Strictly Bizness
Strictly Bizness was a series of business-themed cartoons published on blotters from 1947 to 1950 by The Osborne Company of Clifton, N.J. In the fountain pen era, blotters represented “an entire genre of cartoon advertising”: “Porous paper on one side [and] a smooth finished paper—one that would take printing and advertising—on the other, […] [b]lotters invariably were given away by businesses whose names accompanied the cartoons; calendars were frequent Christmas-season giveaways.” (Rick Marschall, Drawing Power (2011), p. 55)
“Are you sure that’s your final price?”
“Are you sure that’s your final price?”
“But if the firm takes in a partner does that mean he’ll share EVERYTHING?”
“But if the firm takes in a partner does that mean he’ll share EVERYTHING?”
“He’s so busy with orders …”
“He’s supposed to exercise and it’s the only way we an get him to touch the floor!”
“I, too, was once a success. For a buck I’ll tell some of the pitfalls that lie ahead.”
“Let me know when he catches Miss Wilcox. That’s when I’m going to ask him for a raise.”
“Let me know when he catches Miss Wilcox. That’s when I’m going to ask him for a raise.”
“Look, boss, no mistakes in typing!”
“Please! Not during office hours!”
“Please! Not during office hours!”
“Run upstairs and see if we can continue our graph on the next floor”
“Run upstairs …”
“Sometimes I can’t help hating myself.”
“Tell him I’m taking the matter under advisement.”
“Tell him I’m taking the matter under advisement.”
“That reminds me, our firm is swamped with orders”
“That reminds me, our firm is swamped with orders.”
“The directors sure are after your scalp today.”
“Then one day I got sick and tired of being chained to a desk.”
“They say HE cleans up around here, too!”
“They sure do get the stuff out!”
“They sure do get the stuff out!”
“When business is good, the boss just wears a smile”
“When business is good, the boss just wears a smile.”
“Every day I have to ask him, will that be all?”
“I, too, was once a success. For a buck I’ll tell you some of the pitfalls that lie ahead.”
“Miss Fenwick takes excellent dictation…but I’d rather look at Miss Prentice.”
“Miss Fenwick takes excellent dictation…but I’d rather look at Miss Prentice.”
“Phone call for the boss. Which one of you will take it?”
“Run upstairs and see if we can continue our graph on the net floor.”
“Tell him I’m taking the matter under advisement …”
“Two weeks vacation just isn’t time enough to wear all my clothes.”
“When I said the job called for someone with experience, this isn’t exactly what I had in mind.”