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Electronics-Themed Comics
October 1946 and September 1950 Radio & Television News

October 1946 Radio News

October 1946 Radio & Television News Cover - RF Cafe[Table of Contents]

Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles from Radio & Television News, published 1919-1959. All copyrights hereby acknowledged.

These electronics / technology themed comics from vintage hobby and trade magazines were not originally colorized since color printing was typically reserved for front and rear covers and maybe monotone color for higher priced advertisements. Even shades of gray were rare, so varying line widths and tiny dotted fill areas were used to give depth to an image. Similar techniques are still used today in newspaper weekday comics that are not colorized. Accordingly, the color in these comics was added by yours truly in order to make them more appealing. Feel free to use them in your presentations and office cubicles, but please include an attribute to RFCafe.com. BTW, the cow in the comic is using a Handy-Talkie, not a cellphone. Note the source of the upsetting commercial in the other comic is a radio, not even a TV. Finally, the germanium vs. germanium gag was popular back in the early days of semiconductors.

Electronics-Themed Comics

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"You want Gertie and myself up to the barn for milking right away? Roger!"
(October 1946, Page 43)

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"I have to use their alkalizing tablets, their commercials upset my stomach."
(October 1946, Page 138)

September 1950 Radio & TV News
September 1950 Radio & Television News Cover - RF Cafe[Table of Contents]

Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles from Radio & Television News, published 1919-1959. All copyrights hereby acknowledged.

Geraniums vs. germanium - RF Cafe

"But I distinctly remember writing one gross germanium diodes on the requisition!"
(September 1950, Page 93)

 

 

Posted June 6, 2022


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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