Friday, February 03, 2023

From the Dick Buchanan Files: Cops and Robbers 1939 - 1964

Law and order is mined for humor in this collection of Dick Buchanan's of midcentury single panel magazine cartoons. Some great drawing and some really fun gags. Thanks, Dick, for sharing just a little bit of your massive Cartoon Clip File, located somewhere in Greenwich Village. And all for free here on the internet. Such a steal!

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COPS & ROBBERS (1939 – 1964)


The Cartoon Clip File, “Cops and Robbers,” is chock full of gag cartoons which examine crime and punishment with a comical eye. Take a look . . .

1.  DON OREHEK.  The Saturday Evening Post  November 17, 1962.

 

2.  RICHARD DECKER.  Look Magazine  April 24, 1962.


 

3.  TOM HENDERSON.  This Week Magazine  November 6, 1955.


 

4.  BILL KING.  The Saturday Evening Post  February 26, 1955.


 

5.  LESLIE STARKE.  Punch  December 9, 1953.


 

6.  JAY IRVING.  Collier’s  September 14, 1939.


 

7.  DAN KILGO.  True Magazine  October, 1948.


 

8.  LARRY HERMAN.  1000 Jokes Magazine  September-November, 1964.


 

9.  CHARLES PEARSON.  The Saturday Evening Post  March 16, 1946.


 

10.  ANTON (ANTONIA YOEMAN).  Punch  October 28, 1953.


 

11.  HARRY LYONS.  Argosy Magazine  March, 1947.


 

12.  JOHN DEMPSEY.  For Laughing Out Loud  June-August, 1960.


 "Hand over his jools."


13.  PAUL PETER PORGES.  True Magazine  June, 1964.


 

14.  CLIFTON.  Lilliput  October-November, 1952.


 

15.  HERB WILLIAMS.  True Magazine  February, 1964.   

 

Are you the kinda perp that likes cops and robbers gag cartoons? Yeah. You look like the type. Good thing Dick Buchanan has more in his collection:

From the Dick Buchanan Files: Cops and Robbers Gag Cartoons 1939 - 1969
From the Dick Buchanan Files: Cops and Robbers Gag Cartoons 1941 - 1966
From the Dick Buchanan Files: Even More Cops and Robbers Cartoons 1939 - 1970
From the Dick Buchanan Files: Cops and Robbers Gag Cartoons 1939 - 1958
Dick Buchanan's Cartoon Files: More Cops and Robbers Gag Cartoons 1947 - 1968

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