Wednesday, December 8, 2010

December 8

Subscriptions used to come in clear plastic wrappers, so as to keep the magazine pristine, and then in the 90s some bright boy or girl decided to save money and just put the subscription labels directly on the cover, and the label didn't just peel off, no, it ripped part of the cover off with it, hence the little tears on the cover below and a bunch of other covers from that time. Ah well, in the grand scheme of things . . .



5 comments:

RahneFan said...

Thanks for sharing these! Love the lower one.

Is there a secret to persuading clients or editors who would look at that second one and push for less sky or raising the tree a little higher? If you dig?

Thomas Haller Buchanan said...

Editors and cartoonists are mysteries of the universe—way down the ladder from the mysteries of women of course.

The secret in your question is to be Charles Addams.

RahneFan said...

Was afraid you'd say that.

PEDRO ANGOSTO said...

Just to tell you how much I enjoy your blog! Keep going,please!!

Annie said...

I love the excitement in the grownups hailing Santa, as if they were children. (Aren't we all?)