Mike Lynch Fat Cartoon

 

You can't do fat jokes. They're demeaning. Except, in this case, when it's a hippo-on-hippo fat shaming incident. So ... it's OK for animals to be nasty. At least it was OK enough for Reader's Digest to decide to purchase and run in its magazine, and then reprint it in a book collection. Yeah. Those are some catty hippos. I remember drawing this and finding it a challenge drawing a decent hippo. You just have to get those little ears and the snout right. You'll notice I added one of those birds that sometimes hang out with hippos on that mean one who has the gag line. Heaven knows what he thinks of all this.

Mike Lynch Religion Cartoon

 

The "door to door agnostics" cartoon was one that I liked. And that means that I thought it was funny and made an interesting point, you know? That did not mean it would sell. I had submitted to a number of markets with no success. When I submitted it to Prospect Magazine, the snagged it and ran it. Maybe it's the fact that they were rather fearless when it came to politics, religion and ideas was a factor in getting the OK. I don't know. But it made me happy, and reminded me once again that this is all about persistence.

Bob Mankoff on AI

Dick Buchanan's Gag Cartoon Heritage Consignment

 

 

More great gag cartoon originals are up for auction from Dick Buchanan's vast collection. Go and look. My goodness. There are some real terrific ones here by Barney Tobey, Dedini, Gahan Wilson, Punch magazine's Larry Reynolds, and Whitney Darrow, Jr. This auction ends tomorrow.

 

From the Dick Buchanan Files: Winter/Christmas/Holiday Gag Cartoons 1940s-60s

Hey, happy December 1st. And here is the first gift of the season: a batch of holiday-themed cartoons from my friend Dick Buchanan. He's found them and scanned them and now, here they are: seventeen little gag cartoon gems that may not have seen the light in decades. 


Thanks so much, Dick.

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GEORGE BOOTH. In 1953 Booth did monthly spot illustrations for the American Legion Magazine’s “Parting Shots” humor page. American Legion Magazine, December,1953 


 
 

 

PHIL INTERLANDI. Look Magazine, December 14, 1963


 
 

 

BEN ROTH. Ben was the elder of the four cartooning Roth brothers--Al Ross,
Irv Roir and Salo Roth. American Magazine, January, 1944


 
 

 

CHARLES PEARSON. The Saturday Evening Post, 1950’s.


 
 

 

DICK ERICSON. American Legion Magazine, December, 1952


 
 

 

ROBERT DAY. American Legion. December, 1953.


 
 

 

JAN & STAN BERENSTAIN. The Saturday Evening Post, 1950’s


 
 

 

VIRGIL PARTCH. True Magazine, December 1949


 
 

 

JEFF KEATE. American Magazine, January,1950.


 
 

 

ELDON DEDINI. Look Magazine, December 24, 1959


 
 

 

CHON DAY. The Saturday Evening Post, 1960’s


 
 

 

TOM HENDERSON. Then as Now Dept: Tom Henderson depicts the fate that befalls many a traveling relative during the holidays. American Legion Magazine, March,1953


 
 

 

BARNEY TOBEY. The Saturday Evening Post, 1950’s


 
 

 

FRITZ WILKINSON. The Saturday Evening Post,1950’s


 

 

TOM HUDSON. Did Hudson’s artificial snow seller spawn the waif hawking real snow by Charles Addams? (New Yorker, Jan 1, 1974) From Collier’s, December 21,1946


 
 

 

BARNEY TOBEY. Mr. Tobey again, confirming many suspicions. Look Magazine, December 24, 1959


 
 

 

JOSEPH MIRACHI. Look Magazine, December 31, 1963


 

-- Edited from a December 1, 2016 blog entry. 

Live: New England Winter is Coming

It's a few days before Thanksgiving and things are a little busy here. In the mornings, I take a look at this"Boston and Maine" live webcam. Winter is coming. You can feel it in the air. At home, here in Northern New England, I've had the furnace cleaned and the woodstove has been pretty much in 24 hour mode the past week. It's time to hunker down. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving. I hope to see everyone in December.

More Original Gag Cartoons for Auction: Dick Buchanan's Heritage Consignment

 

There are some more great gag cartoon originals for auction at Heritage Auctions from my friend Dick Buchanan. This is a second batch, with more to come. Take a look and consider bidding. These are hard to find by some of the masters of 20th century magazine cartooning (Charles Rodrigues, Richard Decker, Frank Beaven, Claude Smith and Gahan Wilson). Here are a few screengrabs. 

You can view and bid on his entire consignment #322548 at the following link: http://comics.ha.com/c/search.zx?saleNo=322548&collection=72&FC=0&type=friend-consignorpreview-notice