The only thing I know about these scans of pages from a German kids' books about a Salamander is that they are really beautiful and that they remind me of the work of cartoonist Jim Woodring. Link (via The Cartoonist)
UPDATE: Mark Lakata sez: "I saw your post on boing-boing. Those salamander cartoons were free leaflets given out with "Salamander" brand shoes. My mom used to buy them for me when I was young at the local German shoe store (in LA). You would get the cartoons for free. This was in the 70s. Note that there seems to be a big emphasis on the shoes….
Salamander is still in business. I bought a pair of dress shoes last year in Europe.
http://daddytypes.com/archive/2004/10/27/lurchi_needs_a_new_pair_of_shoes.html
http://www.salamander.de/index.cgi?action=frontpage::load_plain§ion1=lurchi&template=index
