204. “You May Already Be a Wiener!”

March 6, 2010

Q: I remember a single-panel cartoon, which may have appeared on a NL subscription renewal notice rather than in the magazine. A hot dog is standing by a mailbox, reading mail, specifically a flyer that reads, “You may already be a wiener!” Ring any bells?

A: It was used frequently on subscription cards in the magazine in the early seventies. It was by cartoonist Charles Barsotti. He features it prominently on his website (in a slightly more neatly drawn form): http://www.barsotti.com/fbelly1.html [Update: Barsotti’s site appears to have expired, so I’ve changed the link so it goes to an archive of the page on the Internet Wayback Machine.]

Comments

I have the original! He was friends with my mom.

—Amy Albright

February 29, 2024 6:49 pm

Wow, that's great! It's a classic.

—Mark

February 29, 2024 7:13 pm

I remember it fondly and vividly. I can’t believe all the crappy after-market rip-offs now on the web.

—Andrew

April 21, 2024 12:21 pm

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