I am always amazed at the stuff that turns up on ebay. This is the art for the front, back and story pages of a great 1960-1 Twinkles cereal box. Twinkles was an incredible cereal because instead of having premiums inside, each box was like a comic book with a fold out page on the back. They changed the boxes frequently and were all fully painted. They ended up producing almost 50 boxes before abandoning the idea and going to a more conventional box design.
So it was quite a treat when this art and an original unused box turned up on ebay. It ended up costing a bit but I doubt I will ever have a shot at another. To see more Twinkles boxes check out a gallery of them on my website - TWINKLES GALLERY.
6 comments:
What a find, Dan! Does it say who the painter was? I always assumed they were done by Mel Crawford, but I could be way off.
No there is no info on the artist. But Mel Crawford is probably a pretty good guess
Holy moly. Wow, Dan!
so glad i stumbled upon this blog! i use Krazy Kids Food so much at work for inspiration the pages are falling out... im glad to have found an online version of the fun!
what a find!
Of interest:
http://www.goofbutton.com/2007/11/funpacked_twinkles.html
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