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Electronics-Themed Comics
October 1951 Radio & Television News
| October 1951 Radio & TV News |
 [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. |
Here are a couple more electronics-themed comics, this time ones that appeared in the October 1951 edition of Radio & Television News magazine. When is the last time you saw a comic in a technical magazine? Note the AC power cord attached to the "portable" television (I assume the "His" on the guy's towel implies that "Hers" is at the other end of the power cord). Television was a big deal in the day. Color TV was not commercially available until a few years later. Nowadays, a person would have a smartphone, tablet, or notebook computer while on the can. There is a huge list of other comics at the bottom of the page
Comics
"Darn portable television!
(Page 122)
"Yuh mean yuh have to keep yore eyes open to see it?
(Page 160)
Posted February 22, 2016
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