As you may know, we occasionally run ADventures - comic strips made as advertisements like Volto, "Pepsi" the Pepsi-Cola Cop, and "RC" and Quickie.
A little over 80 years back, Rafael Astarita decided to reverse the formula and make comics with pre-existing advertising figures. He called these Ad-Ventures, and they ran in Star Comics for a bit starting in 1937. It didn't last too long - only 8 episodes total. We've got 7 of them here today...
Before we continue, let's answer the most obvious WTF? that may be on the minds of some readers...
...the Gold Dust Twins sold laundry detergent. Search hard, and you might find some images with one of them scrubbed so clean he turned white.
Now you know, and we continue...
Oops.
I'm missing issue #8 - so we must skip one.
On to the final strip from Star Comics #9 -
Of course, these days he'd be sued out of business over Intellectual Property rights.
A little over 80 years back, Rafael Astarita decided to reverse the formula and make comics with pre-existing advertising figures. He called these Ad-Ventures, and they ran in Star Comics for a bit starting in 1937. It didn't last too long - only 8 episodes total. We've got 7 of them here today...
Before we continue, let's answer the most obvious WTF? that may be on the minds of some readers...
...the Gold Dust Twins sold laundry detergent. Search hard, and you might find some images with one of them scrubbed so clean he turned white.
Now you know, and we continue...
Oops.
I'm missing issue #8 - so we must skip one.
On to the final strip from Star Comics #9 -
Of course, these days he'd be sued out of business over Intellectual Property rights.
page art by Rafael Astarita from Star Comics #s 2-7 & 9 (1937, 1938)
