tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post7398792063248642215..comments2024-03-28T06:17:32.346-04:00Comments on Today's Inspiration: Attracting Reader Attention, 50's Styleleifpenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07232334860061949895noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-11621393440434158812008-01-08T12:50:00.000-05:002008-01-08T12:50:00.000-05:00Hi Leif, would have mailed you directly, but not h...Hi Leif, would have mailed you directly, but not having your private e-mail, figured to post this here.<BR/>Were you aware that back on 12 Dec. we lost one of the grandest pulp painters who ever picked up a brush,<BR/>artist Robert Harris. He did tons of western covers and even a few for Doc Savage before moving on to illustrating women's magazines. Google his name and see what you find.Ron Fortierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13309149554499286208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-43190339765827074472008-01-07T18:54:00.000-05:002008-01-07T18:54:00.000-05:00Barbara Bradley asked me to post this comment on h...Barbara Bradley asked me to post this comment on her behalf:<BR/><BR/>They didn't change very much in the next decade either. In the mid sixties, I did two versions of a job for a major beer company that were to run in the Pacific Northwest. It was an illustration for a Point-of-Purchase display that featured dancers doing the twist. I was instructed in both versions to show a good looking hunk-type man wearing a plaid shirt. In the Washington State version, he had a partner. I was specifically instructed to give her a generous bosom.<BR/><BR/>In the Oregon version, he danced alone. I was told that state law forbad showing women in beer ads. I don't know if that was true of not but the hunk danced alone. The jobs were fun and it paid well. I had nor have either original or reproduction. Illustrators rights were few in those days and mostly, we didn't care.leifpenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232334860061949895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-90693372203225577652008-01-07T18:51:00.000-05:002008-01-07T18:51:00.000-05:00Tom, you need some sensitivity training. :-)Tom, you need some sensitivity training. :-)Chris Ousleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556882962791033501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-49017408595595215652008-01-07T18:49:00.000-05:002008-01-07T18:49:00.000-05:00Tom; Thanks for ID-ing the Brusstar illo. I had ...Tom; Thanks for ID-ing the Brusstar illo. I had a feeling it was a west coast illustrator...<BR/><BR/>To both you and Liza, I'll be interested to hear what you think as this week progresses and we look at more images as they relate to (or contradict) Mr. Wiseman's article.leifpenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232334860061949895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-49174923984756894422008-01-07T18:39:00.000-05:002008-01-07T18:39:00.000-05:00We live in a gendered world, for sure. But what if...We live in a gendered world, for sure. But what if, in an alternate universe, manufacturers of, say, chain saws, decided to market to women, or Cosco decided to market their rolling trays to men. Given enough media saturation, maybe gender roles would have loosened up a bit.<BR/><BR/>We get so much gender education from ads. It's not just ads imitating life, but life imitating ads. Probably more so, actually.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-27493941061322657652008-01-07T17:10:00.000-05:002008-01-07T17:10:00.000-05:00My old friend Gordon Brusstar illustrated the chai...My old friend Gordon Brusstar illustrated the chain saw ad, and he was the ideal guy to do the job... a tan, healthy looking, outdoors kind of guy. He would know how to use that chain saw and, in fact used one to cut unwanted trees on his wooded country property. I think adverting has always been, and continues to be directed to whom is most likely going to purchase the product. I can't see a guy asking his wife to go to the hardware store and pick out the right chain saw for the right job... well, certainly not in the 1950's. But Leif brings up an interesting point, for the most part I think guys still buy guy things and women still buy women's things... or day I say that today?<BR/><BR/>Tom WatsonTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237565169344311948noreply@blogger.com