Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Dick Buchanan's Cartoon Files: More Cops and Robbers Gag Cartoons 1947 - 1968

One of the things I am thankful for is Dick Buchanan's willingness to delve into the scores of old magazines in his Greenwich Village apartment and dig up so many great old gag cartoons to share with us. Thank you, Dick.

And if you like these a lot, please take a look at Dick's previous collection of cops and robbers cartoons here.
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MORE COPS AND ROBBERS

1947 - 1968

There was a time criminals were not only amusing sometimes they were downright funny. That’s why the Cartoon Clip File folder titled “Crime Does Not Pay” is bulging with cartoons on the subject. 

These simple drawings from years gone by illustrate forcibly to young and old alike one amazing truth---there was a time when crime was all in fun. See for yourself . . .



1. PHIL INTERLANDI. 1000 Jokes Magazine August-October, 1955.




2. BOB WEBER. The Saturday Evening Post May 27, 1960.




3. BOB KRAUS.  True Magazine July, 1954.




4. VIRGIL PARTCH. Collier’s September 16, 1950. 


5.  JOHN GALLAGHER. True Magazine November, 1956.



6.  JERRY MARCUS. American Legion Magazine June, 1956.



7.  SAM COBEAN. Shoplifting was rarely a topic for gag cartoonists. Collier’s October 11, 1947.


8.  JOHN DEMPSEY.  Look Magazine April 25, 1961.



9. BOB WEBER.  Weber’s interpretation of this gag is far better than Caplan’s -- but his payday wasn’t. 1000 Jokes Magazine December-February,1955.




10. IRWIN CAPLAN. Caplan’s earlier version of this gag lacks the punch of Weber’s. American Legion Magazine January, 1956.



11.  ROY WILLIAMS. 1000 Jokes Magazine August-October, 1955.



12.  ANATOL KOVARKSY.  The Saturday Evening Post September 27, 1952.




13.  CLYDE LAMB.  Cartoon cliché #743 is guys in a jail cell, but Clyde Lamb had the inside track—he became a cartoonist while serving two consecutive 25-year terms in the Indiana State Penitentiary.  American Legion Magazine January 1956.


14.  JAN VAN WESSUM. Yes, by jove, there was a spot of humor in the British penal system, too. Punch July 17, 1968.


15.  CHARLES RODRIGUES. Rodrigues sums it all up. Cartoons & Gags August, 1960.






More from the great gag cartoon collection of Dick Buchanan:

Dick Buchanan's Favorite Gag Cartoons 1946 - 1964

From the Dick Buchanan Files: More 1960s Cartoons from PUNCH
 

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

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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