Showing posts with label Cartoon Advertisements. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cartoon Advertisements. Show all posts

Kids Run Faster in KEDS! Vintage Comic Book Ads

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A couple of wonderfully-drawn cartoon illustrations in these ads for Keds sneakers!
cartoon boys playing football
from Real Fact Comics, 1948
Cartoon boys playing baseball in Keds shoes
‎"In KEDS it's a Breeze!"

"How Television Will CHANGE Your Future!" Vintage "Real Fact" Comic Book from 1948 - They Nailed It!

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"How Television Will CHANGE Your Future!"
Vintage "Real Fact" Comic Book 1948

These comic book writers and artists really nailed it in terms of predicting online schools, pervasive video cameras capturing everything, and and especially the proliferation of live satellite and wireless feeds that overwhelm us with global "news."





‎"How to Deal With Women" -- Vintage Comic Book Ad

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‎"How to Get Along With Girls" Comic book advertisement from "Blackstone the Magician" 1948
How to attract women comic book advertisement

"No more clumsy mistakes for you -- get the real McCoy on how to deal with women in this amazing handbook."

From "Blackstone the Magician" 1948
cartoon boy running to stage magician with metal ring around floating woman assistant

How to Make Funny Gags -- Vintage Comic Book Advertisement

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Laughter for the millions how to make funny gags

"Be popular in any company, anywhere! Laughter for the Millions will make you the life of the party. It's chockful of the funniest, gayest, zippiest jokes and cartoons you can imagine."
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Funny Gags how to make funny gags display type

"144 hilarious stemwinder cartoons that make you forget you ever had any troubles."
how to make funny gags fat man laughing
"Don't confuse 'Laughter for the Millions' with a mere 'joke book.' It's the whole topsy-turvy funny world of laughs and comedy crammed between two covers."
how to make funny gags girl in book
"Thousands upon thousands of rib-ticklers, jokes, jive, and zippy gags that will make you and your friends shout with laughter."
girl in book blue haired cartoon girl in red dress how to make funny gags
"All are daring and witty...yet proper enough for any crowd."
 Laughter for the millions is a barrel of fun
"Now, for the first time, all the guess is taken out of creating gags and jokes. HOW TO MAKE FUNNY GAGS shows you how to spot a funny situation and how to make your own gags and jokes."



Witty #2 - Page 50 How to Make funny Gags
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1954 Cartoon Ad for REO Trucks

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Ad from Popular Mechanics January 1954


“Tremendous Urgent Demand for Cartoonists” and other Vintage Art and Cartooning School Ads

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Its a Cinch Earning Money in Cartooning pmDec25“Regardless of how little you know
about cartooning now, you can easily qualify
for a position in this attractive,
high-salaried business.”
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“New Method Makes Cartooning
Astonishingly Easy to Learn!” New Method Makes Cartooning Easy full pmJan26 Al Capp Famous Artists School pmMay1956 100 dollars a week How to Become a Cartoonist 01 pmOct25 -------100 dollars a week How to Become a Cartoonist 02 pmOct25
“You will be amazed at how quickly it teaches you to draw salable work…”

”Enjoy the fascinating life of a successful cartoonist – easy hours, freedom from routine, your own boss, and $3,000 to $15,000 a year for this work that is play!”
…and that’s in 1925 dollars! Sign me up!

…and see more ads like this at:

“Make Big Money - Become an Artist” 1950’s Correspondence Art & Cartooning School Ads

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Be an Artist ad Popular Mechanics January 1950
“Make Big Money - Become an Artist”
“No Skill Needed!”
Cartoon the EASY Way ad PopMech Jan 1954 “Plastic template with cut-out spaces and holes
lets you make over 200 different cartoons”How to Make Money With Simple Cartoons ad Pop Mech Jan 1950
What About Your Future PMJan55 Artists Make Money ad Popular Mechanics January 1950
“Be popular – wow your friends!”

“If YOU Have Hidden Talent, Your future is Secure!” More 1950’s Art School Ads

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Anyone Can Draw Amazing New Invention PopMech ad Jan 1954 
If YOU have hidden talent, your future is secure!
Famous Artists Course Test Your Talent PopMech ad Jan 1954
See How Easy It Is!Learn Commercial Art See How Easy PopMech ad Jan 1954Make your Art Talent Pay PMJan55 Draw Me PopMech ad Jan 1954
…and finally three different variations on an ad from The Cartoonists’ Exchange

“Trained Animators Needed in Hollywood!” Animated Cartooning School of America Ads 1954-1955

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Big Demand for animators PopMec Jan55

“Written, illustrated and taught by top experts.” Trained Animators Needed in Hollywood PopMech ad Jan 1954

Master Cartooning at Home in a Few Short Weeks -- Vintage Ad from Popular Mechanics 1960

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"Draw Cartoons..for a wonderful pastime or excellent earnings. Master cartooning at home in a few short weeks without waste of time or effort!"



Here are some ads for cartooning schools that ran in the 1930's



 …and here's a cool image from a Honda ad from the 1960 issue:

You can check out these high-quality scans
of vintage Popular Mechanics magazines at:

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This has nothing to do with cartooning, but it's a pretty cool image: