Misheard

I always liked it when artists took the time to
draw incidental objects into their comics. It is time
consuming, so it doesn't happen often. At work
someone misheard breakfast as hit six. For some
reason it made me think of cereal, so I drew a box.

They Still Make This Stuff

It was amazing to find this stuff while visiting
another state, since it seemed to disappear
sometime in the seventies. Looking it up, I
learned they put it out in limited test markets.

Cereal Toys

It made a friend laugh when I said cereal was a big part of my life, but it's true.

As a kid, not only did I love the cereal, but the packaging with a cartoon character on the front and the beautifully animated commercials. They even sponsored all the Saturday Morning Cartoons. The only thing that made it better was the prize that came free in each box. What seemed like plastic junk to my parents were endless entertainment to my brother and me.

I was surprised to learn that most of the cereal toys I loved were made by one manufacturer, R & L Company, in Melbourne Australia.

You can read more online here, and there is a fantastic book on the subject here.