It’s a debate as old as time and has had the world’s finest intellectuals at war for years – what is better to write with, fountain pens or ballpoint pens? Okay, maybe it’s not that ...

It’s a debate as old as time and has had the world’s finest intellectuals at war for years – what is better to write with, fountain pens or ballpoint pens? Okay, maybe it’s not that ...

Look around you. Chances are, there’s a BiC Cristal ballpoint pen among your odds and ends. Since 1950, it has far outsold the Rubik’s Cube and even the iPhone, and yet, it’s one of the most ...

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This was the Reynolds Rocket, the first ballpoint pen in the United States. Retailing at a steep $12.95 (about $200 today), it sold out by the end of the day, raking in a whopping $100,000 (about ...

Ballpoint pen is artist Mike Nudelman’s instrument of choice. The Santa Fe-based artist has worked with ballpoint pen on paper over the last decade. His works will be featured in the show “Yet ...

Ballpoint pen is artist Mike Nudelman's instrument of choice. The Santa Fe-based artist has worked with ballpoint pen on paper over the last decade. His works will be featured in the show "Yet Again" ...

a Decepticon whose alt-form is a literal ballpoint pen of normal size. If you thought G1 Megatron's transformation into a hand-held pistol was kinda weird, Ballpoint takes that same sort of ...

There’s an old story that compares the wisdom of American astronauts with Russian cosmonauts. It was told that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was criticized for spending ...