Saturday, February 26, 2011

Do you yearn and burn to learn? Read Basil Wolverton's Culture Corner!

From Whiz Comics #115

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

"Open all night for war workers"

One of the things you notice in the popular culture of the early Forties is how every aspect of life was focused on the war, even things like keeping shop open all night to accommodate the around the clock work of the defense plants.



from Whiz Comics #53

Welcome to the family

Now open, the Mippyville Bijou, catering to the most discerning of Mippyville's cinema lovers.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Wit, humor and filosophy

Captain Billy's Whiz Bang started a publishing powerhouse that would include Family Circle, Gold Medal Paperbacks and, of course, Whiz Comics.

It even merited a line in the Music Man as one of the bad influences Harold Hill warns the residents of River City about.