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As a long-time lover of good crossword puzzles and
comic strips, an effort has been made to provide the same sort of entertainment
to others of like mind. I add to these items on a fairly regular basis.
Back around 2000, I submitted a few model aviation themed crossword puzzles to
the Academy of Model Aeronautics' monthly magazine, Model Aviation. After
many months, Mr. Bob Hunt responded saying that he had just assumed the position
of editor for the "If It Flies" column, and that he would be interested in publishing
the crosswords. So, six of the puzzles appeared in 2001 editions.
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#6
Many decades ago, comic strips had a very broad appeal with people. Daily newspapers
and magazines often carried a large variety of single pane comics and strip comics.
If you are old enough to remember as fairly recently as the 1960s, the Sunday newspaper
had many pages of comics that were large and easy to read. By contrast, my local
Sunday paper today has only one full sheet (4 pages) with just a small handful of
comics, and some are reduced in size so much that they are barely readable.
Mr. Hutchison and Mr. McGrew, along with possibly other artists (signatures missing
or intelligible), provided a series of very humorous comics for various editions
of American Modeler at least during the late 1950s and early 1960s, of
which I have acquired few editions. Some subjects are dated, but many are as familiar
today as back 50 yeas ago. Where available, I scanned the comics and replicated
them here so that everyone can enjoy the long-ago work of a great artist. More will
be added as they become available.
Vintage Model Aircraft Comics:
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