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Above a Collier's cartoon by Kate Osann. The character's name is Tizzy, and it became a syndicated feature with NEA, after Collier's folded in 1957.
Here are a few more SATURDAY EVENING POST (and a few COLLIER'S) cartoons from the 1950s.
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Above: the one and only Bil Keane drawing a very familiar family situation (albeit circle-less). But, that said, how many non-cartoonist families have quart size bottle of ink sitting on tables, now?
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You can see some of these cartoons have slight damage to them. This is a well loved scrapbook!
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Above: a gag cartoon by Brad MARMADUKE Anderson.
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Harry Mace was a journeyman cartoonist; magazine cartoonist, syndicated cartoonist -- and a master of clean line 1950s style humor.
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J. Kiernan (like Bob Barnes below) draws chaos very well. Interestingly, Kiernan chooses to show the kids in action, while Barnes just shows the physical after effects.
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Betty Swords was a prolific panel cartoonist.
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So much of the world that Charles Cartwright draws above is gone: mom's little sewing case, dad's floor ashtray and little boys wearing any hat that isn't a baseball cap.
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I still see Vahan Shirvanian's cartoons in Reader's Digest.
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It's the snotty triumphant smile on the kid that made me laugh at Jerry Marcus' cartoon.
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Jerry Marcus has some of the best gags. Look at that line: one word. Succinct and it assumes you "get" the set up line.
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Bob Barnes is able to compose the after effects of chaos so well. The question pretty much begs for an Al Jaffee set of Snappy Answers.
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Kaz specialized in medical-related gags.
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Bill Harrison's clean line style gets a lot of illusion of depth in this nice, rather mean kinda cartoon. And it's true, too. True then, and now -- and that makes it funny.
A big thank you 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
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