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Knight, May 1967

Army/Navy Fun Parade, April 1953

Hello Buddies, October 1951

Hello Buddies, May 1955

Adam, September 1963

Fun House, February 1979

Ben Denison
Playboy, December 1955

Buck Brown
Playboy, March 1968

Vahan Shirvanian
Playboy, March 1972

Gent, October 1963

Real Adventure, January 1961

Jack O'Brien The Dude, May 1959

The Dude, March 1957

cartoons I don't get 20

I got a few but I'm going to guess at a lot of them.

Hello Buddies, June 1952
Reamer Keller
Coffee makes her nervous as does being near lecherous soldiers? Would this be acceptable in a post-Weinstein society? Or even a post-baby boom society, for that matter?

True, January 1953
This one too. Another gag where the punchline is that he's coercing a subordinate into sex. And this was a family magazine.

Punch September 26, 1915

Playboy March, 1968
He still has poker from the night before on his mind. Would a dealer cap sell the gag or just make it too obvious?

Ace January, 1964
Osvaldo Laino

Puck June 16, 1880
I don't need the history lessons here. I see that these were the Democratic and Republican candidates that year and those cities are where the convention was being held. But what do the sizes mean?
This one actually makes the most sense in this issue. I've got more from this magazine in my gag shuffle you won't be able to make heads or tails of. (And I wrote these next two words without realizing they've been co-opted) Believe me.

Punch September 11, 1927
Another “you had to be there” joke.

Outpost, February 1916

Hello Buddies May 1955
I guess she's either suggesting the engagement ring could be bigger or that they be married. But why is a searchlight on in the first place? Are they doing shadow puppets instead of making out or watching slides? And how come if she's holding the ring between her thumb and index finger, in the light it's in the web of her hand?

Judge October 9, 1909
I guess you wouldn't know it was a cop if he didn't have the word “COP” written on his hat. And is that a child or lawn jockey? And that's a really small pig.

Punch September 26, 1915

Life February 16, 1905
I don't even know if there's a gag here, I just find the caption really funny.

Man to Man, November 1965
Maybe there is no joke, just a funny drawing. It works on that level.

Some of the 1000 Jokes

These are more of the cartoons from this issue of 1000 Jokes magazine. The previous two installments are here and here.

This is from an issue of Columbia University's humor magazine The Jester.

The one is from the Yale Record.

John Gallagher

Bob Schroeter

George Gately

Michael Berry

Paul Peter Porges

Jeff Keate

Peter Wyma

Henry Boltinoff

Dick Ericson

John Ruge

From the Yale Record again. Not sure if this is the same Bob Grossman.

27 Jokes

This was supposed to have been up a couple days ago but I chose early July to come to my parents' house. The reason this has anything to do with anything is that a storm knocked out their internet and it won't be back for a week or so. I can only use it for an hour or so at this local restaurant that has wi-fi service, longer when the library's open, even then only during daytime. My parents seem to think the internet is just a toy I use like one would watch TV. It's also the way I get paid from some places. Their scanner is wireless so I can't use that either. Luckily I scanned these cartoons a while ago. Who says we're not living on the cutting edge of technology?

Anyway, this is none of your concern. Here is the next installment of cartoons from an issue of 1000 Jokes from sometime in the 50s or 60s. I posted the first few pages of 1000 Jokes last week.

John Dempsey, best known for the nudist colony cartoons in Playboy.

Harry Mace

Chon Day

Bob Schroeter

?, Stan Hunt, and Henry Boltinoff

Paul Peter Porges and two cartoonists I can't identify.

Two cartoons by John Ruge

Frank Owen and Dick Ericson

Eli Stein, John Norment, Bob Barnes, and Paul Peter Porges.

Leo Garel

Al Ross

Some guy and Jeff Keate