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Tag Archives: “The Pictorial History of Sherlock Holmes” Michael Pointer

HYPIN’ HOLMES REDUX PART 2

YESTERDAY IN PART 1, WE DISCUSSED THE WORLD’S FIRST CONSULTING DETECTIVE and his appearance in advertising. We continue here with thirst-quenching themes. Holmes, Gin, And What’s That Building? There’s internationalism … Continue reading

July 13, 2025 · Leave a comment

HYPIN’ HOLMES REDUX PART 1

DR. JOHN H. WATSON HAD A CRACKIN’ GOOD literary agent Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. How else to explain the numerous ad placements about the World’s First Consulting Detective? Several of … Continue reading

July 12, 2025 · Leave a comment

HOLMES RESIDUALS

I SUSPECT it was chronicler Dr. John H. Watson who taught Sherlock Holmes the value of branding, of selling marketers on his reputation as the world’s greatest detective, and then … Continue reading

December 4, 2017 · 1 Comment