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Holy Social Marketing, Uncle Sam!: Government Issued Comics

Comics issued by U.S. Government agencies that promote social programs, civic engagement, or social awareness.

Posters as Social Marketing Tools

See the full collection of nearly 2,000 U.S. Government issued posters at: http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/gpc/

Super Comics Collections

Comics as Social Marketing Tools (arranged by date of publication)

9 lives of El Gato the Cat : a fire safety comic book. (1988, Consumer Product Safety Commission)
ADMATCH Adventures. (1974, Census Bureau)
Adventures of the garbage gremlin : recycle and combat, a life of grime (1991, Environmental Protection Agency)
Buzzy’s rebound : Fat Albert & the Cosby kids. (1972, Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service)
Don't be "sugar daddy" to moonshiners! true story of moonshine. (1957, Treasury Dept., Internal Revenue Service)
Factoids (1965, SSA)
A Farm and a Family (1956, SSA)
The Future Is Now! (1969, SSA)
In Other Peoples' Homes (1956, SSA)
Jimmy Has More Fun (1969, Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service)
John's First Job (1956, Social Security Administation)
Just about 65? medicare health benefits can help you, there are 2 insurance plans, hospital insurance, doctor bill insurance. (1966, Health, Education and Welfare Dept., Social Security Admin.)
Little Oscar's First Air Raid
McGruff's surprise party. (1989, Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, et al.)
On the Trail of the Missing Ozone (1993, EPA)
Perils of Pip: preventing poisoning: introducing Pip, the magic safety elephant! (1978, Consumer Product Safety Commission)
Piense Primero En Su Hijo Que Esta Por Nacer…Dice El Dr. Rex Morgan
Preparedness 101: Zombie Pandemic (2011, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Rex Morgan, M.D., talks about your unborn child. (1989, Dept. of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms)
Sprocket Man (1994, Consumer Product Safety Commission)
Squeaks Discovers Type: How Print Has Expanded Our Universe! (2010, Government Printing Office)
Story of safety in the skies. (1967, Transportation Dept., Federal Aviation Admin.)
Three Who Came Back! (1965, SSA)

Uncle Sam, Get a Grip!

Related UI Libraries Resourcs:

Obscene and pornographic literature and juvenile delinquency. Interim report of the Committee on the Judiciary (1956)
Juvenile delinquency: Comic books. Motion pictures. Obscene and pornographic materials. Television programs. (1955 Hearing) U.S. Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee
Comic books and juvenile delinquency. (1955 Report)
Juvenile delinquency (comic books). (1954 Hearing)
Creating select committee to conduct investigation and study of offensive and undesirable books, magazines, and comic books. (1952 Report)

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