Heavy Metal Madness: Seeing Pink Elephants
Alcohol consumption in graphic arts in the '50s and '60s is often presented as a jolly pasttime, the most dire consequences of which might be visions of pink elephants, says Gene Gable. In this installment: Gene explores what we learn from cocktail napkins, or why we might feel a little nimptopsical this time of year.

As late as the '60s, drunks were still pretty happy as illustrated in this card deck, each festooned with a different drinking cartoon on the back.

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