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The Victory War Bonds campaign ''(a campaign to sale war bonds)'' ran from 1941 to January of 1946. The Savings Bonds and Stamps were issue to help support the costs of the war effort. Stamps could be saved and traded in for a war bond. In the strips of Mandrake the Magician ''(and other newspaper strips)'' one often see small ''"stamps"'' glued into a panel that encourages people to buy Savings Bonds and Stamps. [[Phil Davis]] also illustratied some ads exhortating to buy government war bonds. | |||
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Image:PSA-DB-mtm-01.jpg|''Mandrake the Magician'' | |||
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Image:Defense Bonds ad.png|''Mandrake the Magician''<br>by Phil Davis | Image:Defense Bonds ad.png|''Mandrake the Magician''<br>by Phil Davis | ||
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Revision as of 14:16, 20 December 2015
A public service announcement (PSA) are messages in the public interest disseminated by the media without charge, with the objective of raising awareness, changing public attitudes and behavior towards a social issue. In the newspapers King Features have donated comic strip characters in the form of free, which endorsed causes and organizations that would fight polio, promote buying war bonds or show support of public charities. Newspapers donated free space for these announcements, especially during fund drives.
Defense Bonds illustration
The Victory War Bonds campaign (a campaign to sale war bonds) ran from 1941 to January of 1946. The Savings Bonds and Stamps were issue to help support the costs of the war effort. Stamps could be saved and traded in for a war bond. In the strips of Mandrake the Magician (and other newspaper strips) one often see small "stamps" glued into a panel that encourages people to buy Savings Bonds and Stamps. Phil Davis also illustratied some ads exhortating to buy government war bonds.
Mandrake the Magician
stamps in strips
Mandrake the Magician
by Phil Davis
March of Dimes
In about 1968 the March of Dimes ran PSAs for newspapers using known comic strip figures.
Mandrake the Magician
The Veteran’s Administration
The Veteran’s Administration ran PSAs for newspapers (1970 - 1984) using known comic strip figures from. The PSAs highlighted some of the ways the VA could help veterans in episodes of 'So says the VA...
So says the VA...
Mandrake the Magician
So says the VA...
Mandrake the Magician
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