Friday, February 02, 2018

From the Dick Buchanan Files: Gag Cartoon Clichés 1949 - 1965 Part 3

And the clichés continue. This is the third installment of classic gag cartoon clichés, all collected and annotated by my hard-working cartoon loving friend Dick Buchanan. It's fair to say that the pretty much all of these cartoons have not seen the light of day since their initial publication. And there are some doozies here.

Need to catch up? Links here:


Gag Cartoon Clichés Part 1
Gag Cartoon Clichés Part 2


Thank you, Dick, and take it away:

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GAG CARTOON CLICHÉS
1949 – 1965


Here some more gag cartoon clichés from the 1940’s and 1950’s that give us a glimpse of everyday life of Americans as portrayed by the great and near great cartoonists during the era of the great magazines of the day.


Some of these clichés have appeared on many lists of cartoon clichés while others are ones I found to be prevalent during the course of my usual haphazard research. Keep in mind yours truly actually lived during those “good old days” and it wasn’t always pretty. But it was often pretty funny, at least on the surface.


ORDERING IN A RESTAURANT


1. GUSTAV LUNDBERG. Collier’s December 9, 1950.




2. CLYDE LAMB. The Saturday Evening Post April 18, 1953.




3. WILLIAM O’BRIEN. American Legion Magazine June, 1954.





ASKING THE BOSS FOR A RAISE.


1. LEW FOLLETTE. American Legion Magazine December, 1953.




2. HERB WILLIAMS. American Magazine March, 1949.




3. GEORGE la MENDOLA (George Dole). Liberty Magazine April 1949.




COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT.


1. JOSEPH G. FARRIS. Collier’s August 20, 1954.




2. TOM HUDSON. For laughing Out Loud October-December, 1957.




3. AL KAUFMAN. Look Magazine March 28, 1961.




ALIENS ON VISIT EARTH.


1. BOB BARNES. BALLYHOO Fall, 1953.




2. MORT TEMES. True Magazine August, 1955.




3. VAHAN SHIRVANIAN. 1000 Jokes Magazine December-February, 1965.






ALIENS ON THEIR HOME PLANET.


1. JOHN BAILEY. Ballyhoo Fall, 1953.




2. J. B (BUD) HANDELSMAN. Look Magazine February 12, 1963.




3. JOHN NORMENT. BALLYHOO Fall, 1953.






Looking for even more gag cartoons from the golden age? Dick Buchanan has you covered!


From the Dick Buchanan Files: William Steig Gag Cartoons 1946 - 1965

From the Dick Buchanan Files: Favorite Gag Cartoons 1947 - 1958

From the Dick Buchanan Files: Hank Ketcham Gag Cartoons 1944 – 1952

From the Dick Buchanan Files: Hank Ketcham Roughs

From the Dick Buchanan Files: Holiday and Winter Cartoons 1948 - 1960

Dick Buchanan's Cartoon Files: More Cops and Robbers Gag Cartoons 1947 - 1968

Dick Buchanan's Favorite Gag Cartoons 1946 - 1964

From the Dick Buchanan Files: More 1960s Cartoons from PUNCH

From the Dick Buchanan Files: Virgil Parch Part One; VIP in the 1940s

From the Dick Buchanan Files: Virgil Parch Part Two; VIP in the 1950s

From the Dick Buchanan Files: Even More Color Cartoons 1940 - 1956

From the Dick Buchanan Files: "Captions? Who Needs 'Em?" Wordless Gag Cartoons 1947 – 1970

From the Dick Buchanan Files: Orlando Busino Gag Cartoons 1956 - 1966

From the Dick Buchanan Files: CARTOONYFELLERS’ DIGEST, "a 1955 rag for cartoonists by cartoonists"

From the Dick Buchanan Files: Magazine Cartoons from Life and Judge 1931 - 38

From the Dick Buchanan Files: June 1953 Cartoonist's Market Newsletter

Dick Buchanan's Cartoon File: More Mid-Century Gag Cartoons 1946 - 1964

Dick Buchanan's Cartoon File: Color Gag Cartoons 1946 - 1956

Dick Buchanan's Cartoon Files: Cops and Robbers Gag Cartoons 1945 - 1968

Dick Buchanan's Cartoon Files: Gahan Wilson: Early Gag Cartoons 1954 - 1964

Dick Buchanan's Cartoon File: Inkyfellers' Gagzette

Dick Buchanan's Cartoon File: The Years of Al Ross - 1947 – 1968

Dick Buchanan's Cartoon Files: New Yorker Cartoonists Abroad 1966-1968

Dick Buchanan's Cartoon File: 1945 - 1962

From the Dick Buchanan Files: "How I Create Humor" from 1950s - 60s Gag Cartoon Insider Journal "The Information Guide"

Dick Buchanan's Cartoon File: 1950s Color Magazine Gag Cartoons

Dick Buchanan's Cartoon File: Funny Vintage Magazine Gag Cartoons 1946 - 1963

Dick Buchanan's Cartoon File: Wordless Gag Cartoons 1944-1964

1953 George Booth Drawings for American Legion Magazine

Dick Buchanan: Winter/Christmas/Holiday Gag Cartoons 1940s-60s

Dick Buchanan: Some PUNCH Magazine Cartoons 1948-1963

Dick Buchanan: Gag Cartoon Clip File 1946-64

Dick Buchanan: Gag Cartoon Clip File 1947-62

Dick Buchanan: Some Favorite Magazine Gag Cartoons 1940-60s

Dick Buchanan: Gag Cartoon Clip File 1931-64