This move is obviously leading (just look at her dreamy expression) to an effective acquisition of "first base " but perhaps he will take a moment to suck on a breath mint before the maneuver begins.Īnother cannibal cartoon by Herbert Goldberg. I really like the expressions in their eyes, and the fellow's puckered lips.
"Helen Hokinson published several books of her own cartoons: So You're Going to Buy a Book in 1931, My Best Girls in 1941, and in 1948 her last book, When Were You Built? The Hokinson estate published: The Ladies, God Bless Them in 1950, There Are Ladies Present in 1952, and The Hokinson Festival in 1956."Ī wordless smoking gag from Jerry Marcus. After a time she became fearful people were laughing at rather than with the buxom, strong minded but occasionally befuddled women whom she had stamped as her own, and launched a crusade to defend and explain them.
"Her drawings for The New Yorker featured plump well-to-do club women who wore high heeled shoes and were conscious of hats, fashions, caring for pets, and gardens. Here's a bit of her bio from the Mendota Museum (Mendota, IL) site: I don't think there are many dowagers-in-meetings gags now, but back in the day, they were a genre, perhaps best remembered in New Yorker drawings by Helen Hokinson. Just a lovely bit of clean line drawing.īo Brown with a good dowagers-in-a-meeting gag. I thought that Stan Hunt's gag was maybe a bit shopworn, but look at his lines: even the individual plates and casually placed utensils are shown. We looked at dozens and dozens of houses before buying one this past summer. I would agree with my Italian cartoonist colleague if only he would stop making fun of the Irish!Īn early Henry Boltinoff cartoon. Related: My friend Roy Delgado bemoans the lack of good cannibal cartoons in today's market.
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The TV is more important than the traditional roles of family! This cartoon would sell today.Ībove is one of the top cartoon cliches, and I'll be darned if Clyde Lamb didn't come up with a new and funny take on the idea. The one and only Mort Walker shows us an early women's rights cartoon. Lem Grier with a wordless and universal cartoon that's less about fishing and more about crummy human nature. I like the economy of the bicycle wheel spokes. The time's are a-changin'.Įven in the early years of his MARMADUKE newspaper panel, Brad Anderson was contributing to the gag cartoon market. Aside: I was in Pittsburgh over the weekend and was surprised that people can still smoke in restaurants there. Look at how adeptly Wyma shows those toes through the split shoes.Ĭlyde Lamb draws a snappy cartoon line here. Pete Wyma shows us that you can take the husband out of the tavern, but you can't take the tavern out of the husband. I've recently seen his work in The Funny Times. Joe is still cartooning, still working in the NYC area. The boy's effective expression telegraphs all that we need to know - and seals the gag. What struck me as odd is that these 2 fellows have the same hair and mustache - something I didn't notice until maybe the third time I looked at it.Īn early Joe Farris cartoon. The doctor's office is suggested by a cabinet, one bottle with a medical cross on it, and a half-hidden stethoscope. The black pants draw our eye to the whole point of the gag. Nickles employs a Syverson-drawn little guy to point at YOU!įred Levinson draws a subtly masterful cartoon. Dutton and Company, Inc.Ībove: the dedication. Here is a small sampler from a collection of Saturday Evening Post cartoons culled from HONEY I'M HOME!, a Bantam Books paperback edited by Marione R. I don't know what those blue shapes are, but they pretty much get in the way of the graphic to today's design sensibilities. Above: Frank O'Neal draws a sit-com-like gag for the cover of HONEY I'M HOME.
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