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Comic-Con: 1942
August 9, 1942. "Interlochen, Michigan. National music camp where 300 or more young musicians study symphonic music for eight weeks each summer. Reading the funny papers on Sunday morning." Medium format acetate negative by Arthur S. Siegel. View full size.
It's punny
An artistic style that could be called ha-relief.
Comic Relief
They're reading the Detroit News, which maybe shouldn't be a surprise - the fact that Interlochen is clear across the state notwithstanding - as metro papers had wide circulation areas in those days; competition was fierce: the rival Free Press and Detroit Times both offered 16 page sections.
And last, but by no means least, we can't blame them for wanting to avoid the main news section: a front page headline that day was "Six Nazi Spies Die in Chair" (the infamous "enemy combatant" case).
How big those pages are --
The good old days when you could read a comic strip without a magnifying glass. And when was the last time you heard anyone refer to "the funny papers" or the "funny pages"?
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