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Here are a couple more electronics-themed comics from vintage Radio−Craft
magazines. Artist Frank Beaven, who created a huge number of comics and
advertisements (e.g.,
Eveready batteries, Zippo lighters) for technical and other types of
publications (Saturday Evening Post, New Yorker, Esquire), did both of them. Beaven must have a fan base since many examples of his
drawings are offered for sale
on
eBay. Most of his comics credit reader suggestions as the basis for the
subject. I have to admit to not really "getting" the gag in the top comic.
Maybe Sinatra's voice strained the frequency response of simple tabletop radios of the day. The
bottom comic is one of a series entitled "Radio Terms Illustrated," in
this case "High Potential." I'll be posting a few others in the coming months. Click on some the hyperlinks below from other issues
of Radio−Craft to see other examples of Beaven's artwork.
Electronics-Themed Comics
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April 1947 Radio-Craft
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Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics.
See articles from Radio-Craft,
published 1929 - 1953. All copyrights are hereby acknowledged.
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"Every time I tune in Frank Sinatra - it squeals." Suggested
by: W. D. Moss, Washington, D. C. April 1947, Page 79
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September 1947 Radio-Craft
 [Table of Contents]
Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics.
See articles from Radio-Craft,
published 1929 - 1953. All copyrights are hereby acknowledged.
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Radio Term Illustrated: High Potential! - Suggested by: Robert Hopkins, Nelson,
B. C. September 1947, Page 50
These Technically−Themed Comics Appeared in Vintage Electronics Magazines.
I personally scanned and posted every one from copies I own (and even colorized
some).
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Posted
April 20, 2020
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