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Supermac (cartoon)
"Super-Mac" was the subject of a cartoon - "Introducing Super-Mac" - by "Vicky" (Victor Weisz, 1913-1966) in the ''Evening Standard'' in London, England, on 6 November 1958.〔See J. M. & M. J. Cohen (1995 edition) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Quotations''〕
With its rather dismissive caption, "How to Try to Continue to be Top Without Actually Having Been There",〔See, ''e.g.'', Dominic Sandbrook (1994) ''Never Had It So Good''〕 this depicted Harold Macmillan (1894–1986), who was British Prime Minister 1957-63, in the guise of the comic-book hero Superman (created in 1932 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster). The cartoon was signed "Vicky - with apologies to Stephen Potter", an acknowledgement of the full title of Potter's book of 1958, ''Supermanship, or, How to Continue to Stay Top without Actually Falling Apart''.
==The Supermac image==
The figure quickly became a staple of Vicky’s output and "Supermac" (mostly spelt without a hyphen) was widely and enduringly applied as a nickname for Macmillan. Though initially an ironic coinage, it soon rebounded to Macmillan’s advantage, becoming an integral part of his image.〔Anthony Sampson (1967) ''Macmillan: A Study in Ambiguity''〕 D. R. Thorpe's biography of Macmillan (2010) was entitled ''Supermac: The Life of Harold Macmillan''.
In a subsequent cartoon, a cinema named the "Torytz" (after "Tory") was portrayed with posters proclaiming "Supermac - He's terrific - He's stupendous ... A super-colossal-top-production in true-blue colour". The Conservative Party Chairman, Quintin Hogg, Viscount Hailsham, was dressed as a commissionaire presiding over a "house full", while astonished members of the public, queuing for seats at 12 shillings and sixpence (62½ new pence), marvelled at the image of Supermac.〔Cartoon in ''Daily Express'', reproduced in Anthony Thompson (1971) ''The Day Before Yesterday''. Note that the typical admission price of a cinema in 1958 was, depending on the location of the seats, between one and three shillings (5p to 15p).〕
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