Click, part 22

These are gag cartoons from the first annual for Click magazine, a pocket-sized general interest periodical. The magazine is from 1940, presumably the cartoons were earlier.

Irving Roir, one of thr four Roth Brothers

Henry Boltinoff

Salo was another of the Roth Brothers.

Gene Carr

Louis Priscilla

Roland Coe

Click, part 21

As usual, every Thursday I bring to you the cartoons from Click Annual from 1940.

Ben Roth

Misunderstanding of modern art, like in this cartoon by Ed Wheelan, is a common motif, though it's not common for a gallery or museum to have painting stacked together like this.

Dave Gerard

Irving Roir

Roland Coe

Gene Carr

Click Annual, part 15

Here are a few more samples of the all-cartoon Click annual from 1940:

Bo Brown

One of the Roth Brothers

Jeff Keate

Click Annual, part 13

And again, more from the 1940s Click Annual from 1940.

I didn't get this at first. I thought there was a caption I cut off. See if you can guess what I didn't see the first time.

One of the Roth Brothers. I think this was the one that went by the name “Al Ross”.

Don Ulsh.

I think since Google Books won its court case, they now show up on search engines and I can use them as hyperlinks now.

E. McNerney.

Roland Coe

Irving Roir, another of the Roth Brothers

Ned Hilton

Kirk Stilesdid a lot of cartoons with spanking, so maybe this guy raising his hand was meant to be one, but he messed up and drew this instead.

Ed Wheelan