A day at Geppi’s Entertainment Museum

There’s no ESPN cartoon today. Instead I thought you might like to see some highlights of my trip back in time that I took yesterday with my wife, Marcia, her cousin, Amy, and her husband, Andy, to Geppi’s Entertainment Museum in Baltimore.

Here are some Super cool Peanuts collectibles from 1958-59

If you ever wonder where cartoonists get their inspiration from it’s in places like this, surrounded by original comic art from Pogo, Dick Tracy, Li’l Abner, Bringing Up Father and Barney Google. These were the comics I looked up to and the reason I became a cartoonist. The museum is also packed from floor to ceiling with vintage Movie Posters, numerous displays of very old comic books and tons of pop culture memorabilia from the Beatles to Disney to I Love Lucy. It’s an amazing place to visit. We didn’t take these pictures but they will give you some idea of what the place is like.

I’d love to hear from all of you about some of your cool toys and what your favorite childhood shows were. It was so much fun to stand in front of “Man from U.N.C.L.E.” and “The Lone Ranger” stuff, favorites of mine as a kid.

The Museum had an amazing collection of Disneyana. I’ve always felt a strong connection to Walt Disney. His story is inspirational. He was always willing to take enormous risks to create amazing things. You have to have a lot of courage to live like that.

Ahhh… Space toys. The best. My favorite was Major Matt Mason. (Not pictured)

The museum is host to a huge collection of mint condition vintage comics.

The comic on the left, Action Comics # 1 was the first edition in which Superman appeared is at the museum. The same comic just sold at auction for $1 million. They also had a copy of Detective Comics #27, the issue that Batman made his debut. It sold recently for OVER $1 million.!

There were tons of these vintage movie posters.

And Batman. My favorite Super Hero. Well, next to Super Chicken who wasn’t there.

We finished the day with crab cakes and a pint of Guinness at a restaurant on the Harbor. This was, if I may quote the great American hero, Spongebob Sqaurepants, one of the “Best Days Ever”. I’ll be back with a cartoon tomorrow. In the meantime, I want to hear some of your childhood memory stories!