The Roast is History!

In 1906 Planters Peanuts held a contest to create a company spokestoon with a $5 prize-mere peanuts! THe winning entry was 13-year-old Antonio Gentile’s Mr. Peanut! Nutty but true!


— C. Yoe (in the funny papers)
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International Team of Comics Historians
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It would have been $3, but the spats were just too upscale to cheap out.