Okay, this is a bit silly, but I couldn’t resist: via Scalzi, who ganked it from Boing Boing, it’s The Monster Initial Stickers Name Generator! What’s that, you say? You don’t know what that means? Well, Monster Initials were these these things you could buy at the 7-Eleven back in the days of shag carpet and bitchin’ custom vans:

Released in 1974, the idea behind this collection was simple: create stickers for all the letters of the alphabet, but feature monster scenarios inside each letter. Alphabet letter stickers with monsters inside them that the kids will all want to collect until they can spell their own names with ’em? Brilliant!

As the blogger I’m quoting above goes on to explain, actual Monster Initial sticker sets are pretty tough to come by these days, so he and a programmer friend have cobbled together this generator thing to let you spell out your name in electronic facsimiles of those uber-rare ’70s-vintage collectibles. Cool, huh? Here’s my name:

Click ’em to see ’em big and admire the groovy artwork.

You know, I’ve got to be honest, I don’t remember these stickers. If they came out in ’74, I was probably just a shade too young to have had any experience with them. But the artwork reminds me a lot of stuff I do recall, specifically a series of monster-themed Slurpee cups that I always loved, and also a series of collectible stickers that featured gross-out parodies of various grocery items. You bought them like trading cards, in a pack with a stick of gum. Anyone remember what those were called?