Buck Rogers Accessories for Retro Styling Fanboys (or Fangurls)
It’s amazing to think that Buck Rogers got started as a fictional character in an issue of Amazing Stories from over 90 years ago (August 1928 to be exact) — however Buck made his first huge mark as a comic strip series illustrated by John Flint Dille. Those old strips have a wonderfully quirky look to them, and the folks at Dark Horse have picked on this by introducing a line of swag which was designed by the folks at Retro-A-Go-Go. The collection goes on sale on February 24th, 2010 and includes a wide range of goodies including picture frames:
Cigarette cases (we assume that by the 25th century this will no longer cause cancer):
Belt buckles since old fashioned characters in retro sci fi still need belts:
A generic small case for carrying “stuff”:
And these swank looking keychains: