Classic Comics Press: Connie Sunday Comic Strips by Frank Godwin

Frank Godwin (1889 - 1959) was an illustrator and a comic strip artist. His comic strip Connie, about an adventurous female reporter and detective, appeared in 1927 and ran until 1944. There have been a few collections of the dailies, but for the first time, Classic Comics Press is working on a series of books collecting his Sunday Connie comics. Here you can really see the painterly inking influence of James Montgomery Flagg. While no firm publication date has been announced, there are rumblings that it may be available before the end of the year. Here are a few cleaned up and colored strips just put up on their Classic Comics Press Facebook page. Gorgeous. 

From the Dick Buchanan Files: Magazine Gag Cartoons 1945 - 1966

It's time to catch up with Dick Buchanan. He's the man who has zillions of gag cartoons in his Cartoon Clip File located somewhere in beautiful Greenwich Village. Dick has, through these past years, been so kind to share his collection with us here. So, as the spring arrives, here is Dick to bring a little cartoony warmth to our lives. Thanks and take it away, Dick!

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MAGAZINE GAG CARTOONS
(1945- 1966)

Your friendly crackpot cartoon curator spent the summer rummaging through the countless magazines which we have been amassed over decades and decided to take took a second look to see if something was overlooked. By golly, it turns out quite a few gag cartoons slipped through the cracks. No surprise as there are plenty of cracks around here. Take a look. . .



1. ORLANDO BUSINO. True Magazine April, 1966.

 "I told him a dollar's worth wouldn't be enough."

 

2. MISCHA RICHTER. Look Magazine July 3, 1962.

 

3. A.E. BEARD. Punch May 12, 1954.

 

 

4. STANLEY STAMATY. Cartoon Humor November, 1949.

 

5. CRAWFORD YOUNG. American Magazine May, 1945,

 

6. JACK TYRELL. The Saturday Evening Post July 26, 1958.

 

7. BILL YATES. American Legion Magazine September, 1958.

 

8. EVAN D. DIAMOND. American Magazine June, 1955.

 

9. NORMAN BROCKBANK. Punch April 7, 1954.

 "Oh, yes -- and there's a Mr. Prendergast from Empyrean Aircraft waiting outside."

 

10. L. L. SIGGS. Punch February 5, 1958.

 

 

11. JOHN GALLAGHER. American Legion Magazine August, 1965.

 12. JOHN BAILEY. The Saturday Evening Post January 6, 1945.

13. BARBARA SHERMUND. The Saturday Evening Post September 28-August 4, 1962.

 

14. PHIL INTERLANDI. Look Magazine May 5, 1964.

 

15. JOHNNY HART. American Legion Magazine April, 1955.

16. MORT WALKER. This Week Magazine May 15, 1949.

 

17. JOHN DEMPSEY. Look Magazine March 1, 1960.

 

 

18. HARRY LYONS. True Magazine November, 1956.

 

19. HERMAN Argosy 1965 September 1

 

20. JAMES WORLEY. American Magazine October, 1949. 

 

 - Edited from a blog entry that originally appeared on November 2, 2023

 

The Customs Officer Illustrations by John Berry

 

I was going to show a FEW examples of John Berry's illustrations for this 1972 edition of "People at Work" The Customs Officer book, but I would up scanning ALL of his paintings, along with Max Dunstone's text. I really like these dramatic moments from the life of a customs officer in the United Kingdom. Some beautiful work by the prolific Mr. Berry, who was the go-to artist for a number of these People at Work series of books. 

 

John Berry (1920 - 2009) was an official war artist from 1941 to 1944. Perhaps most famously he came up with the Esso tiger in 1951. Berry began working for Ladybug Books in the late 1950s, illustrating 35 books. He was also a commercial artist for magazines, as well as a portrait painter.