SEX REARS ITS LOVELY HEAD edited by Jerome Beatty, Jr.

Some great gag cartoons from a very well-worn copy of SEX REARS ITS LOVELY HEAD, "a rib-splitting collection of cartoons about the biological urge assembled from the best of America's foremost family magazines," edited by Jerome Beatty, Jr. and copyright 1956 by Bantam Books, Inc.

This is a collection of cartoons that originally appeared in all of the A-list publications of the day: Collier's, Look, The Saturday Evening Post, This Week, Cosmopolitan, Ladies' Home Journal and The American. And these are some of the major cartoonists of the day. Burr Shafer provides the cover.

Part two is here.

Part three is here.

Part four is here.

Part five is here.

Wenzel could draw pretty girls and made a career doing just that.

Bill Harrison's cartoon (below) is a great one.

I had to look at Clyde Lamb's cartoon a couple of times before I got it:

Dana Fradon:

Mischa Richter:

I like how Greg D'Alessio gives us a complete sense of place and fashion.

Below: Bob Barnes gives this gag a nice twist:

Below: Syd Hoff with a bit of racy advice from mother!

Ted Key's body language depiction is spot-on!

Gardner Rea echoes Bill Harrison's cartoon. Putting the knife in the bride's hand is a wonderful touch.

The two lovers in the balloons is one of my favorites. I have no idea who drew it, though.

Below: I like the slap dash style, but see no signature. My guess: Reamer Keller.

Below: a Gardner Rea cartoon that would not be published today:

Virgil VIP Partch has a certain view of the world that is loopy and odd and very lovely to see:

And here's another one from VIP:







Part two is here.

Part three is here.

Part four is here.

Part five is here.

My thanks to Ed Tucciarone for passing along this book to me. Thank you, Ed!

-- This has been a bloggy rerun from December 21, 2011.

"In memory of those war dogs who were truly man's best friend"

This is the War Dog Memorial located in Barrington, NH.

There is a photo that has been attached to the statue. The photo shows a dog at the Washington DC Vietnam Memorial Wall, with the inscription, "Where is my name?"

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United States War Dog Memorial
United States War Dogs Association
National Geographic: War Dog Helps Family Cope

2014 National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award Winners

(Art by Ed Steckley)

Here is the list of winners from the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Awards ceremony held May 24, 2014 in San Diego, CA.

A full list of the Reuben Award nominees here. A full list of NCS Division Award nominees here.


REUBEN AWARD: Wiley Miller, "Non Sequitur"

GOLD KEY AWARD: Bunny Hoest and John Reiner

MILTON CANIFF LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Russ Heath

NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIP: Isabella Bannerman, “Six Chix.”

NEWSPAPER PANELS: Dave Coverly, “Speed Bump.”

EDITORIAL CARTOONS: Michael Ramirez.

FEATURE ANIMATION: Hayao Miyazaki, director, “The Wind Rise” (Studio Ghibli/Disney).

TV ANIMATION: Paul Rudish, “Mickey Mouse” shorts, Disney Channel.

MAGAZINE GAG CARTOONS: Matt Diffee.

GREETING CARDS: Mark Parisi.

COMIC BOOKS: Sergio Aragones, “Sergio Aragones Funnies.”

GRAPHIC NOVEL: Andrew C. Robinson, “The 5th Beatle”

MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATION: Dave Whamond.

BOOK ILLUSTRATION: William Joyce.

ADVERTISING/PRODUCT ILLUSTRATION: Rich Powell.

NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION: Miel Prudencio Ma.

ONLINE–LONG FORM: Jeff Smith, Tuki.

ONLINE–SHORT FORM: Ryan Pageow, Buni.

Hat tip to Michael Cavna, who interviews Wiley Miller about winning the Reuben here.

Mike Lynch Cartoons on TV Wednesday May, 28, 2014

(Cartoonist Mike Lynch with New Hampshire Chronicle cohost Erin Fehlau.)


