I Loved a Teenage Beatnik

For some reason I've always found beatniks to be funny. Same with hippies, hoboes, or any cartoon archetype for that matter. Especially a few years after a trend has already past. I imagine some square business-types (another cartoon archetype)trying to be 'with-it'. Or maybe mainstream writers in Hollywood and Madison Avenue knew more than they let on. Maybe they didn't create the Fonz to perpetuate the myth of the 50s, but accurately portrayed some teenager in the Midwest emulating greaser rebels he saw on TV.

But I'm getting ahead of myself. This is from Atlas' TEENAGE ROMANCE #78 in 1960, artist unknown.

My Stand-in for Love

One of the comics where I don't know the original source. The artist looks like Alex Toth or Steve Ditko and it's from sometime between 1950-1954. If anyone has more information, let me know.

Update: It's Joe Kubert and was also published under the name LOVE CAME SECOND from Hollywood Confessions #1