Sad Sack is getting his butt kicked again.
I wonder if Sad Sack comics made kids not want to join the military. It wasn’t like that for me, our leadership was more of the “Lighten up, Francis” mindset.…
Step up your game, Harvey.
When I was a kid, I thought Harvey comics were the worst (Except Sad Sack). Dottie Dot? Richie Rich? Little Lotta… Her thing was she had an eating disorder, and…
Iron snot
Little Lulu* was once a mascot for Kleenex. I don’t think I would like my Kleenex to be as sturdy as Lulu’s, only sturdy enough to withstand sneezing etc. *Little…
HELP – A highbrow MAD
Back in the early days of MAD magazine, they had some competition- Such as HELP! I like the intricate drawing style of some of this early work, there was a…
Monsters? You have no idea.
I have no idea what is growing on these (paper? cloth?) “monsters” to simulate hair. I hope it’s not mold! This ad was from a 1966 “Sad Sack”. Kids back…
The manly art of selling newspapers
This was a comic book ad to sell something called GRIT, a newspaper? Magazine? I think it came out weekly? No idea what the content was. If I was a…
Give it up Archie
Archie hasn’t learned, to get the beautiful girl on skates, you probably need a beautiful car, or at least some decent wheels. So quit hanging around in the park, and…