decapitation = success

March 5, 2010   //   1950s, commercial illustrations, Research and Engineering, violence

Spot illustration, Research & Engineering magazine, April 1956, showcasing the secret to corporate achievement: sever your rival’s head. The sword-wielding executive regiment works most effectively when your competitor is a sawtoothed reptile. In the above illustration the exec-suite platoon seems to have arrived after the fact, as evidenced by the detached noggin and “+” in place of eyeballs, which in cartoons usually signify death.

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