SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 22

Above: Orlando Busino draws a great time-saving solution -- perfect for me since I hate painting! It must work just great. I mean, look at that guy's big smile!

Continuing a look at SATURDAY EVENING POST gag cartoons from the 1950s (with an occasional COLLIER'S one as well).


W.H. Brown's cartoon is good. I like Reg Hider's (below) a bit better.




And more unclothed men in Lyons' cartoon.












Neal Gabler wrote a column in 2011 ("The End of Cultural Elitism") about how the critics have lost their influence and it's the people who are the new tastemakers.




Jeff Monahan's big smile on our man at the lower right hand side of the composition nails this wordless gag.








My thanks to Kristin Cawood for giving me this large scrapbook of 1950s gag cartoons to share! Thanks, Kristin!

The SATURDAY EVENING POST 1950s gag cartoons blog entries:

• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 1
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 2
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 3
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 4
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 5
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 6
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 7
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 8
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 9
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 10
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 11
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 12
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 13
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 14
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 15
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 16
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 17
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 18
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 19
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 20
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 21

The Garden As of Early September 2017

A late August chill didn't affect the zinnias at all, but the tomatoes and cucumbers went into a bit of a shock. Soon, it will be time to put the garden to bed for the season. The trees are already turning a dull green with flashes of red leaves here and there.

THE TRUTH ABOUT GOLF AND OTHER LIES by Buddy Hackett with Drawings by Gahan Wilson

Above: the dustjacket cover of THE TRUTH ABOUT GOLF AND OTHER LIES by Buddy Hackett with Drawings by Gahan Wilson.


I found this book in a second-hand shop, in a box of old books. Of course, the first thing I saw was Mr. Hackett's face on the cover. It wasn't until I picked it up and looked at it that I saw the many ink drawings by the great cartoonist Gahan Wilson. It's copyright 1968 by Buddy Hackett, Benjamin Yanow and Paul J. Sherman, as Trustees. It was published by Doubleday and Company, Inc., Garden City, NY.

One of those humorous books that you buy your uncle or your dad. You know, the humorous golf book. This hardcover book looks like it was perhaps never touched since that gift unwrapping occasion. This was too bad, since there were many previously unseen Gahan Wilson drawings. At least they were all unseen by me until today. I have reproduced some here. This is Wilson at his best. Wonderful work, as ever.

Multiple BEETLE BAILEYS in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette Sunday Comics

First, thanks to my Dad who folded up and mailed me the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette comics section of August 27, 2017. There is a mystery in there that he told me about.

As you can see, there is Beetle Bailey on page 3 (above) and again on page 4 (below). Oh, sure, the headline on page 4 says Blondie, but Beetle is there instead.

Anyone know why/how this happened? Any explanation from the paper?

SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 21

Cartoons from 1950s era SATURDAY EVENING POST mags for your viewing pleasure.






Above: Bob Barnes' version of "where hubby sleeps when mother-in-law visits." The Al Johns take on this is below.









I love how clear Harry Mace's ink lines are.
















My thanks to Kristin Cawood for giving me this large scrapbook of 1950s gag cartoons to share! Thanks, Kristin!

The SATURDAY EVENING POST 1950s gag cartoons blog entries:

• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 1
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 2
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 3
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 4
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 5
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 6
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 7
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 8
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 9
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 10
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 11
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 12
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 13
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 14
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 15
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 16
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 17
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 18
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 19
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 20
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 21
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 22