Art Instruction Schools

Art Instruction Schools, also known as Art Instruction, Inc., provided home study courses in drawing to aspiring illustrators and cartoonists from 1914 to 2018. Their most famous alumnus, who became an instructor himself, was Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz. 
The school's contribution to pop culture lies in its prolific advertising, with print ads (often appearing in comic books) encouraging readers to draw characters (with their names in quotes) such as "Cubby" the bear or "Tippy" the turtle (as well as pirates, donkeys, pigs, cowboys, and even Bob Hope). TV ads in the 1980s and '90s likewise encouraged people to call and take their simple art test. 
==References==
*In the third season Dinosaurs episode "The Clip Show II," Sir David Tushingham hosts an infomercial for the Famous Paleontologists Home Study Course. He says a simple aptitude test can determine if you can compete in paleontology: draw "Rex" (patterned after the Art Instruction Schools mascots). 
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