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Issue 14: Play

The Silly and the Scary

Background images we used in the month of October.

Tavi Gevinson 10/31/2012
  • A vintage Carrie poster.

  • Garbage Pail Kids, the book.

  • More Garbage Pail Kids.

  • EVEN MORE Garbage Pail Kids.

  • The Grady twins from The Shining.

  • Danny from The Shining.

  • Willows, plural, in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

  • Vintage Batman ad.

  • The Joker.

  • Batman Hallmark card.

  • Mad Monsters.

  • Polaroids of Amy Poehler as different characters of the Upright Citizens Brigade.

  • Leonard Nimoy.

  • Vintage comic book ad.

  • 1970s music poster.

  • Monster cereals.

  • Trash Can Trolls.

  • 1980s mushroom stickers.

  • Everything from this point on is a randomly found vintage photo, so please comment if you know any original sources!

amy poehler batman carrie comics garbage pail kids halloween leonard nimoy mad monsters movie posters our backgrounds photo album polaroids stickers superheroes the shining trading cards trash can trolls upright citizens brigade
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16 Comments

  • Eryn October 31st, 2012 11:06 PM

    I can’t believe October is almost over!
    Happy Halloween, I love you all.

  • Maude October 31st, 2012 11:37 PM

    I thought that the Carrie backround was crazy because I was reading Carrie instead of doing my German homework, and I decided to procrastinate more by looking on this lovely website and BAM! A german Carrie poster. I was sure that it was a sign.

  • raggedyanarchy November 1st, 2012 12:01 AM

    I totally thought about going as Carrie for Halloween though. She’s great. But then I was too lazy to actually put a costume together, despite a Carrie costume being pretty easy. Eh.

  • tessatalkalot November 1st, 2012 12:43 AM

    Oh god, to think that there are multiples of Willow’s fluffy pink sweater from that episode! Perhaps theres a way to track them down…

  • streaked lights November 1st, 2012 1:41 AM

    I don’t think you guys realize just how much I love the Amy Poehler one.
    Also, Happy November everyone!

  • DreamBoat November 1st, 2012 3:06 AM

    I LOVE ALL OF THEM!
    ESPECIALLY #26!
    Aw, This month has gone so fast, and it’s been a great one. <3
    ESPECIALLY AT ROOKIE 'CAUSE I LOVE ALL OF U GUYS.

  • victoria November 1st, 2012 3:12 AM

    Bored now.

    Just kidding but I thought it was appropriate considering the episode that that Buffy photo comes from lol

    • victoria November 1st, 2012 5:46 AM

      ALSO THESE BACKGROUNDS WERE FANTASTIC

  • ivoire November 1st, 2012 3:27 AM

    argh this month went way too fast.
    so many things i wanted to do, SO LITTLE TIME.

  • Mary the freak November 1st, 2012 5:04 AM

    October’s over? But wait… no? It’s not winter now, is it? I love october, everything is so beautiful outside. and this month on rookie was the best! So many great articles and halloween vibes! I love all those pictures.
    Can we just pretend it’s still october with good weather? :))

  • Tyknos93 November 1st, 2012 6:32 AM

    Oh no fall is almost overrrrrrrr! The backgrounds were crazy good this month and the weekend content is such a cool addition!

  • breakfastpixie November 1st, 2012 7:51 AM

    Mr Spock will always, always be my hero. In fact, I am going to watch some Star Trek episodes right now. LOVE!

    x
    Sabrina

  • Josefina November 1st, 2012 5:16 PM

    The Amy Poehler background KILLED ME. I was looking forward to today; I wanted to save it. And good thing I didn’t read Rookie the day the Joker was the background image! :S

  • BritishFish November 1st, 2012 11:16 PM

    Willow!!!!!

  • LilySew November 2nd, 2012 10:04 AM

    I think that October’s backgrounds were probably my favourites so far, there was such a variety of fun and spookily awesome pictures. :D :D

  • Juliane November 2nd, 2012 1:03 PM

    #15 is my favourite. And I really liked to see the German Carrie-poster.

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