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Chesty Bond
Chesty Bond is a fictional cartoon character and trademark for the Australian clothing company Bonds. The character was created in 1940, a co-creation of the advertising account manager Ted Moloney and artist Syd Miller. Chesty Bond was conceived as a likeable and heroic character in a continuous newspaper comic-strip, intended as a marketing campaign to sell the Bonds Athletic singlet. The comic-strip format, with a constantly changing storyline, proved to be extremely popular and continued to be published until 1963. ''Chesty Bond'' was possibly the world’s first daily advertising comic-strip. By virtue of its popularity and longevity, Chesty Bond became absorbed into Australian popular culture as a national icon. Origins The nexus between cartooning and the advertising of Bonds Athletic vests began in October 1936 with a series of crudely-drawn cartoons used in advertisements for the singlet in ''Australian Women's Weekly''. The first Bonds advertising comic-stri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Chesty may refer to: Animals * Chesty XII, mascot of the United States Marine Corps from 2002 to 2008 * Chesty XIII, mascot of the United States Marine Corps from 2008 to 2013 * Chesty XIV, mascot of the United States Marine Corps from 2013 to 2018 * Chesty XV, mascot of the United States Marine Corps Arts * ''Chesty Anderson, USN'', a 1976 R-rated comedy film featuring Shari Eubank * Chesty Morgan (band), a Swedish musical group named after the 1970s exploitation-film actress * '' Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend'', a documentary directed by John Ford and narrated by John Wayne Characters * Chesty, from the American animated short-lived television series ''Pandamonium'' * Chesty Barlow, from the 1937 British drama film ''Cross My Heart'' * Chesty Bond, long-lived fictional cartoon character and trademark for the Australian clothing company Bonds * Chesty Burrage, from the 1935 American feature film ''Stolen Harmony'' * Chesty Miller, from the 1940 American adventure film ''Eme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sun (Sydney)
''The Sun'' was an Australian afternoon tabloid newspaper, first published under that name in 1910. History ''The Sunday Sun'' was first published on 5 April 1903. In 1910 Hugh Denison founded Sun Newspaper Ltd and took over publication of the old and ailing and ''Australian Star'' and its sister ''Sunday Sun'', appointing Monty Grover as editor-in-chief. The ''Star'' became ''The Sun'', and the ''Sunday Sun'' became ''The Sun: Sunday edition'' on 11 December 1910. According to its claim, below the masthead of that issue, it had a "circulation larger than that of any other Sunday paper in Australia". Denison sold the business in 1925. In 1953, The Sun was acquired from Associated Newspapers by Fairfax Holdings in Sydney, Australia, as the afternoon companion to ''The Sydney Morning Herald''. At the same time, the former Sunday edition, the ''Sunday Sun'', was discontinued and merged with the ''Sunday Herald'' into the tabloid '' Sun-Herald''. Publication of ''The Sun'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telegraph (Brisbane)
The ''Telegraph'' was an evening newspaper published in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was first published on 1 October 1872 and its final edition appeared on 5 February 1988. In its day it was recognised as one of the best news pictorial newspapers in the country.Daily Sun, Saturday, 6 February 1988 Its Pink Sports edition (printed distinctively on pink newsprint and sold on Brisbane streets from about 6 pm on Saturdays) was a particularly excellent production produced under tight deadlines. It included results and pictures of Brisbane's Saturday afternoon sports including the results of the last horse race of the day. History In 1871 a group of local businessmen, Robert Armour, John Killeen Handy (M.L.A. for Brisbane), John Warde, John Burns, J. D. Heale and J. K. Buchanan formed the Telegraph Newspaper Co. Ltd. The editor was Theophilus Parsons Pugh, a former editor of the ''Brisbane Courier'' and founder of ''Pugh's Almanac''.Queensland Press Limited history report 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
