STAR COMICS Ad-Ventures "Black Advertising Characters"

This was a weird ongoing strip showing characters used for advertising various products (food/soap/cigars/etc)...

...as performers and the audience in a circus!

In this never-reprinted short from Ultem-Centaur's Star Comics V1N03 (1937), we see Aunt Jemima...

..and the Gold Dust Twins, Goldie and Dusty, advertising mascots for a line of soap products!

Due to the rise of the Civil Rights movement and protests and boycotts involving such stereotypical characters, the product line was discontinued 

I'm not sure about the Black chef.

The only ones I'm familiar with are Uncle Ben (who promoted Converted Rice's rice-based products) and Rastus (who was used in Cream of Wheat ads and packaging)!

Interestingly, Aunt Jemima was sexy enough to warrant a Tijuana Bible strip about her...

...but I don't know if any other Black advertising characters had their own appearances in the infamous format!

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Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben and Rastus

Blacks in Advertising, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

CoronaVirus Comics ALICE MATHESON "Day Z: Chapter 1: the Emergency"

We Have Already Seen...

...Alice Matheson is a nurse with a difference!

She's an "Angel of Death" who sends terminally-ill patients to their rest...without their consent or even their next-of-kin's knowledge!

But Alice Cross, her latest "patient" refuses to rest in peace, re-animating after receiving a deliberately-fatal overdose!

And she's not the only one...

The unique aspect of this particular "zombue apocalypse" series (originally-published in France) is the emphasis on how medical personnel react to the situation, rather than the usual "average citizen".

Do the medicos do any better?

Find out on Friday at...

Medical Comics and Stories!

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Alice Matheson

Volume 1

Z-Day

Trump Reading Room HELP! "Buster, Have You Ever Stomped a N---a?"

With Don da Con's administration using racist "dog whistles" to revive open racism in America...

...we're looking back at the last time such blatant stupidity went public, as Terry (Monty Python's Flying Circus) Gilliam and Dave Crossley present a never-reprinted satirical propaganda booklet which proves deeply-held con beliefs and comedy often read exactly the same, from Warren's HELP! #26 (1965), right after the Civil Rights Act was passed!

BTW, this was the final issue of the magazine, so the creatives felt they had nothing to lose and cut loose with everything they had!

The cover models are Elke Hellman and Gill Champion, with Terry Gilliam himself and Nicky Quest in the robes.

Gilliam is best-known as a writer-performer (and animator) in the Monty Python's Flying Circus ensemble, but also has numerous movie writing and directing credits including Brazil, Time Bandits, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas!

He was a writer/illustrator/designer/assistant editor for the last few issues of HELP!

It's frightening to see people currently-posting similar material on the internet...and believing it!

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Gilliamesque

A Pre-Posthumous Memoir

CoronaVirus Comics HEAVY METAL "Fever"

Heavy Metal the Magazine mostly featured reprints of "adult" sf/fantasy material from Europe...

...as well as new material from both European and American artists!

Originally-appearing in Les Humanoïdes Associés' Metal Hurlant #33 (1978) this tale, written and illustrated by Jean-Michel Nicollet was translated and published in Heavy Metal V5N7 (1981).

Another tale which anthropomorphized cancer can be found HERE!

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Metal Hurlant

Selected Works

CoronaVirus Comics IRON ACE "Leper"

You'd think if an aircraft pilot is called "Iron Ace", it would be meant metaphorically!

Not in this guy's case!

And the villain of this tale is called "The Leper"!

Guess why?

Illustrated by Bill Fraccio, this never-reprinted (and extremely-racist) tale from Hillman's Air Fighters Comics #12 (1943) features the only appearance of that publisher's "Leper" character.

Trivia: the CrimeBuster strip in Lev Gleason's Boy Comics had featured a different Axis character  (a German) the year before, also called "The Leper"!
However, he wasn't diseased and his name was merely symbolic.

Both were one-shot baddies.

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Air Fighters Classics #1

Reprinting the Iron Ace's Origin!