Monday PSA: Binky Gives ‘Tips on Camping!’

August 10th, 2009

Filed under: Comics

Binky Gives 'Tips on Camping!' Click for the full page.With summer vacation winding down and families taking a last ditch vacation before school starts up again, I thought a public service ad about camping would be appropriate. This PSA is fairly straightforward: Binky takes his unfortunately named brother Allergy and some of his friends on a camping trip and takes the time to teach them how to do it right.

PSAThere is something wonderfully poetic about a boy named Allergy destroying wildflowers.

PSAThis is the first PSA I can recall with a typo: I suspect Binky means to say “First Aid” in the final panel and not just “First.”

PSAFor a classic vacation PSA, check out How NOT to Enjoy a Vacation! It features a talking dog, what more could you want?

PSAEver notice how the title to every DC PSA ends in an exclamation point, whether it warrants it or not? It makes me think everyone at DC involved in making the PSAs was always very excited!

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This PSA is found in the DC comics of May 1955, including Adventure Comics #212, where this was scanned in from. This strip was written by Jack Schiff with art by Win Mortimer.

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9 Responses to “ Monday PSA: Binky Gives ‘Tips on Camping!’ ”

  1. Jon
    August 11th, 2009 at 12:15 am

    I didn’t notice it at the time, but when I went through some old DC comics as an adult, I discovered that almost every speech balloon ended in an exclamation mark. Of course, that was in the Silver Age…

  2. Sean Duggan
    August 11th, 2009 at 8:22 am

    Och… I wish more people today knew how to walk along the side of the road. Which side to bike on (the same as driving unless you’re walking your bike) too!

  3. Alberto
    August 11th, 2009 at 9:01 am

    Is it just me or Binky’s smile on the first panel looks a little evil with those raised eyebrows?

  4. Bryan L
    August 11th, 2009 at 9:24 am

    “Allergy” is pretty much the best name ever, except of course for his cousin, “Rheumatism.” I fully expect that Gwyneth Paltrow’s next child will be named Allergy.

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  6. Mr. B
    August 11th, 2009 at 4:21 pm

    Those eyebrows do indeed look mischievous.

  7. Andreas
    August 11th, 2009 at 6:57 pm

    “I fully expect that Gwyneth Paltrow’s next child will be named Allergy.”

    You mean “Nut Allergy” right? ;)

  8. Dean
    August 11th, 2009 at 10:44 pm

    But where is Allergy’s giant bowtie? I call shenanigans.

  9. animus
    August 15th, 2009 at 8:27 am

    Fullstops were often lost during the production process! Old school comic writers ended every declarative sentence with an exclamation mark, just to make sure!

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