Thursday, October 27, 2016

Your Tax Dollars At Work--Will Eisner Wants You To Clean And Lube Your Rifle!!









The M16A1 Operations And Preventative Maintenance Manual is from 1969

3 comments:

SF said...

Is it just me, or is that second page really, really ... ummm ... Freudian?

snell said...

Some would suggest that its hard *not* be Freudian when you have women fondling guns. And there are a lot more pages like that that I didn't post! Let's just say that Eisner knew how to get the attention of his target audience...

Prof. Chronotis said...

I am the proud owner of a copy of this manual ... one of several Eisner treasures. When I met the man I had to choose which item I wanted him to autograph. I chose a collection of daily strips, which I later learned were in fact drawn by Jack Cole. Ah well. Eisner didn't seem to mind.

At that same convention I entered a costume contest as the Spirit, complete with skin-graft eye mask. For my little presentation I peeled off the mask and said I was tired of getting the holy crap beaten out of me and I quit. Eisner was there and he laughed and laughed. I'll never forget that moment. :)