Nuke me slowly

[jack_babalon]

~Picture Parade #1
September 1953 Gilberton

"This educational comic was given to school teachers to help students learn about newsworthy items. This classic cover says it all when it comes to the love of the atom in early 1950's. The inside is nothing but propganda about how splitting the atom will usher in a new period of hope and glory in human history. And how better to exemplify that by showing a touching scene of a boy smiling as he holds his dog while a mushroom cloud looms in the distance! Needless to say, there are tons of a-bomb panels inside too. Gerber esitmates that less than 200 known copies exist."

From:
http://www.rtsunlimited.com/CoverPages/pictureparade%231.htm

"Gosh sparky! It looks like the end of the world!"
"That's right Timmy, it's the Rapture, and Jesus is descending down from his holy mushroom cloud to smite the Reds once and for all."
"I'm scared Sparky."
"Well you should be, Timmy. All your friends and family are probably dead, and your about to be incinerated into a wonderful pile of radioactive dust."
".... your the worst pet ever Sparky!"

Comments

[dj-spider.livejournal.com]

I'm sending this entry to a friend links-wise...awesome!

[jackbabalon23.livejournal.com]

Thanks!