Comic strip characters have served as spokesmen for many a product. I've been collecting comic character advertising for quite a while and thought I'd share a few examples. Today we have three print ads for Canada Dry Ginger Ale featuring the Terry and the Pirates characters -- all from the George Wunder era. Below those are two ads for Kraft caramels starring Chet Gould's Dick Tracy and Daisy Mae from Al Capp's Li'l Abner. I swear I have another Kraft ad featuring Abner himself, but can't find it at the moment. Abner was also the star of a long running series of ads for Cream of Wheat. I'll eventually scan some of those and share them here as well.
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![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Jhu_c3iV6VQ/SqGSkhBn4dI/AAAAAAAACEk/y3Z7ggRmH7U/s400/Terryad2.jpg)
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Jhu_c3iV6VQ/SqGSj_lkW8I/AAAAAAAACEc/jLx6PGgipBA/s400/TerryAd1.jpg)
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Jhu_c3iV6VQ/SqGSV279YuI/AAAAAAAACEU/jn-L11cVESs/s400/KraftTracy.jpg)
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Jhu_c3iV6VQ/SqGSVPXgEWI/AAAAAAAACEM/nNpLT3QqaTo/s400/KraftDaisy.jpg)
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