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David Tipton
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New York Times bestselling author of Star Trek and Doctor Who comics. Posts stuff about Trek and early video games too.
I took some photos along Broadway in Downtown Los Angeles this weekend.

More DTLA photos available here on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/22359...

#DTLA #LosAngeles #photos #photography #streetphotography
October 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
ABC's Saturday-morning cartoon lineup for 1969: The New Adventures of Casper The Friendly Ghost, The Smokey Bear Show, The Cattanooga Cats, Hot Wheels, The Hardy Boys, Sky Hawks, The Adventures of Gulliver, and Fantastic Voyage.
October 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
CBS's Saturday-morning cartoon lineup for 1967: Captain Kangaroo, Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles, Moby Dick and The Mighty Mightor, Shazzan!, Space Ghost, The Herculoids, The Superman-Aquaman Hour of Adventure, Jonny Quest, The Lone Ranger, and The Road Runner.
October 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Going to STLV: Trek to Vegas? Join us at the opening Inglorious Treksperts panel Thursday at 10AM as we celebrate TNG’s “The Royale” and play some Fizzbin for exclusive prizes! @inglorioustrek.bsky.social @scotttipton.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
NBC's Saturday-morning cartoon lineup for 1969: The Banana Splits Adventure Hour, The Heckle and Jeckle Show, H.R. Pufnstuff, The Grump, The Pink Panther, Underdog, The Flintstones, and Jambo.
June 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A few more photos from "Journey Through the Maze: 45 Years of Pac-Man" exhibit at the Great Park in Irvine, CA.

#retrogaming #pacman @dailypacman.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Took some photos this weekend at the "Journey Through the Maze: 45 Years of Pac-Man" exhibit at the Great Park in Irvine, CA.

#retrogaming #pacman @dailypacman.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 12:16 AM
In honor of today being Pac-Man Day (for Pac-Man's 45th anniversary), here are some photos of when I was nearly run over by Pac-Man and ghosts at San Diego Comic-Con in 2010.
#retrogaming #pacman @dailypacman.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Comic-book ad for ROM THE SPACEKNIGHT from 1979. “ROM HAS COME…EVIL IS ON THE RUN”
March 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
March 16, 1982: Atari released Pac-Man for the Atari 2600.

#atari #atari2600 #retrogaming
March 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Atari ad for the Atari 7800 video game console featuring Xenophobe, Rampage, Double Dragon, and Commando. From GamePro #5, December 1989.

#atari #atari7800 #videogames #retrogames #retrogaming
March 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Two more Heroes World ads from the Marvel Comics adaptation of Star Trek: The Motion Picture. 1) Marvel/DC MEGO figures and the Hulk Utility Belt (?!). 2) Buck Rogers and The Lord of the Rings action figures. From early 1980. "Ad produced by the Joe Kubert School."
March 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Comic-book ad for Kenner’s Star Wars toy line from 1979. Imperial Troop Transporter, Land of the Jawas Sandcrawler, Radio-Controlled R2, and the Creature Cantina. And who’s this new Boba Fett guy?

#starwars #comicbooks #bobafett
March 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Ad for Star Trek merchandise from Issue #2 of the Marvel Comics adaptation of Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Early 1980. MEGO figures; the belt, buckle, and insignia set; and AMT model kits. #StarTrek #mego
March 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Toys"R"Us ad October 22 1982
March 8, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Ad for Star Trek: 25th Anniversary games for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and the Nintendo Game Boy from Ultra Games. (Two-page advertisement from the April 1992 issue of VideoGames & Computer Entertainment Magazine.)
March 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Cover of an Atari catalog from 1980, and the page from inside the catalog about the upcoming new game "Adventure." I've always liked that the dragon posed for a portrait on the cover.

#atari #atarivcs #atari2600 #retrogaming
January 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Review of Dark Chambers for Atari 2600, 7800, and XE from August 1989 Atarian Video Game Magazine. Dark Chambers was Atari Corp's 1988 revised version of John Howard Palevich's pioneering 1983 Atari 800 dungeon crawl game, Dandy.

#atari #retrogames #retrogaming
January 7, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Day #31 of The 31 Days of Randomly Selected Gold Key Comics Star Trek Panels. Last one for now! Happy New Year! Thinking about another series of posts about early Star Trek comics for sometime in 2025!
#startrek
December 31, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Day #30 of The 31 Days of Randomly Selected Gold Key Comics Star Trek Panels. These panels are from June 1969's Gold Key Star Trek #4, "The Peril of Planet Quick Change." The original NBC TV run of Star Trek ended in June 1969, but Gold Key Star Trek comics would continue on until March 1979!
December 30, 2024 at 2:44 PM
December 29, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Day #29 of The 31 Days of Randomly Selected Gold Key Comics Star Trek Panels. Scotty versus a germ, from Gold Key #25.
December 29, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Day #28 of The 31 Days of Randomly Selected Gold Key Comics Star Trek Panels.
December 28, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Some bonus panels from Gold Key Star Trek #10, May 1971: "Sceptre of the Sun." Chang might not have been the smartest of Star Trek villains.
December 27, 2024 at 10:37 PM
Day #27 of The 31 Days of Randomly Selected Gold Key Comics Star Trek Panels.
December 27, 2024 at 4:45 PM