 I own the complete Calvin and Hobbes set.
Calvin's Spaceman Spiff and Tracer Bullet alter egos are the greatest!
Here are a couple more tech-themed comics from vintage Popular Electronics
magazines. Only one comic appeared in each of the May 1972 and July 1972 issues,
so I combined them onto a single page. What's that guy in the May comic in the background
doing? Anyone remember those pieces of furniture that were once a staple of engineering
offices? I spent many an hour sitting at such drafting tables drawing schematics
and block diagrams as an electronics technician. By the time I earned my BSEE, everyone
was using computer CAD software, albeit still rather crude by today's standards.
The July comic reminds me of a scenario that might have appeared in one of the old
Calvin and
Hobbes comic strips that graced our newspapers up through the end of 1995. Calvin's
father, in case you didn't know, was a patent attorney. I added color to spice them
up a tad.
Comics with an Electronics Theme
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May 1972 Popular Electronics
Table of Contents
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.
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"We hate to see you go, Joe. Your designs have given us many
hilarious moments!"
May 1972 Popular Electronics Comic (p61)
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July 1972 Popular Electronics
 Table of Contents
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.
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"I'm not really that dumb. They're just trying to educate me
beyond my intelligence."
July 1972 Popular Electronics Comic (p71)
Posted February 20, 2024
(updated from original
post on 11/29/2017)
These Technically-Themed Comics Appeared in Vintage Electronics Magazines. I
personally scanned and posted every one from copies I own (and even colorized some).
275 pages as of 5/13/2026.
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