From the Dick Buchanan Files: Vintage Gag Cartoons 1945 -1965

Dick Buchanan dusts off some midcentury classic gag cartoons and shows us some of the best single panel cartoonists at their peak. And get a load of Charles Pearson's little inside joke poke at fellow cartoonist Hank Ketcham! Thank you, Dick!

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VINTAGE GAG CARTOONS
(1945 – 1965)

Once again it is time to reach into the Cartoon Clip File and share some certified vintage gag cartoons by some of our favorite cartoonists. As always, these cartoons have been carefully extracted from the pages of mid-America’s leading national magazines


1. T. HEE. Born Alex Campbell, Thornton "T." Hee was an animator, director and story writer. While taking a hiatus from Hollywood, he dabbled in magazine gag cartooning. Collier’s July 20, 1946.

2. BOB GALLIVAN. Collier’s November 30, 1946.

3. ORLANDO BUSINO. Busino received the National Cartoonist Society Gag Cartoon Award for 1965, 1967, and 1968 for his work. Argosy August 1965.

4. HANK KETCHAM. Collier’s March 23, 1946.

 

5. CHARLES PEARSON. This Week Magazine July 18, 1948.

6. VIRGIL PARTCH. Collier’s November 2, 1946.

 

7. MORT WALKER. Walker edited 1000 Jokes Magazine 1949-1950. 1000 Jokes Magazine Winter, 1952.

 

8. IRV ROIR. Pictorial Review September 19, 1954.

 

9. TOM HENDERSON. This Week Magazine October 21, 1945.

 

10. TOM HUDSON. The Saturday Evening Post. May 15, 1945.

 

11. BILL O’MALLEY. O’Malley is best known for his cartoons starring the two nuns Sister Maureen and Sister Colleen for Extension Magazine. Collier’s March 23, 1946.

 

12. GARDNER REA. Collier’s September 21, 1946.

13. PERRY BARLOW. Look Magazine March 24, 1964.

 

14. SIMON KATZMAN. Collier’s September 21, 1946.

 

15. GEORGE WOLFE. Wolfe received the National Cartoonist Society Gag Cartoon Award for 1969, 1973, 1975, and 1976 for his work. This Week Magazine October 21, 1945.