Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles
from Popular Electronics,
published October 1954 - April 1985. All copyrights are hereby acknowledged.
Here is another tech-themed
comic from a 1973 issue of Popular Electronics magazine. There are
usually two or more per edition, but not this time. It took looking
a second time to figure out what the guy in the comic was referring to - pretty
funny after I "got it." There is a hyperlinked list at the bottom of the page
for the hundreds of comics I've posted over the years. It's a shame that comics rarely
appear in contemporary technical magazines.
Comics with an Electronics
Theme
"We should have read the instructions. Step two was
to unfold the antenna." August 1973 Popular Electronics (p83)
Posted February 5, 2024 (updated from original post on 9/29/2017)
These Technically-Themed Comics Appeared in Vintage Electronics Magazines. I
personally scanned and posted every one from copies I own (and even colorized some).
272 pages as of 12/16/2025.
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