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The above cartoon by prolific gag cartoonist Tom Henderson is just as fresh as it was 58 years ago (no pun intended).
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Jim Whiting with a funny take on marriage.
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Don Tobin, with a gag on the then-small sportscar craze, provides the title cartoon. You could make the same gag today with those Smart Cars or Cooper minis.
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Above: Herb Green with a study in juxtaposition between the little girls simple smile and the tired, rapidly aging parent.
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Yes, there was an Ed Sullivan who drew gag cartoons but it's not the "really big shoe" Ed Sullivan.
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Joe Zeis reminds us all that when making a sale, consider your audience. Look buddy, floozies don't need to know this kinda thing.
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Above is a wonderful switch of expectations from Bill Harrison.
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Chon Day, one of the best, with his simple line and wash technique, coupled with a killer, hostile, funny line. I like how just the suggestion of the 2 car windows and the handle tell us that we're in the limo, post-ceremony.
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The above cartoon by Frank Ridgeway is a successful puzzle. The puzzle begins with the drawing, and trying to understand why this slob of a guy is wearing mouse ears. The gag line, citing the then-phenomenal popularity of the Mickey Mouse Club, solves the puzzle.
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Roy L. Fox with a reminder of that time when those ranchers were getting rich off of that Texas tea that was found on their land.
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Orlando Busino shows us that even cold-blooded bank robbers like to break the tension with a little humor now and then. I like their expressions.
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Mary Blanchard with a nice anti-snob surprise gag line. A New Yorker regular, I wonder if she first had the above cartoon rejected by the New Yorker editors before selling it to the Post. Maybe the NYer eds. were too pro-snob to buy it. Hmm.
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I wanted to close with another by Chon Day, who makes me laugh. Add Mr. Day to a short list of cartoonists who deserve more recognition.
Marion R. Nickles also edited the collection HONEY I'M HOME! There are selected gag cartoons here and here from the book.
-- Edited from an original blog entry dated June 18, 2008.
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