Monday, June 24, 2024

From the Dick Buchanan Files: Gag Cartoon Clichés 1947 - 1965 Part 2

Courtesy of Dick Buchanan, here is another selection of gag cartoon clichés. Once again, he gives us three examples per cliché. Despite some of these tropes being pretty darn old hat, there are some funny cartoons below!

Thank you and take it away, Dick!

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GAG CARTOON CLICHÉS
1947 – 1965

Here is the second installment of the gag cartoon clichés which were part of the every cartoonist’s arsenal in the mid 20th Century.

THE BOSS and SECRETARY


1. DICK CAVALLI. The Saturday Evening Post November 22, 1952.





2. LEE LORENZ. True Magazine April,1960.





3. MORT WALKER. American Legion Magazine November, 1959.







ESKIMOS


1. MICHAEL BERRY. Liberty May 25, 1946.





2. JEFF KEATE. Liberty December 28, 1946.





3. JACK TIPPIT. American Legion Magazine January,1960.






WOMEN DRIVERS


1. SALO ROTH. Judge June, 1947.





2. LAFE LOCKE. American Legion Magazine December, 1953.





3. NED HILTON. Look Magazine June 6, 1961.






PATENT OFFICE


1. GEORGE GATELY. 1000 Jokes Magazine December-February,1965.




 

2. JOHN MULLIGAN. American Legion Magazine May, 1949.





3. LEO GAREL. 1000 Jokes Magazine Aril-June, 1958.






MARRIAGE COUNSELORS

1. BRAD ANDERSON. The Saturday Evening Post October 15, 1960.




2. BOB BARNES. True Magazine January, 1959.





3. MISCHA RICHTER. Collier’s September 7, 1956.




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