Bazooka Joe Bazooka Joe Bazooka Joe is a comic strip character featured on small comics included inside individually wrapped pieces of Bazooka bubble gum. He wears a black eyepatch, lending him a distinctive appearance. He is one of the more recognizable American advertising characters of the 20th century, due to worldwide distribution, and one of the few identifiable ones associated with a candy. With sales of Bazooka bubble gum down, Bazooka Candy Brands announced in November 2012 that they will no longer include the comic strip in their packaging. The new wrapper will include brain teasers, instructions, and codes that can be
Vapor Apparel moved in 2008 into larger facilities located at the Navy Yard at Noisette, a mixed-use development on the campus of what used to be the Charleston Naval Shipyard. The following year, Vapor Apparel expanded its headquarters again, moving from a 2,200 square-foot office into its current location of 22,000 square feet, which houses a production facility, warehouse, and front office. Even through the Great Recession, Vapor Apparel saw steady growth. In 2008, it experienced a sales increase of 20 percent from the previous year. Two years later, the Charleston Business Journal listed Vapor Apparel as part of its “Roaring 20”