One of our dear friends at Diamond, Lance Woods, sent us the following
links he found while perusing the Advertising Age website this week. Check out
how often and effectively comic strips were used to sell products–from
laxatives to cigarettes:

http://www.lileks.com/oldads/index.html

http://www.lileks.com/comics/misc/index.html

http://www.lileks.com/comics/phillipm/index.html