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 15

Frank Baginski
Adam, July 1973

This Is It #22

Good Humor, circa 1964

This Is It #22

Charles Dennis
Good Humor, circa 1964

Gregory D'Alessio
Hello Buddies, Winter 1950
The nylon display motif seems to be a recurring theme.

Hello Buddies, Winter 1950

Punch December 8, 1915

Punch October 27, 1915
Yes, I understand that this was during wartime when there were air raid wardens, though if the comic wasn't from 1915, you'd have no idea what they were talking about. This makes more sense than when we saw Looney Tunes as a kid and someone would scream "Put out that light!" and you had no idea what it was a reference to, though.

Man, October 1971
This magazine must be for everyone despite having the title Man if it has a cartoon where the punchline is a woman getting back at her rapist.

Playbirl, c. 1956

Punch October 27, 1915

Man to Man, January 1972

CARTOONS EXPLAINED 2

The man wants to watch the monkey have sex with the hippo, probably with the hope that it will put his companion in the mood. Why these two animals would be in the same cage, I don't know.
Lo Linkert
Adam, May 1968

The tattoo on his chest of the sun sets at the same time a regular sun would.
Caper, May 1960

He doesn't know that the duck call he's using is attracting an even bigger bird right behind him.
Topper, November 1964

The man is trying to get the other members of his deserted island to join his abstinence club but they won't listen.
Sid Harris
Debonair, November 1968

A pregnant woman doesn't know what to do and is seeking the advice of a doomsayer. Remember, this was a while before Roe vs. Wade.
Good Humor, circa 1964

He's so busy answering phones that he's tied his hands in a knot.
Escapade, December 1964

At one point, statutory rape for the purpose of a gag was not considered taboo. She knows she is a victim but promises not to tell as long as he buys her a fur coat. I hope I'm not arrested for posting this.
Dude, January 1961

Like the cartoon I posted previously, castaways do nothing but have sex.
Dude, September 1964

Exactly what the caption says, but because she is a buxom blonde and the type of magazine this cartoon appeared in, we are to infer the gift is sex.
Spree, January 1959

A man comes home to find his wife in bed with another man. He is threatening to shoot him but it turns out to be a practical joke with a novelty gun.
High, November 1958

The stripper is shy.
Man, January 1971

A burglar is holding up a publisher of childrens' books, and because of the setting, he is using the parlance of a Dick and Jane primer
Adam, May 1973

At the peak of abstract expressionism, cartoonists took advantage of the fact that the average person didn't get it. Here it is explained that the painter gets their effect by having accidents.
Monsieur, September 1965

Son of gag cartoons

Here are more gag cartoons some of which might make you feel icky, some might make you envy skills of cartoonists two generations ago.

The Dude, July 1957

Jem, March 1965

Men, January 1972

Bernard Wiseman
Monsieur, September 1965

Mr., March 1952

Mr., August 1965

Jem, c. 1963

Peter Wyma
Sheer, c. 1959

Sir!, May 1953

Sir!, February 1954

Sir Knight, c. 1959

Dude, November 1956

Dude, March 1957