Ever since beginning the RollerBlog about a year ago, one of my biggest sources of inspiration (not counting RollerReggie, of course) has been Wonder Woman. I am a fan of the 1976 television series starring Lynda Carter, and have been making my way through the season one boxed set. I’ve always known that the television series was based on a comic book, of course, but have never had the occasion to read one.

Well today I remedied that. While at the West Seattle Summer Fest today, we picked up a handful of old comic books for only a quarter each and I am now the proud owner of the Wonder Woman comic Amazons (1988, Annual 1). I spent quite a while pawing through boxes of Spiderman, Superman, Fantastic Four and Justice League comics (not to mention Aquaman, Green Lantern, Wonder Man, Star Trek, Aliens, and even some Archie comics) but all of the other Wonder Woman comics were apparently sold out. So I had to content myself with just one Wonder Woman comic… for now.

Amazons follows the adventures of Wonder Woman on her home world of Themyscira. She brings Julia and Nessie with her (characters that I am not familiar with, but I suppose I’ll have to read some of the previous comics in the series) who are regaled with various stories about the world of the Amazons.

The stories were fun to read, but one of my favorite parts about the comic are the advertisements. Being as the comic book is from 1988, the advertisements were very much from the period. One music ad that I particularly noticed advertised “12 HOT hits for a COOL penny” for anyone willing to join a particular record & tape club. Hot hits such as “Skyscraper” by David Lee Roth, “Bad” by Michael Jackson, “Kick” by INXS, “Tunnel of Love” by Bruce Springsteen, “Permanent Vacation” by Aerosmith, and “Faith” by George Michael. Ahhh… good times.

To celebrate The RollerBlog’s recent venture into the decade of the 1980s, I’ve decided to hold another photo contest. This contest will be similar to The RollerBlog’s seventies photo contest … but this time the disco balls are out, and the skinny ties and big bangs are in. Bring on your eighties photos!

The photo of me to the right, circa 1988, will hopefully serve as a little eightiespiration. Note the pony tail on the top of the head. Note the laser beams in the background. Note the glazed eighties expression. See? You get the picture.

The grand prize? 1,500 Entrecard Credits! If you are not a member of the Entercard Community feel free to join the contest anyway, and you will win the satisfaction of being a RollerBlog super star!

The runner-up prize? A Star Wars car air freshener that I picked up at the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame gift shop. Never been used!

But wait! There’s more! The first 10 people to blog about this contest and include a link to this post will be awarded 50 Entrecard Credits! Please let me know by commenting to this post and I’ll send send you 50 credits via Entrecard. (Aren’t a member of Entrecard? Learn more about Entrecard here)

To enter The RollerBlog’s Eighties Photo Contest and win 1,500 Entrecard Credits, all you need to do is submit a picture of YOU from the eighties. Or your family. If you were not around in the decade or if you have lost all of your old photo albums then you may adopt a family and send in a picture of your dream eighties family instead.

The contest ends at midnight Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), Saturday, June 7, 2008. Winners will be announced shortly thereafter. I’ll be posting all of the entrants to The RollerBlog for all to see AND a link to your blog so only submit those pictures that you don’t mind sharing with the whole world. (I reserve the right not to post entries that I find offensive or are not in the spirit of the contest).

Winners will be chosen by a vote of the RollerBlog family members: RollerBoy, RollerReggie, and myself (RollerKaty). We’ll be looking for pictures that truly encapsulate the decade, with extra points if YOU are in the photo.

To enter the contest:

• Send your eighties photo to rollerblog AT gmail DOT com
• Send a link to your blog
• Include a note describing who is in the picture and the year it is taken (if you know it)

Good luck!