Dick Buchanan: Gag Cartoon Clip File 1947-62

Above: ORLANDO BUSINO. A cartoonist’s cartoonist, Busino was NCS Gag Cartoonist of the Year an incredible three years out of four—1965, 1967 and 1968. 1000 Jokes Magazine, Jun-Aug, 1962.




Now is the time for me to showcase some of Dick Buchanan's gag cartoons that he has clipped through the decades as samples of great single panels of the form. Dick is a friend of this blog and I am grateful that he has chosen to share his private stash with everyone here. Here's some of Dick Buchanan's great clip file, and, listed below, are links to his other gag cartoon clip collections that have appeared here in the past. Take it away, Dick!



TOM HUDSON. Hudson was an great inkslinger with wit and aplomb, heavy on the aplomb. For Laughing Out Loud, Jan-Mar 1958.

MORT TEMES. The Saturday Evening Post, April 27, 1957.

IRWIN CAPLAN. In 1972 Caplan received the NCS Advertising & Illustration Award and the Advertising Award in 1981. The American Legion Magazine, May,1949.

MARTHA BLANCHARD. Maybe the best cartoonist never in The New Yorker. Her work was always first class. The Saturday Evening Post, July 10, 1954.

GEORGE LA MENDOLA changed his name to GEORGE DOLE in 1952. American Magazine, January,1950.

GEORGE LA MENDOLA (GEORGE DOLE) 1000 Jokes Magazine, Spring, 1950.

BOB KRAUS. New Yorker cartoonist, cover artist, illustrator & publisher. Collier’s, February 7, 1953.

LEO SALKIN. One of the WWII era animators who deserted Hollywood and was a successful gag cartoonist. Judge, March,1947.

AL KAUFMAN. This is 1955 in a nutshell. I’d say, if there’s pool in the back yard, “buy” 1000 Jokes Magazine, May,1955.

HARRY LYONS. Collier’s, June 24, 1955

AL WISEMAN. He was Hank Ketcham’s assistant, drawing the Sunday Dennis the Menace pages in the early years of the strip. Judge, February, 1947.

MORT WALKER. Early gag cartoon from famed Beetle Bailey creator. American Magazine, June, 1949.

TOM WESSELMANN. The painter, sculptor, collagist, one of the major artists of New York Pop Art first aspired to be a gag cartoonist. While at studying at Cooper Union he sold a few cartoons before making a commitment to painting. For Laughing Out Loud, Jul-Sep, 1957.

JEFF KEATE. Another 1955 classic. The more you look at veteran Keate’s car, the more you marvel. That was one of the fancy extras. American Legion Magazine, June, 1955.

More great old gag cartoons from the Dick Buchanan collection:

Dick Buchanan: Gag Cartoon Clip File 1946-64

Dick Buchanan: Some Favorite Magazine Gag Cartoons 1940-60s

The Mark Stamaty Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle

Mark Alan Stamaty has been part of the NYC cartoon scene for decades now. You might remember his "MacDoodle Street" strip in the Village Voice or "Washingtoon," syndicated by the Washington Post.  He was also the political cartoonist for Time Magazine from 1994-96. He created the comic feature "Boox" for the New York Review of Books from 2001 to 2003. He drew nonfiction comics for The New Yorker and other publications. He drew "They Might Be Giants'" first album. He has done magazine covers, children's books and now here he is, underground.

Now his work adorns the Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle, inside and out. While his Facebook has some great photos (one of which is shown above), there is no media coverage of this that I have been able to find. I hope that changes.

If you are in the village, you can see more of his work on and in the Sonos Store.

Warm Up Sketches August 2016

Here are some sketches from my sketchbook for August 2016. Again, these are stream of consciousness warm up doodles. They are just nonsensical things to draw just to get some ink on paper and have fun.

Related:

Mike Lynch Sketch Roundup

Warm Up Drawings Late June/Early July

Warm Up Sketches Late July 2016

Sketchbook: Dude with Hand Down his Pants

Sketchbook: Welcome to Sanford! 

True story: Guy with hand down his pants at Rt. 202 intersection entering Sanford, ME. 

As we drove past -- SURE ENOUGH --- dude took his hand out and took a deep sniff.

Drew this up over a year ago. I wonder where he is today ...

Fling Magazine Illustrations by Dazor

Mid Century Modern Illustrations by Dazor for Arv Miller's Fling Magazine. I have no other information on who this illustrator was. "Dazor" was a brand name for a major chain of industrial lamps; like the ones you have over your drawing board, you know? So ... maybe it's a pseudonym for another illustrator. I don't know.  

Arv Miller was an illustrator himself, before he became editor and publisher of Fling Magazine, a competitor to Playboy Magazine.

This entry on the illustrator Dazor will be up here on the Internet for a while and maybe Dazor, or someone who knows more about illustration than I do, will post some information about him/her.

From an auction of Fling Magazine originals dating between the 1950s and 1970s. (These scans are from the auction site. I do not own the art.)

The Garden As of September 1, 2016

A bunch of tiny eggplants are coming in!

Below are the three raised beds and some closer shots.

Below are two way-too-big basil plants. They are flowering and I know you should pinch the flowers off, or in gardening lingo "dead head" them. But the bees love love love these blooms so phooey: let the bees have at it! Behind them are some peppers and the eggplants.

The tomato plants are big and sprawling.

But the tomatoes need a bit more time to ripen. A late harvest since we were late (mid-June) to begin this year. 

Some peppers:

And here are some flowers.

And the milkweed is here, but no monarch caterpillars appeared to munch on them and spin their cocoons.

Related "Garden As of" posts:

August 15, 2016

August 1, 2016

July 15, 2016

July 1, 2016

Mid-June 2016