Electronics-Themed Comics
March, April, July, and August 1958 Radio-Electronics Article

January 1958 Radio-Electronics [Table of Contents] Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles from Radio-Electronics, published 1930-1988. All copyrights hereby acknowledged.

Being a great appreciator of good humor, and especially technology-related humor, I made sure to scan these electronics-related comics from the pages of vintage Radio-Electronics magazines. You might have to have lived through the era of televisions with cathode ray tubes (CRTs) to fully appreciate the frustration of trying to acceptably grab, align, define, sharpen, tone, and lock an over-the-air broadcast signal on track*. Stories of people putting feet or baseball bats through the sets were a big source of situational humor. 

* RCA's "ColorTrak" system advertising pitch.

Electronics-Themed Comics

July 1958, Page 42

July 1958, Page 46

"We've had so much trouble with this set that my husband installed that permanent mirror!"

"Does that answer your question regarding the high-voltage section?"

July 1958, Page 48

"That reminds me, I've got an FM alignment on the bench.

August 1958, Page 45

"How do you like my pillow-speaker?"

March 1958, Page 122

"Looks to me like either a bad short or a capacitor on the blink!"

April 1958, Page 105

"Gassy."

April 1958, Page 133

"Let's see - didn't you put three picture tubes in my set last year?"

April 1958, Page 136

Posted July 20, 2021
(updated from original post on 5/26/2014)