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Above: the cover of LAUGH PARADE. The biker is whispering in her ear, "Honey, when you're with my friends, watch your language -- don't talk clean." The stunning thing to see is the casual placement of the swastika on the bike and his jacket.
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Here are some desert island gags from LAUGH PARADE magazine, May 1969, Vol. 9 No. 3 issue. It was published by and copyright 1969 by Magazine Management Company, Inc.
"Shipwreck a cartoonist," the editor writes, "and he'll float a laugh."
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Above: this one was my favorite. Hard to read the signature, but it looks like the cartoonist's name is Tann.
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Above: a gag cartoon by Brad "Marmaduke" Anderson.
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2 comments:
I started my career in Laugh Parade and other similar publications in 1972. There were several magazines like this and they bought hundreds of cartoons every month. They only paid $10 to $15 per cartoon, but some guys sold them 20-30 cartoons per issue.
Randy Glasbergen
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