Thursday, September 28, 2017

Hugh Hefner 1926 - 2017

Hugh Hefner died yesterday at the age of 91.

He was, before Playboy, a wannabe cartoonist himself. Here's a sample nicked from Sam Henderson's blog:



He made Playboy a great place to be a cartoonist. The magazine paid well and offered his regular cartoonists contracts. Playboy was, with The New Yorker, a coveted magazine market in the post-war years.

If you sold a cartoon to Playboy, you would get an official blue-pencilled "OK" from "HH" himself. He was, until recently, always involved in the magazine's cartoons. 

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 25



Here's the last batch of gag cartoons from the SATURDAY EVENING POST scrapbook. And a grand batch it is!

































My thanks 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
  • SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 23
  • SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 24
  • SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 25

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

FLUSHED! THE W.C. COMPANION (1963)



FLUSHED! is a tall book of bawdy jokes and cartoons. It's copyright 1963 by Kanrom, Inc., 311 West 43rd Street, New York, NY. It comes with a little chain so you can hang it on a hook next to the toilet. This was one of a series of books, all the same format, all with that hole and chain in the corner. The other titles were JOKES FOR THE JOHN, MORE JOKES FOR THE JOHN, HIEST REGISTER FOR THE JOHN and others.

Some great cartoonists are here. Sid Harris, of the New Yorker is here, as is ARCHIE artist Dan DeCarlo. These are just a few of the then-risque gags from this tome.














Monday, September 25, 2017

SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 24


Some more great SATURDAY EVENING POST gag cartoons from the 1950s (with an occasional COLLIER'S one too).

































My thanks 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
  • SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 23