Sunday, March 10, 2013

English Comics Daily Diversion: Rainbow May 12th 1951


For the next while I'll be sharing front page comics from Amalgamated Press titles from the late 1940's through to the 1950's. Rainbow, Playbox, Jingles, Tiny Tots, Tip Top, and Chick's Own were all juvenile titles published in England as tabloid size papers consisting of eight pages. The front and back cover sheet featured vibrant primary colours whilst interiors where black and white with one leaf utilising spot colour. Racial and class stereotypes feature in abundance and depict what was typical children's entertainment from the post war years of over sixty years ago.

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