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Here are a few scans from BEST CARTOONS OF THE YEAR 1944, edited by Lawrence Lariar (natch!) and copyright 1944 by same.
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Dave Gerard was part of what was called the "Sugar Crick Art School" — a term for a group of Crawfordsville, Indiana area artists, the most famous of which would be Bill Holman.
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The one and only Al Ross, one of four brothers, all of whom were successful gag cartoonists.
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Early Ross cartoons are very illustrative, with a flowing, strong ink line. His later cartoons are wonderfully sketchy.
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Above: the word "sipsies" is always funny. A Virgil VIP Partch at the top of the page, while a rare and risque Lariar cartoon is at the bottom.
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More VIP, and another one by Al Ross.
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Mary Gibson was one of the handful of female cartoonists.
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Colin Allen is another cartoonist whose work I see but know little about. Love this overcrowding cartoon. This guy could draw!
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Dave Huffine lived in the Catskills and was married to a painter, Ruth Huffine. Dave assisted Denys Wortman before going solo.
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This was the first time I saw Ving Fuller's cartoons and I really enjoyed them. Vig was a veteran cartoonist who did a lot of gag and syndicated work.
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Cartoonist was, according to his Wikipedia entry, doing cartoons for Hearst at the age of 15!
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Reamer Keller is one of my favorites. There is a happiness to his lines and I always like seeing his cartoons. He is a fearless drawer.
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Brroklyn-born Leo Garel was one of the most prolific gag cartoonists around.
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Virgil VIP Partch is one cartoonist who is getting more and more popular as people on the Internet discover him.
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Greg D'Alessio was so very illustrative. He was married to Hilda Terry.
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Leo Salkin's work reminds me of VIP's.
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Merrylen Townsend -- another rare female cartoonist. I have no further information on her and wish I had.
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Ditto Frank Bevan.
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Ted key, who wrote screenplays and created Hazel. A prolific, smart guy.
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4 time NCS Gag Cartoon Division Award winner George Wolfe.
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3 comments:
great post! these are really great to see. i really like the caricatures of the cartoonists. a wonderful addition to the page.
World War II was a strange time
What a great old book. Thanks for sharing its pages. This is the first I remember seeing of Reamer Keller's work. His lines are so active and sketchy. I'm just gonna have to do more lookin' at his stuff.
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