I'll be on the WMUR TV show New Hampshire Chronicle at 7pm Wednesday, May 28, 2014. I'll be drawing and teaching cartooning and talking about cartooning as a career. My friend, fellow cartoonist Stephanie Piro will be on the show as well.

If you live in New Hampshire, you can see it then. If you don't live in New Hampshire, WMUR should, I hope, post a bit of it online afterwards.

1950s Unseen Virgil "Vip" Partch Advertising Cartoons

Ger Apeldoorn shares a bunch of unreprinted advertising cartoons that Virgil Partch did in the early fifties. These were considered for THE MAD WORLD OF VIRGIL PARTCH book, but, unfortunately, were not included. Here's Ger:

"Making a book is making choices and a lot of great stuff got left out. Here are some of the ads VIP did in the fifties, most of them using his two main subjects: bars and boats."

Lotsa Relateds:
MAN THE BEAST by Virgil VIP Partch
MAN THE BEAST by Virgil VIP Partch Part 2
MAN THE BEAST by Virgil VIP Partch Part 3

Virgil Partch Cartoon Rip Off
Virgil Partch Updated 
Unseen Virgil "VIP" Partch: BY THE NUMBERS
Wordless VIP Cartoons

All the Cartoons from Look Magazine June 24, 1969

The Smothers Brothers, Joe Frazier, the new Prince of Wales, Gene Shalit reviewing "Midnight Cowboy," Beverly Sassoon's workout regimen; it's all here in this issue of LOOK Magazine from June 24, 1969. It's copyright 1969 Cowles Magazines and Broadcasting, Inc.

Brian Savage with a take on what we now call "affluenza:"

Boris Drucker draws one terrifically messy room:

Vahan Shirvanian with one of his wordless multi-panel cartoons.

Bud Handelsman with a cartoon that, sadly, may still be apt today, huh?

A rather racy comment on women's fashion from Mr. Shirvanian:

Sud Harris with a glorious forge that for some reason the LOOK Mag's editors decided to color pink for goodness sake!

The spot-in Henry Martin:

Jack Tippit:

What movie do you want to see this weekend? How about THE MALTESE BIPPY?

Video: Roz Chast CAN'T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT? Presentation

Roz Chast talks about her new memoir CAN'T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT? in this presentation at the Politics and Prose Bookstore from May 13, 2014.



Related:
CAN'T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT? Preview
Roz Chast on NPR

Snoopy License Plates Available

If you live in California, you can have a Snoopy license plate on your car. And you will be helping the California Cultural and Historical Endowment and the Environmental License Plate fund.

(Pasadena, CA / May 1, 2014) Californians have ordered half of the newest special interest license plates needed for the DMV to start production. The plate, available for pre-order at snoopyplate.com, features a reproduction of an original drawing of Snoopy by Peanuts cartoonist Charles Schulz.

A halftime show was held at Kidspace Children's Museum, near Pasadena's historic Rose Bowl, yesterday to celebrate the progress and help move the ball closer to the finish line of 7,500 plates! 

Proceeds from sales will establish a competitive grant program to be administered by the California Cultural and Historical Endowment (CCHE) to support California's museums. The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) will begin issuing the Snoopy license plates upon receipt of 7,500 paid applications. Sequential plates (plates with random numbers and letters) are $50, personalized plates are $98. Personalized plates help California even more, by funding the Environmental License Plate fund. 

The Snoopy plate is also an opportunity to commemorate Santa Rosa cartoonist and cultural icon Charles Schulz. Jean Schulz, the widow of Peanuts cartoonist Charles Schulz, the Schulz family, and Peanuts Worldwide are generously allowing access to the original drawing for this special plate.

Video: Herblock on Book TV (1993)

From CSPAN's Book TV: Herblock talks about his then new book A CARTOONIST'S LIFE with Brian Lamb.

Brett Somers on Match Game