Willie the Penguin 006

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Comic Name: Willie the Penguin 006 (27.17 MB)
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Edited by a nonny moose
Uploaded by: a nonny moose
Upload Date: 2016-04-16 11:45:25

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[erwin-k]

Comment made at: Willie the Penguin 006
From the indicia: copyright 1952 by the Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company. Can somebody explain that?
 

[jimpage]

Comment made at: Willie the Penguin 006
Hi--

Willie the penguin began as a mascot used in advertising for Kool menthol cigarettes.

--Jim
 

[Yoc]

Comment made at: Willie the Penguin 006
Thanks Jim.  I had no idea.
 

[jimpage]

Comment made at: Willie the Penguin 006
As a marketing guy, I've always been intrigued by how they sold cigarettes over the years. Here's a funny approach from the early 1950s, when ciggies could be advertised on television:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrh3x8I0E-s
 

[rangerhouse]

Comment made at: Willie the Penguin 006
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh5FR2gu-KI
 

[Ger Apeldoorn]

Comment made at: Willie the Penguin 006
Has a signed text story by Arnold Drake.