Friday, December 09, 2022

From the Dick Buchanan Files: More Wiggly Rea Cartoons 1938 - 1953

Here's more cartoons by the prolific "wiggly line" master 20th century gag cartoonist Gardner Rea courtesy of Dick Buchanan's Cartoon Clip File. This complements the Gardner Rea "Wiggly Gardner" piece that Dick shared before. Go and take a look. Rea wrote about forty gags a week and sold most of them. He was there at the beginning at The New Yorker, and a mainstay of the general magazine market. Thanks and take it away, Dick!

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MORE WIGGLY REA CARTOONS
(1938 -1953)



Not long after the Cartoon Clip File unearthed Wiggly Gardner by Gurney Williams from Collier’s magazine, it occurred to us that we quite likely have some more Gardner Rea cartoons lying around somewhere. That is an understatement. We found them lying everywhere. So, we’ve chosen a few to share . . .



1. GARDNER REA. Collier’s May 28, 1938.

 

2. GARDNER REA. Collier’s April 13, 1940.

 

3. GARDNER REA. Collier’s March 22, 1941.


 

4. GARDNER REA. American Magazine October, 1942.


 

5. GARDNER REA. Collier’s July 31, 1943.


 

6. GARDNER REA. Collier’s October 19, 1946.


 

7. GARDNER REA. Collier’s September 20, 1947.


 

8. GARDNER REA. This Week Magazine May 23, 1948.


9. GARDNER REA. True Magazine January 1948.
 

 

10. GARDNER REA. Collier’s December 17, 1949.


 

11. GARDNER REA. Collier’s June 10, 1950.



12. GARDNER REA. The Saturday Evening Post July 22, 1950

13. GARDNER REA. The Saturday Evening Post July 5, 1952.

14. GARDNER REA. True September 1952.


 

15. GARDNER REA. Colliers August 7, 1953.

Related: 

From the Dick Buchanan Files: "Wiggly Gardner" A Gardner Rea Profile by Gurney Williams
 

Gardner Rea's Sideshow

 

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