Marriage Cartoons from YOU'VE GOT ME -- AND HOW! Edited by Lawrence Lariar Part Two

 

Part two of a selection of gag cartoons from the book titled YOU'VE GOT ME – AND HOW! , edited by Lawrence Lariar and published by Dodd, Mead and Company. It's copyright 1955 by Mr. Lariar.

Marriage Cartoons from YOU'VE GOT ME -- AND HOW! Edited by Lawrence Lariar Part One

 
Here is part one of a selection of gag cartoons titled YOU'VE GOT ME – AND HOW! , edited by Lawrence Lariar and published by Dodd, Mead and Company. It's copyright 1955 by Mr. Lariar.


Virgil VIP Partch with the casual pain associated with marriage.



Some of these, like Currier's above, are simple sitcom put-downs. Mean and none too clever.


I saw Harrison's gag coming ...


Bo Brown with some excellent wavy linework.


From active to passive. Martin Giuffre reminds us that there was a time when people went out into the world, to their club, dressed in silly attire. Now we all stay in and watch a rerun of Jackie Gleason doing the above.


I like Al Kaufman's gags a lot.


George Wolfe with the old trope of the clueless woman driver.



Tom Zib concedes marriage is a battlefield.




Pete Wyma, known for his girly cartoons, contributes a mother-in-law joke.



I like Henry Boltinoff's explanation here -- but it's still no way to treat a lady.

I like the moment that Clyde Lamb chose to depict: the moment just after the violent ripping of the paper from hubby's hands.


Bernhardt has a long gag line with a sweet putdown at the end that makes sense of the bitter marriage conceit that is the book's hallmark.


Cartoons signed "Corka" were the husband and wife team of John Cornin & Zena Kavin. More here.


Dam McCormick's cartoon did make me laugh.


I like that Burr Shafer chose to let the reader imagine the off-screen struggle between husband and wife.

Video: Convention Tabling Practices:

If you have questions about how to make money selling your comics at conventions, here's the recording of a live chat from March 22, 2022 that helps. 

Cartoonist Chris Schweizer writes:

"Tuesday at 9pm eastern/8 central/7 mtn/6 pacific, I'll be joining Cara McGee (Over the Garden Wall, Black Canary) and David Petersen (Mouse Guard) for a free online panel about how we table at conventions: how we determine which shows to do, how much to take and how to display it, how to price what we're selling/doing, how we present ourselves, how we manage our sales, and more.

"If you are new to tabling at conventions (or are thinking about it), or if you're an old pro who's keen to hear how your peers approach something we all do, I hope you'll join us. We'll be taking questions throughout."

August 4, 1907 Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend by Winsor McCay

 

Here's a panel-by-panel look at a 1907 Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend strip by the one and only Winsor McCay. A major innovator in the the early days of animation, this nightmarish comic reads like a storyboard from a horror movie. John Canemaker, who wrote Winsor McCay: His Life and Art,  calls this one of his most disturbing Dreams strips.