17 June 1959 Afterburner

In this issue of Yokota's Afterburner there are two lame pieces and two really good ones. I'll explain in the captions below.

This is an old-fashioned cartoon style by Jack Lebo from AFPS, and it's excellent in terms of art and content. A message about the problems associated with a less-than-honorable discharge are conveyed clearly here. 

This strip is awful as usual. I continue to show these for their very awfulness.

Another AFPS SNAFU strip by Johnson. His art is terrific, and his sense of humor has a definite dark edge to it. This joke makes more sense to a military audience, but even a civilian can probably figure it out.

The WAVEs were the US Navy's female-only corps, so the joke is that this guy is sneaking into the women's barracks by pretending to be female by sticking a mop on his head. Yuk yuk. This is obviously a distro rather than locally produced.

10 June 1959 Afterburner

A nice selection today of AFPS and local graphics from the 10 June 1959 Afterburner. Enjoy!

Simple, engaging, and to the point -- score one for AFPS.

This art, and the following two images, accompanied a feature article about a tourist place called "UNESCO Village" located fairly close to Yokota (about 30 minutes in 1959) at a Seibu Line station named Sayamako. According to the article in the newspaper it consisted of architecture and attractions from around the world, perhaps a bit like Epcot. I'm pretty sure that UNESCO Village doesn't exist anymore, and it probably wouldn't be necessary since world travel is now so simple. The artist for these pieces is unknown.

A new banner for this regular photo feature.

This little banner was for a local column on cooking cheap and easy meals. Believe me, the recipes look truly horrible.

Art with accompanying article from AFPS.

Another Yokota bio-comic from the sports page. Fantastic stuff!