Friday, October 20, 2017

From the Dick Buchanan Files: Even More Color Cartoons 1940 - 1956

Some more rare old gag cartoon from the files of Dick Buchanan. These are pretty rare since they were published in color back in the day when color was pretty expensive. 

Thanks once more to my friend Dick. Here he is with:


EVEN MORE COLOR CARTOONS – 1940 – 1956

Your friendly Greenwich Village crackpot cartoon archivist is back once more with
Color Cartoons.

Due to the miracle of fiction, I managed clip most of these cartoons from the pages of Collier’s. For a time in the 1940’s Collier’s was America’s best selling weekly magazine and its Cartoon Editor Gurney Williams was a celebrated figure in the cartoon world during that period. Collier’s stable of cartoonists in the 1940’s was second only to The New Yorker, with Virgil Partch and Hank Ketcham as the mainstays, complimented by many of the New Yorker regulars. When Colllier’s folded in 1956, William Steig, Syd Hoff, Ned Hilton and Eldon Dedini were among several New Yorker cartoonists who followed Williams to Look Magazine.

Here is another selection of vintage color cartoons from another century by some of the more popular cartoonists of their day.


1. AL ROSS. Typical ‘40’s humor by the young Al Ross at his best. A full-page cartoon from 1940. Click January 1940



"No, no, you're not in the way at all, Miss Daly! Just stay right where you are!"


2. SYD HOFF. One of several fine New Yorker cartoonists now fondly remembered for his equally fine children’s books. In Hoff’s case, Danny and the Dinosaur. Collier’s November 12, 1949



3. MARTHA BLANCHARD. Collier’s September 4, 1948



4. NED HILTON. Collier’s July 2, 1949



5. HARRY LYONS. Lyons was a top gag cartoonist in the 1950’s and ‘60’s before becoming a political cartoonist for the Honolulu Advertiser. Collier’s March 30, 1956




6. IRWIN CAPLAN. Collier’s August 7, 1948



7. STANLEY BERENSTAIN. Stan did this one himself, as Jan was visiting her mother. Collier’s September 18, 1948



8. GREGORY d’ALLSSIO. Cartoonist’s love to lampoon modern art. Art Students League instructor d’Allessio shows us his Picasso. Collier’s July 2, 1949



9. MISCHA RICHTER. Let’s face it, many animals are funnier than most people we know. Collier’s September 10, 1949



10. DICK HESSER. Collier’s January 7, 1955



11. DON TOBIN. Another of the Disney gang turned gag cartoonist, Tobin later created the gag panel The Little Woman (1953 -1982) Collier’s July 9, 1949



12. HARRY MACE. Collier’s August 20, 1954




13. ERNEST MARQUEZ. Collier’s November 12, 1949



14. NED HILTON. Collier’s July 9, 1949



15. JOHN RUGE. Collier’s May 3, 1953


Even more great old gag cartoons from the one and only Dick Buchanan:


From the Dick Buchanan Files: "Captions? Who Needs 'Em?" Wordless Gag Cartoons 1947 – 1970

From the Dick Buchanan Files: Orlando Busino Gag Cartoons 1956 - 1966

From the Dick Buchanan Files: CARTOONYFELLERS’ DIGEST, "a 1955 rag for cartoonists by cartoonists"

From the Dick Buchanan Files: Magazine Cartoons from Life and Judge 1931 - 38

From the Dick Buchanan Files: June 1953 Cartoonist's Market Newsletter

Dick Buchanan's Cartoon File: More Mid-Century Gag Cartoons 1946 - 1964

Dick Buchanan's Cartoon File: Color Gag Cartoons 1946 - 1956

Dick Buchanan's Cartoon Files: Cops and Robbers Gag Cartoons 1945 - 1968

Dick Buchanan's Cartoon Files: Gahan Wilson: Early Gag Cartoons 1954 - 1964

Dick Buchanan's Cartoon File: Inkyfellers' Gagzette

Dick Buchanan's Cartoon File: The Years of Al Ross - 1947 – 1968

Dick Buchanan's Cartoon Files: New Yorker Cartoonists Abroad 1966-1968

Dick Buchanan's Cartoon File: 1945 - 1962

From the Dick Buchanan Files: "How I Create Humor" from 1950s - 60s Gag Cartoon Insider Journal "The Information Guide"

Dick Buchanan's Cartoon File: 1950s Color Magazine Gag Cartoons

Dick Buchanan's Cartoon File: Funny Vintage Magazine Gag Cartoons 1946 - 1963

Dick Buchanan's Cartoon File: Wordless Gag Cartoons 1944-1964

1953 George Booth Drawings for American Legion Magazine

Dick Buchanan: Winter/Christmas/Holiday Gag Cartoons 1940s-60s

Dick Buchanan: Some PUNCH Magazine Cartoons 1948-1963

Dick Buchanan: Gag Cartoon Clip File 1946-64

Dick Buchanan: Gag Cartoon Clip File 1947-62

Dick Buchanan: Some Favorite Magazine Gag Cartoons 1940-60s

Dick Buchanan: Gag Cartoon Clip File 1931-64

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