OPEN FORUM

Flak, Volume 1, Issue 6, 28 May 1943, Page 4

OPEN FORUM

CARTOONS, PLEASE In one z of the early issues of “FLAK” the Editor invited comment on this paper, and now he has started an Open Forum. That’s asking for trouble, and here it comes.. May I suggests that he drops the war pictures now published and replaces them with cartoons (preferably by Petty!) These war pictures do NOT print well in “FLAK” and we get enough of them in the daily press, anyway. Cartoons would brighten up the rag and would probably print better. In conclusion I would say that almost the only complaint I hear about

“FLAK” is that it is “too respectable.” ’ —H.M.T. Thanks for the suggestion, H.M.T. The whole question is one of expense. You will admit that it would look a pretty dull rag with just page after page of solid grey print. Pictures of some sort are needed to brighten its appearance. And the process of making a “block” from a photograph is a mighty expensive —more than we can afford unless our circulation increases considerably. We are fortunate in getting the pictures we now use free of cost.. Cartoons are not available. Of course, if some philanthropist likes to pay the cost of having one made we will gladly accept it. j i i When considering the complaint that “FLAK” is “too respectable,” you should remember that girls are numbered among our readers, and copies of our Mag., find their way into many homes.. Risque material needs delicate treatment. —Editor.