Early in his career as a commercial cartoonist, Dik Browne produced the Roger Wilco ad series for Powerhouse candy bars. The later Sundays he was even allowed to sign them. But there was also a daily run, some of which I may have shown before. They were used once a week and I just accidentally ran across them.
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Showing posts with label Powerhouse. Show all posts
Thursday, February 25, 2016
A Real Powerhouse
Wednesday Advertising Day.
Early in his career as a commercial cartoonist, Dik Browne produced the Roger Wilco ad series for Powerhouse candy bars. The later Sundays he was even allowed to sign them. But there was also a daily run, some of which I may have shown before. They were used once a week and I just accidentally ran across them.
Early in his career as a commercial cartoonist, Dik Browne produced the Roger Wilco ad series for Powerhouse candy bars. The later Sundays he was even allowed to sign them. But there was also a daily run, some of which I may have shown before. They were used once a week and I just accidentally ran across them.
Saturday, November 08, 2014
Off Color
Saturday Leftover Day.
In 1946 and 1947 Dik Brone drew a two-weekly ad series for Powerhouse candy bars called Roger Wilco (most of which I have shown in some for, although I did find a couple of new color ones I have included). It probably was his first work for the Johnstone and Cushing company and I always thought that it showed a similarity to his most well known work before that: designing the Chicita Lady for the famous banana brand. On the other hand, I was never really sure if he did originate the Roger Wilco series and the characters. Last week, I came across a once a week series of daily strips of Roger Wilco and Powerhouse (which ran from March to December). The are in the same style, but look less like the work of Browne. Also, they are not signed (as the later Sunday samples sometimes were). It is an impressive run of strips, most of which I managed to pull from a micro-fiche site. But are they by Dik Browne? If they are, they show an even earlier fase of his art style. But somehow I don't think they are.
In 1946 and 1947 Dik Brone drew a two-weekly ad series for Powerhouse candy bars called Roger Wilco (most of which I have shown in some for, although I did find a couple of new color ones I have included). It probably was his first work for the Johnstone and Cushing company and I always thought that it showed a similarity to his most well known work before that: designing the Chicita Lady for the famous banana brand. On the other hand, I was never really sure if he did originate the Roger Wilco series and the characters. Last week, I came across a once a week series of daily strips of Roger Wilco and Powerhouse (which ran from March to December). The are in the same style, but look less like the work of Browne. Also, they are not signed (as the later Sunday samples sometimes were). It is an impressive run of strips, most of which I managed to pull from a micro-fiche site. But are they by Dik Browne? If they are, they show an even earlier fase of his art style. But somehow I don't think they are.
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