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Thursday, June 14, 2018

Cartoon themes: psychiatrists

Adam Annual 1968
Hello Buddies, May 1955
Donald Reilly
Playboy, January 1967
Good Humor, October 1964
Men, January 1972
Monsieur, April 1962
Topper, February 1962
Playboy, July 1972
The Dude, January 1961
Art Lutner
Adam, May 1968
Playboy, May 1955
Stanley Rayon
Beau, August 1966
For Laughing Out Loud, March 1960

Thursday, March 1, 2018

Cartoons I don't get #36

I actually like it better with the audience not knowing which ones I get and which ones I don't, and of those I don't, not having them explained.

The Realist, March 1966
Irwin Caplan
True, January 1953
Sex to Sexty, circa 1970s
Punch February 4, 1920
Punch February 11, 1920
Bill Ward
Sex to Sexty, 1970s
Cavalcade, April 1942
Wilton Williams
New Yorker March 28, 1925
Vic Martin
Hello Buddies, May 1955
Judge October 9, 1909
Mike Thaler
Nugget, August 1963
Playboy, March 1970
The Realist, October 1960

Thursday, February 22, 2018

Cartoons I don't Get #35

In many cases here, it's not a question of “What's going on?” but “Why?”

Sex to Sexty c. 1970s
Is this a game of boxing where the rules are that the crew are also the opponents and the fight still goes on on between rounds? Hello Buddies, 1950s
Cavalade, August 1942
Playboy, February 1960
Is that a frowning mouth or her ear?
For Laughing Out Loud, March 1960
Judge October 9, 1909
Cartoonists would have the woman's manner of dress vary depending on which publication they sold it to, or would redraw it, which looks like the case here. I still can't tell exactly what “Big Ed” did and if that smudge is her lipstick or just a smudge in the printing.
Knight, September 1966
Playboy, December 1967
Life January 5, 1905
As notorious as The New Yorker is for their fact-checking, they didn't seem to notice the driver's sides were on opposite sides. Or is that the joke?
New Yorker August 25. 1925
Punch, April 1984
Punch September 26, 1915
Punch December 22, 1915