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101 Images Currently in Gallery
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Foghorn Leghorn Vs Egghead Jr Using Slide Rule in "Hide and Seek".. Warner Bros and the Cartoon Network Watch Cartoon 1:06 Min (MP4) |
Row #01 |
Jef Mallet Cartoon: Teacher With Slide Rule |
Darwin Slide Rule, a graphic by Larry Stewart. |
Science Cartoon by T. McCracken. See more of Theresa's excellent work at McHumor Cartoons |
Brookins Pluggers Cartoon |
Raccoon with Slide Rule by Daniel |
Row #02 |
Christmas Card from Larry Stewart (International Slide Rule Group) |
"Lucky" LarryStewart (International Slide Rule Group) |
Bloom County cartoons drawn by Berkeley Breathed (1988) about the demise of slide rules. |
Cornered The Slide Rule Market Cartoon |
Mr. Tweedy Slide Rule Bankruptcy |
Row #03 |
Outland by Berkeley Breathed Slide Rule 12-26-1993 |
Pluggers Cartoon by Gary Brookins Published 11-3-2009 |
Cartoon Mocking Dr. Peter Mark Rogets Inventions 1975, Thesaurus and Log Log Slide Rule |
Burglars (Modified) Cartoon Wife Mocking a slide rule Collector |
Darby Conley (2002) cartoon Bucky wants Compass, Slide Rule and... Courtesy of United Feature Syndicate, Inc. |
Row #04 |
Bob Thaves, cartoonist, 1940s from Book Of Madness,University Of Minnisota |
Cartoons from Stanford University magazine Chaparral c1960 |
Acme Slide Rules Wall Street Journal |
Mathew Pritchett Daily Telegraph Millenium Bug |
Spanked With Slide Rule, National Lampoon Art Poster Book 1975 |
Row #05 |
Oliver Wendell Jones chased by his Slide Rule - BerkeleyBreathed |
C.O. Harris from Slide Rule Simplified 1943 |
National Lampoon Yearbook, Slide Rule Club 1964 |
Madam Hildas cartoon Mysteries Of The Slide Rule Unveiled |
German Slide Rule Cartoon |
Row #06 |
German Slide Rule Cartoon |
Cartoon by Harley Schwadron, 2002 Tribune Media |
Cartoonbank Abbacus Is Down |
Daily Mail Political Cartoon 2004 |
Abucus Cartoon |
Row #07 |
Charlie and Lola in "Inventing Something Useful", CBeebies TV show in the UK. April 2017 (UKSRC SkidStick#57) |
Over the Hedge Cartoon, March 16, 2005, by Michael Fry and T. Lewis. |
Zorglub with sliderule (1962). From the Belgian comic strip series Spirou et Fantasio album No. 16 "L'ombre du Z" (1962). Mad scientist, Zorglub, is holding a sliderule and is being disturbed by honking in the driveway. (contributed by Etienne Sourd, Montral, Canada). |
Slide Rule based Computer - Cartoon in the New Yorker magazine |
Slide Rule Character in Earth-ML Comic |
Row #08 |
Apollo "Uhhh, Houston We Have A Word Problem", Cartoon by Scott Hilburn (c)2010 |
Ad for Yaquinto's Attack of the Mutants game that used to run on the inside cover of most Marvel comics.(1980) |
"Slide Rulers Rule" - Return To Zero Comic in EDN magazine |
"A World Without Engineers", Agilent Technologies promo. |
New Zealand Political Cartoon With Slide Rule. 4-24-13 by Tom Scott. Contributed By Phillip Rodley, Upper Hutt, NZ. It was comparing the simplicity and cost of earlier energy policies to the current situation. Larger |
Row #09 |
Paul Taylor cartoon, 2013-04-19 "Human Slide Rule". |
Showcase Presents The Phantom Stranger, Volume 1, "Slide Rule" |
Alien Vs Scientist (with slide rule), drawn in unknown cartoon, Contributed by Foo Cheow Ming |
Robot Enginers With Slide Rule - Electronics Illustrated Oct 1958 |
"Just Wait Until I Find The Guy Who Sold Me This Slide Rule" Cartoon - Radio News, May 1939 |
Row #10 |
Abacus "In Case Of Emergncy" In Computer Room, Radio-TV-Experimenter, July 1966 |
IIT Tech News Cartoon Shows Student With Slide Rule On Hip. April 1, 1948 |
IIT Tech News - Slide Rule As Martini Stirrer. Oct 23, 1953 |
PG&E's Endless Slide Rule Nuclear Is Safe - By Russel Hodin 2015 |
RATED R - John Dempsey Cartoon - Scientist With Slide Rule In Pocket |
Row #11 |
"Mr. Flex Wants His Radio 'Log' Book" - Amateur-Wireless, November 1930. His son hands him a logarithm tables book. |
Old Age Retirement vs Geek Public Speech, Sales Pitches with Gadgets |
Over Dependence On Technology Slide Rule Abacus - In Case of Power Outage |
Lead Engineer With Slide Rule - Elementary Electronics Jan-Feb 1975 |
