From the Dick Buchanan Files: Gag Cartoon Clichés 1948 - 1965 Part 5

Here we are half way through our trip looking at the golden age of magazine cartooning clichés (at least for the time being). Did you miss the previous parts?

Gag Cartoon Clichés Part 1
Gag Cartoon Clichés Part 2
Gag Cartoon Clichés Part 3
Gag Cartoon Clichés Part 4

Dick Buchanan has scoured the pages of his extensive magazine collection housed at his Greenwich Village apartment and put these together for your edification and amusement. Thanks, Dick, and take it away:

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GAG CARTOON CLICHÉS

1948 – 1965

Thanks to the miracle of fiction I spend most of my time in the past. That’s a good thing. From what I understand the present is fraught with eminent peril.

This recent foray into the comic depths of the 20th Century has been in search of gag cartoon clichés. To my surprise, I found the most popular gag cartoon cliché during the mid-century was clearly the Boss and Secretary. The ever-popular “Desert Island” gags were second.

While some clichés from the past remain in use today—cavemen, for instance, have appeared regularly over the years up to the present. Others, thankfully, are relics of the past. They will not be missed.

This collection, the 5th installment of gag cartoon clichés, concludes the current series.


SCULPTURE


1. JOHN GALLAGHER. The Saturday Evening Post January 8, 1955.

2. ED DAHLIN. For Laughing Out Loud April-June, 1959.

3. JOHN GALLAGHER. American Legion Magazine November, 1952.

SHOE SALESMEN

1. GUSTAV LUNDBERG. True Magazine October,1945.

2. IRWIN CAPLAN. True Magazine February,1949.

3. ORLANDO BUSINO. 1000 Jokes Magazine March-May, 1959.

MISSING PERSONS

1. TOM HENDERSON. Look Magazine April 28, 1959.

2. DICK CAVALLI. American Legion Magazine October, 1952.

3. GARDNER REA. True Magazine July, 1950.

HORSE COSTUMES

1. E. SIMMS CAMPBELL. Judge November, 1934.

2. IRWIN CAPLAN. The Saturday Evening Post April 18, 1953.

3. BOB BARNES. Look Magazine April 25, 1961

SCANTILY CLAD WOMEN JUMPING OUT OF A CAKE



1. REAMER KELLER. True Magazine March, 1952.

2. CHARLES PEARSON. Collier’s July 17, 1948.

3. AL ROSS. 1000 Jokes Magazine For Laughing out Loud October-December, 1958.

Did you miss the previous parts?

Gag Cartoon Clichés Part 1
Gag Cartoon Clichés Part 2
Gag Cartoon Clichés Part 3
Gag Cartoon Clichés Part 4