Mike Lynch Cartoons

Monday, August 07, 2017

SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 14

Here are more great SATURDAY EVENING POST gag cartoons from the 1950s. Mostly baseball, golf and bowling cartoons this time.

My thanks to Kristin Cawood for giving me this large scrapbook of 1950s gag cartoons to share! Thanks, Kristin!

The SATURDAY EVENING POST 1950s gag cartoons blog entries:

SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 1
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 2
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 3
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 4
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 5
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 6
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 7
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 8
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 9
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 10
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 11
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 12
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 13
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 14
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 15
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 16
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 17
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 18
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 19
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 20
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 21
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 22

Friday, August 04, 2017

SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 13

Above: Jim Whiting with a 6 panel (almost) pantomime gag.

Here are some more great SATURDAY EVENING POST gag cartoons from the 1950s.

My thanks to Kristin Cawood for giving me this large scrapbook of 1950s gag cartoons to share! Thanks, Kristin!

The SATURDAY EVENING POST 1950s gag cartoons blog entries:

SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 1
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 2
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 3
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 4
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 5
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 6
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 7
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 8
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 9
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 10
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 11
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 12
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 13
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 14
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 15
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 16
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 17
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 18
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 19
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 20
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 21
SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 22

Thursday, August 03, 2017

"Dolly Madison's Surprise" by cartoonist Peter Wells

Found in a second-hand shop: "Dolly Madison's Surprise," a 1946 children's book by the cartoonist Peter Wells. Let me know if you want it.

Peter Wells (1912 - 1995) was born in Port Clinton, OH. His dad, John Wells, designed yachts for some of the early rich automobile executives in nearby Detroit, and some of his designs are on permanent display at Mystic Seaport. Peter moved to Portland, Maine, went to Yale and finally settled in the NYC area. He did a stint in the Navy during WWII, serving on a PT boat in the Pacific.

Peter Wells became known as a children's book illustrator, before being hired by King Features. He worked in the bullpen, mostly drawing unsigned Katzenjammer Kids art for the comic books. After King, he worked for the popular Blue Book Magazine, drawing, among other things, the popular Pete the Pup comic. Into the 1950s and thru the 70s, he co-directed the Famous Artists School cartooning course with Bud Sagendorf.

He was married for 60 years to his wife Helen. They had three boys and raised them in their home in Noroton, CT. He enjoyed playing the jazz saxophone and was an avid sailor.