Old School Comics of the Future

I first heard of this guy while flipping through a magazine in the dermatologist's office a little while back. His name is Arthur Radebaugh, and in the late fifties and into the early sixties, he was sketching up futuristic scenes of innovative inventions that revolutionized the American lifestyle. In his comic strip titled "Closer than we Think," many of his creations seemed like real technological possibilities, which added excitement and a sense of realism to his work. A precursor to ultramodern cartoons like the Jetsons, Radebaugh brought a futuristic twist to the Sunday comic strip that fans adored. Here are just a few samples of his work:

"Please don't set my mail on fire"
[http://bogotissimo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/60_rocket_mailmen.jpg]

"Hey honey, let's freak out the family dog!"
[http://media.smithsonianmag.com/images/Futurism-Jetsons-631.jpg]

This could be a modern day political cartoon criticizing
industrial agriculture
[http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/arthur-radebaugh?before=1336375082]

"Let's strain our eyes on these tiny computer screens!"
[http://gajitz.com/closer-than-we-think-retrofuturistic-tech-predictions/]