The Ephemerist

Van Reid sent me these ads from the August, 1937 issue of Good Housekeeping. It is indeed quite remarkable how many ads used a comic strip format in those days, to promote everyday products. These days comics are only used in ads targeted at children, or for pop culture reference purposes. Which is a pity.

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(from Unknown Worlds, Vol. 7, issue 2 - not my scan)

An advertisment from Good Housekeeping, june 1931.

(Thanks, Van)

This article appeared in Cosmopolitan, in april 1957.  Courtesy the One That Is Not Mentioned Or Rather Is, But Only Anonymously.

Sure to be tender, because they have no skins !

(From vintage ads.  Thanks,  Mr. Beaverhousen !)

Girl problems in 1965.

(from vintage ads)

A rare full-page advertising comic, from the 1930’s (June 27, 1938, to be exact).

(Thanks, Van)

Nice newspaper ad from 1945 (via Vintage Ads)

This is a quite old comic strip from the British weekly The Big Budget (from 1897). More info on that publication can be found here and here. It may be a bit hard to read, but the art is lovely.

(Thanks, Lyle)

Part two of our Gang Busters extravaganza. Enjoy (and thanks to all the scanners) !

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