Comments on: Roman holiday http://lpcoverlover.com/2008/05/08/roman-holiday/ The World's Greatest LP Album Covers, 45's too Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:50:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: lpcoverlover http://lpcoverlover.com/2008/05/08/roman-holiday/comment-page-1/#comment-5260 lpcoverlover Fri, 09 May 2008 19:32:22 +0000 http://lpcoverlover.com/2008/05/08/roman-holiday/#comment-5260 Fantastic. Thanks for the information! Fantastic. Thanks for the information!

]]> By: Desiderio http://lpcoverlover.com/2008/05/08/roman-holiday/comment-page-1/#comment-5258 Desiderio Fri, 09 May 2008 18:23:33 +0000 http://lpcoverlover.com/2008/05/08/roman-holiday/#comment-5258 Label it under "Brazil". It reads "Italian vacations". The illustration was made by Péricles, a very well-known cartoonist from the 40's/50's with a cynical verve. He committed suicide by opening the gas tap and, as a last joke, put a sign on the door reading "Please do not light matches". Péricles' most famous character is "Amigo da Onça" ("Jaguar's Pal"), a suave guy always giving malicious advices. On this piece he advises Nat King Cole to stage a concert in Cape Town (at the peak of the Apartheid regime). http://www.memoriaviva.com.br/ocruzeiro/06061959/060659_4.htm Label it under “Brazil”. It reads “Italian vacations”.

The illustration was made by Péricles, a very well-known cartoonist from the 40′s/50′s with a cynical verve. He committed suicide by opening the gas tap and, as a last joke, put a sign on the door reading “Please do not light matches”.

Péricles’ most famous character is “Amigo da Onça” (“Jaguar’s Pal”), a suave guy always giving malicious advices. On this piece he advises Nat King Cole to stage a concert in Cape Town (at the peak of the Apartheid regime).

http://www.memoriaviva.com.br/ocruzeiro/06061959/060659_4.htm

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