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August 1944 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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It's time for little levity. These
electronics-themed comics from
a 1944 issue of Radio-Craft magazine have
an electronics theme, so you can claim looking at them is work-related since you
might use one for your next conference or project status presentation. Some of the
concepts are utterly foreign to contemporary readers, like user-serviceable electronics apperati [sic] and radio sets that receive over-the-air signals
with analog information modulated on the carrier. Radio was still somewhat of a
novelty to much of the public, and "radio can do anything" memes were common in
comics. I took the liberty of colorizing them. There is a list
of many more similar comics at the bottom of the page in case you haven't seen them
yet. Enjoy.
Electronics Themed Comics
"I'm trying to locate the bobby-pin you fixed this radio with six weeks ago."
(Page 684)
The original Walkie-Talkie
(Page 694)
"... and every time a blonde goes by, it whistles! See!!"
(Page 703)
"Calling all dogs ... calling all dogs ... cat at the corner of Seventh and Oak
... Hurry!"
(Page 671)
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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Posted February 7, 2023
(updated from original post on 1/22/2015)
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