From the Dick Buchanan Files: Gag Cartoon Clichés 1948 - 1965 Part 4

This is part 4 of a series exploring magazine cartoon clichés assembled by the one and only Dick Buchanan who harbors many magazines from the post-war "golden age of magazine cartooning" era, and is our guide in this incredible journey.


Take it away Dick, and thanks!


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GAG CARTOON CLICHÉS
1948 – 1965


Here some more gag cartoon clichés, part our seemingly never ending look at the gag cartoon world of the mid-20th Century. Illustrated by the cartoonists who made America laugh.


AFTER DINNER SPEAKERS


1. VAHAN SHIRVANIAN. For Laughing Out Loud October-December, 1958.

2. JOHN DEMPSEY. A Million Laughs Magazine May, 1966.

3. JERRY MARCUS. The Saturday Evening Post April 27, 1957.

MEN IN TRACTION


1. ORLANDO BUSINO. 1000 Jokes Magazine March-May,1957.

2. JOE ZEIS. The Saturday Evening Post April 27, 1958.

3. PETER PAUL PORGES. American Legion Magazine December, 1958.

ON THE WITNESS STAND


1. SALO ROTH. The Saturday Evening Post June 17, 1961.

2. BILL YATES. American Legion Magazine September, 1958.

3. HERB WILLIAMS. True Magazine October, 1948

THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE


1. TOM HENDERSON. American Legion Magazine April, 1956.

2. GUY MONTONE. True Magazine April, 1960.

3. MISCHA RICHTER. Look Magazine December 8, 1961.

PANHANDLERS


1. DANA FRADON. True Magazine November, 1949.

2. GARDNER REA. 1000 Jokes Magazine December-February, 1965.

3. LEE LORENZ. Look Magazine May 10, 1960.