Comments on: Whatever Happened To “Grit,” That’s What I Want To Know

By: Moosalini

Moosalini — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:01:26 +0000

Hey there Shaun,
I will join you for a game but only if you are wearing Dingo Boots and we can invite O.J. Simpson along!

By: Shaun

Shaun — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 01:21:29 +0000

The Grit ads, the Charles Atlas ads, the Hostess snack ads that were mini DC comics with the heroes somehow saving the day with the add of a fruit pie or other tasty treat, Sea Monkeys, x-ray specs… Those are the comics ads I miss in today’s floppies.

Anyone up for some “Street Ball” with Rick Barry and Dr. J?

By: MIchael D.

MIchael D. — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 05:06:52 +0000

Grit was a national newspaper that focused on rural America. It still exists as a bimonthly magazine aimed at farmers. Here’s a page from their website telling the history: http://www.grit.com/grit-history.aspx

Grit ads were commonplace in comics of the 70s and 80s.

By: Chuck Jones

Chuck Jones — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:56:55 +0000

So….what WAS GRIT? And, where did it go?

By: Matt Spatola

Matt Spatola — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:50:21 +0000

@Ken- Graeme is not good for proof reading or making sense usually. Also he rarely can create a headline that is not a question. I’m guessing Journalism was not a college major or English a requirement at his high school.

By: ThePants

ThePants — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:13:38 +0000

I actually noticed this almost immediately after the economy tanked, maybe mid-late 09, really suddenly almost every ad in Marvel was either a house ad or a licensed Marvel product…

By: Ken from Chicago

Ken from Chicago — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:36:09 +0000

Hi, could that first paragraph be reviewed? I had trouble understanding it:

“Something occurred to me while reading Wolverine and The X-Men this week: Almost ad in the book is for a Marvel product. ”

I have no clue what that second sentence is suppose to mean.

“It’s not just this book, either; last week’s Fear Itself #7 had ten ad pages (Eleven, if you could the “Follow…” page pointing to the epilogue books), and only one wasn’t Marvel related – and even that was for a Disney sibling, ABC’s Once Upon A Time.”

I’m guessing parenthetical part of the sentence here meant “Eleven, if you [count] the “Follow…” page pointing…”.

By: Steve Flack

Steve Flack — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:53:42 +0000

It was Marvel policy for a while that if you wanted to make licensed products with the characters, you had to in turn purchase ad space in Marvel books, which lead to basically every ad in the books to be generic “MARVEL SLEEPWEAR” or “MARVEL EDUCATIONAL TOYS” ads for a long time. Basically, if it wasn’t a centerfold, or cover related ad, it was one of these Marvel License buy-in ads.