Comic Strip Story-Ads from The 1950's

Another fun comics and cartooning blog to check out:

Comic drawing of woman falling from a trapeze

I really dig Ger's articles on comic strip advertisements.Back in the 1950's many famous comic strip artistsworked for big advertising agencies to create ads for all kinds of products.(See Sam Spade Wildroot Hair Tonic Ads by Lou Fine).

Ger has generously posted some really nice ads for Eveready Batteries:

Click on the images to see the whole strip on Ger's blog

These were drawn by Creig Flessel, and there are a couple nice posts that focus on his cartooning career.

More wonderful comic strip ad art here:

Hot Dogs and Cartoon Drawings of Indians in this Dik Browne Ad for Armour Star Franks

Click The Hot Dog Ad by Hagar's Dik Browne for more Comic Strip Ads

There are also some really nice articles about cartoonist Bud Blake, along with heaps of great artwork that's probably gone unseen for decades. Check out these gems:

Click on the images to see the whole strip on Ger's blog

You'll really want to look through all the posts -- you never know what you'll find. Like this cartoon advertisement for Vaseline by Hagar's Dik Browne...