Basil Wolverton's Culture Corner — HOWTOs for modern living from the past

Cory Doctorow 5:57 am Wed Mar 25, 2009

Kim sez, "In the 1940s and 1950s, comic great Basil Wolverton's half-page strip 'Culture Corner' ran in the back of 'Whiz Comics' (home of Captain Marvel). Each strip featured Croucher K. Conk, Q.O.C. (Queer Old Coot) explaining the 'cultured' way of doing such tasks as 'How to Go Soak Your Head', 'How to Snore Without Being a Bore', and 'How to Kick a Person in the Teeth'. Dinosaur Gardens has dug up most of these old strips and made them available for download."

Basil Wolverton's Culture Corner

(Thanks, Kim!)

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