"These comic strips illustrate some of the different ways advertisers used comics to sell their products. Using a well known celebrity or creating a character that would become familiar to the audience were common strategies that are still used today. These examples reveal the success advertisers found when they incorporated comics in their ads. All Information found inAdvertising and Selling, August 15, 1935, page 30-32." (click the image above to enlarge).
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... and more of the early advertising comics.
