3 June 1959 Afterburner

The 3 June 1959 issue of Yokota's base paper was almost completely devoid of graphics -- banners, cartoon, space fillers. However, the paper did change its flag with this issue, so that's noteworthy.

New flag. The move to this Germanic font seems strange and incongruous to me, like it's the Christmas issue. But this was 1959 so I have to be careful not to project my sensibilities onto a different era and mindset. 

Ah, Rhymes of the Times. So boring, so lame. Note the Navy Dixie Cup hat on the owl.

27 May 1959 Afterburner

Alright, we finally have a good selection of art and graphics after a number of issues that didn't have much of anything. All but one of these pieces are from AFPS, but that's ok.

This first one by Ortega is pretty good that makes its point. It accompanied an article on being careful when getting advanced pay.

People to People was a US military program in the 1950s encouraging Americans abroad to get to know the locals. Nice art by Jack Lebo.

Here's another Lebo cartoon as part of the SOP series. Everything here is wrong of course, which makes it's so interesting. As I've noted before, this is off-color and "humorous" in that 1950s/1960s Playboy kind of way.

Jack Lebo was a busy man.

Huh?

The only local piece in the 27 May issue. A variation of a banner for an on-going photo series. 

Operation Blonde was a recurring strip in US military papers that was low-brow with some occasional yucks. A kind of Sad Sack for the Playboy era.

20 May 1959 Afterburner

Three graphics in this issue: Two from AFPS, and one locally generated.

This is a pretty interesting AFPS piece, and it looks like it's by Jack Lebo although the signature was cut off during the layout process. I would guess that retention was an issue in 1959, hence attempts to get active duty members to turn the service into a career through retirement. Much different from today where RIFs are common.

My research of old Air Force newspapers shows clearly that the Air Force was perfectly happy to use sex to get messages out to its Airmen. One would never, ever see this today in an Air Force publication. 

John Boyle's new banner for a weekly article about little league and other local sports. Apparently a dangling cigarette was a prerequisite for journalists in the old days.

13 May 1959 Afterburner

Thanks to my 24-inch iMac monitor all but dying this blog's been on a one-month hiatus. So, now that I'm back here are the graphics I found in the 13 May 1959 Afterburner.

Pretty self-explanatory.

Here we see a hand-drawn graphic. Looks like high school level stuff.

A military cartoon borrowed from another paper out in San Diego. Very nice art that reminds me of some of the characters that used to appear in Bugs Bunny cartoons.

Another biographical sketch cartoon by John Boyle. First class, as usual.