/15\/green-slime-dont-touch-it-it-is-certain-death-look-out-its-dripping\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/15\/green-slime-dont-touch-it-it-is-certain-death-look-out-its-dripping\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/15\/green-slime-dont-touch-it-it-is-certain-death-look-out-its-dripping\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-2990\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/15\/green-slime-dont-touch-it-it-is-certain-death-look-out-its-dripping\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a Dungeons &amp; Dragons advertisement that ran in comic books in mid-1981.\u00a0 The lack of color, amateur artwork, inconsistent lettering, and ridiculous scripting<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2990\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/15\/green-slime-dont-touch-it-it-is-certain-death-look-out-its-dripping\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2990\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/15\/green-slime-dont-touch-it-it-is-certain-death-look-out-its-dripping\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/15\/green-slime-dont-touch-it-it-is-certain-death-look-out-its-dripping\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/15\/green-slime-dont-touch-it-it-is-certain-death-look-out-its-dripping\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-2990\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/15\/green-slime-dont-touch-it-it-is-certain-death-look-out-its-dripping\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[59,1,17,144,12],"tags":[454,1650,985,986,479,154,988,989,991,987,990],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdwqIt-Me","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":117,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/07\/24\/the-origin-of-fables\/","url_meta":{"origin":2990,"position":0},"title":"The origin of &#8220;Fables&#8221;","date":"July 24, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"If you're like every other comic book reader in the aughts, you've been reading Bill Willingham's \"Fables\" from Vertigo. He has managed to create a real masterpiece within the comic book industry. This is a comic that many treasure and won't soon forget once it's gone. Willingham's done a fantastic\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":607,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/11\/star-trek-comic-book-advertisement-nov-1984\/","url_meta":{"origin":2990,"position":1},"title":"Star Trek Comic Book Advertisement &#8211; Nov 1984","date":"March 11, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The old Blue Devil advertisement I ran the other day seemed to be well-received.\u00a0 So I decided to feature another old comic book ad today.\u00a0 Here is a Star Trek comic book advertisement (November 1984) from DC comics.\u00a0 This particular ad ran shortly after Star Trek III: The Search for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/star_trek_dc.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2938,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/05\/sandman-comic-book-advertisement-1988\/","url_meta":{"origin":2990,"position":2},"title":"Sandman comic book advertisement &#8211; 1988","date":"March 5, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"\"A horror-edged fantasy, set in the DC Universe.\" Wow.\u00a0 The editorial staff that put this ad together had no idea where this comic was going to go, did they?","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Sandman by Neil Gaiman advertisement 1988","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/sandman_ad.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":991,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/11\/infinity-inc-advertisement-1984\/","url_meta":{"origin":2990,"position":3},"title":"Infinity, Inc. Advertisement &#8211; 1984","date":"June 11, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Check out this ad for Infinity, Inc. from 1984!\u00a0 Pretty cool!\u00a0 If you aren't familiar with this series, the heroes were the children of the Justice Society of America.\u00a0 Several of these characters eventually graduated to the JSA team.\u00a0 1980's goodness!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/infinity_inc.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":580,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/06\/blue-devil-advertisement-june-1984\/","url_meta":{"origin":2990,"position":4},"title":"Blue Devil Advertisement &#8211; June 1984","date":"March 6, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is an awesome advertisement from Blue Devil #1 (June 1984).\u00a0 I've mentioned it here before, but Blue Devil is one of my top five favorite superheroes.\u00a0 I think this ad really captures the fun of the series.\u00a0 All the facial expressions are smiling and cheerful, Blue Devil is leaping\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blue Devil&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_ad.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":700,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/25\/saturday-morning-cartoons-1985-nbc-ad\/","url_meta":{"origin":2990,"position":5},"title":"Saturday Morning Cartoons &#8211; 1985 NBC Ad","date":"March 25, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Saturday Morning Cartoons... aaaahhhh, a magical weekly event for us growing up.\u00a0 Sadly, the current generation of children will never know the joy of Saturday morning cartoons.\u00a0 They're spoiled by 24-hour access to cartoons on television and DVD.\u00a0 They don't understand how limited our cartoon options were back then.\u00a0\u00a0 They'll\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/sat_nbc_510.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2990"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2990"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2993,"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2990\/revisions\/2993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}