April 19, 2011 Barnacle Press shows vintage advertisements, too 0 Fooey for Perfume! When it’s romance you’re after…look for Listerine! -- from Dec 1947. We know and love Barnacle Press for it’s treasure trove of vintage newspaper comic strips going back more than a century. But did you know that they also have vintage advertising cartoons? Here’s an example from Listerene Toothpaste. Tags: alignleft, caption, fooey, listerine, Press, treasure trove, vintage, vintage advertisements, vintage advertising, width. Filed under Vintage Comics by WadeB on Apr 19th, 2011. Comment.