Eiffel Tower Day at Shades of Gray

On this day in 1889, the Eiffel Tower was first opened to the public. Here are some pictures that capture its beauty and majesty.

 

International Dance Day is coming...

 ... and Vera Ellen has a difficult decision to make: What shoes to use.

Will she be ready by April 29? Time will tell!

It's a Fanny Friday!

A Sunday Funny by Gilbert Shelton

 Here's a little down-home verse with the great underground cartoonist Gilbert Shelton. (Click on any panel for a larger, more easily read version.)

The preceding appeared in a few different forms in underground comics anthologies during the 1970s. This particular version was published in "Feds 'n' Heads" (1978).

Fanny Friday!

Ramadan Kareem!

 How can you make the Holy Month of Ramadan even better? Shades of Gray's main sponsor has the answer!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

 Lucille Ball is here to show you how a proper lady celebrates this glorious day!

Not everyone necessarily thinks this holiday should be celebrated, nor that St. Patrick should be honored. In the interest of fairness, we're giving those people equal time and space this year.

In observation of World Sleep Day...

 

Fanny Friday!

It's a Fanny Friday!

Sunday Funnies!

 From the Golden Age of the Underground Comix, we present this little gem by R. White!

(Originally printed in the pages of Nobody's Bizness Funnies #1)

March is underway

... and here's a look at how they used to advertise booze in 1908. This drawing by Georg Hanel was featured in "Jugend" Magazine.

(And if we were put in charge of marketing adult beverages today, we'd follow the lead of ad executives of yore and rely on fantasy elements, too!)

Some Fanny for Fashion Week!