Friday, November 4, 2011

Camera Comics

As noted by Peta Pixel, and posted on How To Be A Retronaut, from 1944 to 1946, the U.S. Camera Publishing Company issued a series of comic books to get kids interested in photography.  These Camera Comics books featured stories of photographers in wartime, crime fighting and other adventures; as well as stories about pioneering figures in the history of photography.  The fictional characters included Linda Lens, Kid Click, and my favorite, "Jim Lane, Insurance Investigator."  I wonder if he was Lois Lane's brother.  There were also some neat ads for Kodak and Graflex showing the role their products were playing in the war effort. 

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