Friday, November 15, 2024

From the Dick Buchanan Files: Gag Cartoons 1948 - 1964

Dick Buchanan has delved into his vast collection of magazine cartoons and pulled out some vintage goodies for your edification and, of course, for your laffs. Such a guy!

Thanks and take it away, Dick!

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GAG CARTOONS
(1948 – 1964)

The Cartoon Clip File, housed somewhere in New York’s Greenwich Village (just around the corner from the Old Joke Cemetery) is chock full of gag cartoons from the glorious mid-20th century. Here, for young and old alike, are a few cartoons we recently added to our archives . . .

1. CHARLES STRAUSS. True Magazine October, 1948.

 


2. BOB BARNES. American Magazine August, 1955.


 

3. JEFF KEATE. Collier’s February 16, 1952.


 

4. MARTHA BLANCHARD. Look Magazine December 1, 1964.


 

5. CHARLES RODRIGUES. Cartoons & Gags February, 1962.


 

6. BILL HOEST. Look Magazine June 16, 1964.


7. TON SMITS. Look Magazine March 31, 1959.


 

8. AL ROSS. American Magazine June, 1955.


 

9. LARRY HERMAN. Argosy May, 1964.


 

10. VIRGIL PARTCH. Look Magazine November 3, 1964.


 

11. HENRY BOLTINOFF. This Week Magazine April 1, 1956.


 

12. TOM HUDSON. 1000 Jokes Magazine March – May, 1958.

 

13. IRWIN CAPLAN. This Week Magazine February 17, 1947.

 

14. JOHN DEMPSEY. The Saturday Evening Post November 4, 1961.

 

15. ALEX GRAHAM. Punch February 17, 1954.


 

- Edited from a blog entry that originally appeared on October 28, 2021.

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