Up for auction is a RARE vintage copy of the February/March 1963 issue of CAR 'Toons comic book. This has a rip on the cover but is otherwise in near mint condition. I also have two other issues in different auctions, April/May 1963 and April 1974. Thanks for looking and be sure to check out all of my other auctions
The following information is from the CarToons web site: (http://www.georgetrosley.com/cartoons.html)
CARtoons started in 1959 by two guys- Pete
Millar and Carl Kohler. The first 4 issues were smaller, only 5. 5x 7.
5 inches, and were put out by Trends books, which then turned into
Petersen Publishing. The mag was put out every two months, but some of
the years in the 70’s and 80’s had 8 issues. The issues started being
numbered beginning with the 5th issue and ending with issue
#101. After that, they put out 5 ‘Best of issues’ which were quarterly,
and started with Fall 1977, and ended with Winter 1978. In 1979 they
went back to bi-monthly.
In 1964, ‘Unk and them Varmints’ were created.
They were on every cover, and in every issue until 1975. This is when
the magazine changed it’s format to what most of us remember. It had a
new logo, new artists, and new features, including those custom
iron-ons we all made our mom’s put on our t-shirts. Added later was the
‘How To’ section. These took you step by step through drawing a certain
car or truck, and were drawn by George Trosley. The mag went through a
few changes, the iron-ons went away In July 1983, only to come back in
Aug 1984, and to disappear for good in April 1986. After that, there
were color posters in the center. Also, they started putting
advertising in as well, to try to keep the cover price down.