A New England Comic

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Text on Button A New England COMIC NEC
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Black text on an inner white circle with an outer bright yellow-green background with black text and two black stars

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New England Comics (NEC) is a chain of comic book stores based out of Massachusetts that buy and sell old and new comics and serve as local game and toy shops in the Boston area. Their most popular comic is The Tick, created by cartoonist Ben Edlund in 1986, and he serves as the NEC mascot. The Tick has made several television appearances with an animated show for Fox, a live action show for Fox, and most recently, another live action series, this time by Amazon, in 2016 with a second season in 2019.

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GCD :: Issue :: The Tick #1. (n.d.). https://www.comics.org/issue/265658/

"NEW ENGLAND COMICS | The Tick, Comics, Toys, Games, And More! Secureonline Ordering!". 2020. Newenglandcomics.Com. http://www.newenglandcomics.com/.

 

Catalog ID AD0904

Let's Lock Loins Red

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Text on Button LET'S LOCK LOINS
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Black text on a red background

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In the 1960s, Underground Uplift Unlimited, based in Manhattan, produced buttons with countercultural slogans.

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Keehnen, O. (1992). Interviews: Jack Nichols. Queer Cultural Center. Retrieved from http://www.queerculturalcenter.org/Pages/Keehnen/Nichols.html

Catalog ID IB0665

Let's Jump in the Sack

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Text on Button LET'S JUMP IN THE SACK!
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Illustration of a kangaroo with a brown bag over its head on a blue background with black text

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From the 1960s onward, the phrase “jump in the sack” has come to mean to have sex with someone. Oftentimes, this expression is used to describe going to bed with someone that an individual is not too familiar with. The expression's origins may relate to the past time of sack racing where participants would partner up with friends or strangers at community events to jump in a burlap sack from start to finish in a straight line, attempting to win an honor or prize. The depiction on the image is a kangaroo, who is known to be good at jumping.

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Definition Of. (2020). Jump in the sack. https://www.definition-of.com/jump+in+the+sack

Catalog ID IB0664

Let It All Hang Out

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Text on Button LET IT ALL HANG OUT
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Black text on a bright orange background

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“Let it all hang out” is a phrase used to encourage others to relax, act and express oneself freely without worrying about what others think or worrying about behaving politely. It was a term mostly used in the late 1960s to remain uninhibited in a particular social setting.

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Catalog ID IB0662

I've Got the Spirit

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Text on Button I'VE GOT THE SPIRIT
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White text and a white bird on a red background 

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The white dove is often a symbol representing love and peace and has been used by various religions as well as military and pacifist groups. In this context the spirit or spirit of peace is being referenced and could be related to either religion or a peace movement. In religion, this phrase suggests the holy spirit in the trinity is with them; however, the phrase including the dove in the sentence could refer to the spirit of peace that protestors advocate.

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Doves as symbols (2020, May 31). In Wikipedia. Retrieved June 22, 2020, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doves_as_symbols

Catalog ID IB0661