April 1947 Radio News
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Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early
electronics. See articles from
Radio & Television News, published 1919-1959. All copyrights hereby
acknowledged.
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What better way is there to begin
another week of long hours, marginally useful meetings, unpredictable customers,
nagging design and/or production issues, and, hopefully, even a success or two,
than to see a couple electronics-themed comics from a mid-last-century magazine?
These appeared in a 1947 edition of Radio & Television News. Seeing a
comic panel in any modern technical magazine these days is rare, if for no other
reason than a fear amongst publishers (and their lawyers) that somebody, somewhere might be offended. BTW, these comics make good fodder for the front page of your technical presentations
- a good way to soften the edge going into a meeting, especially if you are not
good at delivering jokes. Once again, I took the liberty of colorizing them.
Electronics-Themed Comics
"And this set incorporates our new 'Lighthouse' tube!" (p104)
"We interrupt this program to bring you a special message -
Pay
your installment on the radio, Mr. Sweeney, or we'll be forced to take it back!" (p173)
Posted February 1, 2024 (updated from original
post on 1/9/2017)
These Technically-Themed Comics Appeared in Vintage Electronics Magazines. I
personally scanned and posted every one from copies I own (and even colorized some).
247 pages as of 12/3/2024
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