Over the summer when we had our garage sale (where I debuted the first comic basket), I was digging through my comic boxes looking for some stuff for a kid who wanted some Silver Surfer comics and I found Speedball #1. I wouldn’t say it was a great issue (even with the Steve Ditko art) and I wouldn’t say Speedball was a great character (although I dug him back in the day in The New Warriors), but I snatched this one up with the intention of making a basket for the guys who produce the Comic Geek Speak podcast. I started listening to their show somewhere around the teens, when it was really easy to catch up and little to old episodes, and they are now well over the 700′s in terms of number of episodes. They are one of the reasons my hour long train ride (both ways) is a lot more bearable. The garage sale was around the time they moved into a new studio and figured I could make a cool basket they could use in the studio. In the early days they used to have a little bit of fun with Speedball, so I thought this would be a good choice. So by the time, I post this one to the blog, hopefully the guys are enjoying their Speedball # 1 basket while they are recording their latest episode.
And pay special attention to the bottom of the basket. CGS fans, I think might appreciate it a bit.
Speedball #1 Basket
Speedball #1 Basket
Speedball #1 Basket
Let me know what you think.
