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[Deb]

Tis Halloween, there are spooks about,

Ghoulies and ghosties without a doubt

But if you’re a-feart, and need distraction

Try our pens – guaranteed satisfaction!

 

 

 

Who is the character in the image – or rather, who was he before I turned him into a witch?  (Andy T is disqualified on the grounds that the question is far too easy for him!)

[AndyR]

Though 'Andy T' may be disqualified, I guess I am not - but  I won't give the game away. Suffice it to say for now he was Conway Stewart's answer to Onoto's Peter Pen!

 

Andy

Edited by AndyR, 29 October 2014 - 10:48 PM.

[malcolm]

Don't understand why we haven't had a speedy answer.

[AndyR]

That's enough, thank you Malcolm. We've had our fill of comments like that........

 

[Deb]

You've got it!

Speedy Phil is one of several androgynous little critters that appear in advertising in the early part of the 20th century.  I'm sure there's a scholarly paper in it – The Epicene Figure in Art Deco Advertising, perhaps.