Maya Mathsword - by Philip Williamson, drawn for a demo of an interactive comic book for the PlayStation2 game console. He designed the characters and the plot, and drew the storyboards. September 2010. |
Row #12 |
Crockett Johnson (1906-1975) Barnaby Comic Strip c1942. Barnaby, Atlas the Mental Giant, and O'Malley |
Calvin And Hobbs, Slide Rule Discussion. Bill Watterson 1982 |
Slide-rule Yellow. Barney And Clyde Comic 2012 |
Bonequest.com - Pants And Deuce Debate Sliderules. Nov2014 |
The Michigan Technic Nov,1957 Slide Rule Drawing by Arnold |
Row #13 |
The Michigan Technic Nov, 1961 Censored By McHigan |
The Michigan Technic Nov, 1946. Cartoon On Joke Page, Students Holding Slide Rules |
The Michigan Technic May, 1948. Coed Catches Eye Of Engineering Student, Cartoon |
The Michigan Technic May, 1947. Cartoon Wishing to play baseball |
The Michigan Technic March, 1949. Censored Joke Page, Engineer's Creed |
Row #14 |
Barnaby and Mental Giant |
Monroe Comic With Slide Rule by Brooks |
USNA TheLOG March 13,1970 - Supermid With Sliderule |
USNA TheLOG Feb 20, 1970 - Supermid With Sliderule |
USNA TheLOG Jan 30, 1970 pg33 - Joystick Sliderule |
Row #15 |
USNA TheLOG Nov 21,1969 pg33 - Supermid With Sliderule |
When Brother Power tries to make it as a capitalist, Lord Sliderule tries to destroy him. Reprints. in Maniaks (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #3 (December 1970) |
Breen And Mike Thompson, April 17, 2012 - Calculators Out of Business? |
Iron Man with Slide Rule On His Wrist |
Baby Blues Figuring Out the Decimal Point location, (characteristic of new slide rule users, sothis comic is included) |
Row #16 |
The Pitts Slide Rule Justice by Tom Roy, 1993-07-07. (Not sharing slide rule) |
Hayao Miyazaki's The Wind Rises, a Japanaese Anime Movie about a young engineer named Jiro Horikoshi, who works at Mitsubishi and designs the famous Zero fighter plane. Jiro with many slide rule scenes |
1967 Yearbook Slide Rule - University Of Manitoba, Canada, Class Of 1967,pg28 - Ennis Cartoon |
University Of Toronto Skule Yearbook 1960 pg43 - Industrial Engineer Section Cover |
University Of Toronto Skule Yearbook 1958 pg56 - Engineering Physics Section Cover |
Row #17 |
University Of Toronto Skule Yearbook 1958 pg69 - Athletics Section Cover |
University Of Toronto SkuleYearbook 1957 pg52 - Engineering Physics Section Cover |
University Of Toronto SkuleYearbook 1960 pg76 - Mechanical Engineering Section Cover |
University Of Toronto SkuleYearbook 1960 pg104 - Chemical Engineering Section Cover |
NJIT Nucleus 1951 Yearbook Engineering Student Graphic With Slide Rule pg45 |
Row #18 |
NJIT Nucleus 1951 Yearbook Freshman Bewildered Graphic With SlideRule pg26 |
NJIT Nucleus 1954 NCE Yearbook - "20 Years Slide Rules Will Be Obsolete" by John L. McIver (class photo pg90). pg172-173. Larger size John Lawrence McIver (1933-2021) Seattle Times Obituary |
NJIT Nucleus1962 Newark College of Engineering Yearbook - Jocks Make Fun Of NCE Student With Slide Rule Sticking Out Of Jacket. pg33 |
NJIT Nucleus 1962 Newark College of Engineering Yearbook - Mech Engineering Students Calculate Marble Trajectories. pg137 |
NJIT Nucleus 1966 NCE Yearbook - Basketball Banner With Slide Rule Graphic. pg173 |
Row #19 |
NJIT Nucleus 1949 Yearbook Chapter Heading - Slide Rule In Graphic. pg87 |
NJIT Nucleus 1949 Yearbook Undergraduate Chapter Heading - Slide Rule In Graphic. pg93 |
Colorado State University Rocky Mountain Collegian Oct. 28, 1943. "Slide Rules And Sly Glances" Cartoon Full Page |
"Phineas and Ferb" - Dr. Diminutive holding slide rule - Season 4, Episode 33 |
Hayao Miyazaki's movie The Wind Rises two more Frames With Slide Rule. Jiro Horikoshi, works at Mitsubishi and designs the famous Zero fighter plane. |
Row #20 |
Belle à la mécanique (Mechanically Beautiful), "Punch, or the London Charivari" Magazine c1890. Original scan drawn by Edward Linley Sambourne (1844-1910), ref: British Library Contributed by Marvin Clarence |
"Daisy and Donald" Issue36 (1979) - Daisy holds Doctor Medic's Circular Slide Rule Contributed by Marvin Clarence |
"Foxtrot" Comic, September 17, 2017 By Bill Amend. Math Hipsters Holding A Slide Rule And Abacus |
Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed. Feb 16, 2016 Bill Gates With Slide Rule |
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