Cartoon themes: pettin' on the couch

Army/Navy Fun Parade, April 1953

Jefferson Machamer
Bold, March 1957

Bill Ward
Fun House, February 1980

Jack Cole
Fun House, February 1980

Mr., February 1967

Playboy, January 1954

Gardner Rea
Playboy, July 1956

Don Madden
Playboy, April 1968

Hello Buddies, October 1951

Cavalcade, April 1941

Charley Jones' Laughing Book, May 1953

Good Humor, October 1964

This Is It, mid 1960s

Correction: That first one is at a bus or train station. I was thrown off by the seating they had.

Cartoons I don't get #40

Is the word 'topless' here a noun or does he have more to say? Was there supposed to be another panel here?
Adam Yearbook, 1968

Cavalcade, August 1942

Warren Miller
Playboy, September 1961

The problem with many of the Sex to Sexty gags is the fact the drawing is “funny” takes away from the point of the gag, which isn't really much of a joke here to begin with (her being too promiscuous to remember who the actual father was)
Sex to Sexty, circa 1970s

Is this their anti-war streak, commenting the head of the draft board is a dickhead? Is that what the joke is?
Sex to Sexty, circa 1970s

Here I'm confused about the roles. Someone's spending too much time getting ready for a date. I get that part. But does she have two suitors? Or is the other guy a family member who lives there waiting to use the bathroom? Is it sunrise now?
Charley Jones' Laugh Book, May 1953

Hello Buddies, Winter 1950

Life February 16, 1905

Nugget, February 1956

Punch, April 1984

Punch September 26, 1915

So she's going to clean the toilet with an electric toothbrush. So what? What will that accomplish? Why should we care?
Richard Guindon
The Realist, March 1964

Punch February 4, 1920