Click's Cartoon Annual 1940

I thought I'd have the seventh volume of Great Cartoons of the World by now (which I found for only 36 cents) to print excerpts from like I've been doing every Saturday, but the Christmas rush seems to be delaying much of the mail. Here instead are the first few pages from 1940's Click annual, a magazine I've posted excerpts from before.

The cover is by Peter Arno. They had a lot of cartoonists known for work in higher-profile magazines but with less craft. I think it's probably because they were paid less.

Ed Wheelan

Barbara Shermund

Ted Key

I believe this was one of the Roth Brothers.

Reamer Keller

Dorothy McKay

For Men Only, 1 of 2

I'm not sure why this magazine was called that, since it seems more like a general interest magazine. Maybe it was to compete with Esquire. It had the same kind of mix of humor, fiction, and cartoons. This issue is from around 1941. Gerald Green Ted Key James Trembath Al Ross Ned Hilton Lawrence Lariar Gregory D'Alessio Adolph Schus Eric Godal

The rest of the cartoons from this magazine next Thursday.

World Encyclopedia of Cartoons G-K

William Ellis Greene (Weg)

Maurice Henry

Don Herold

Syd Hoff, for Collier's

Gerard Hoffnung, for Punch



Poul Holck

Lee Holley, Ponytail, the Four Color version soon to be a Magic Whistle blogpost when I get to it.

Alberto Huici, Ja-Ja

Once again from the The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons from which this came:

“ALBERTO HUICI (1929-?) exhibited a love from drawing at an early age, and he sold his first cartoon in 1945, while still going to school. From then on he worked as a freelancer, contributing a number of cartoons to various Mexican newspapers and publications.

“In 1952 Huici went to Los Angeles and tried to break into the U.S. market. While submitting cartoons to various magazines (most of which sent back rejection slips), he worked as gas station attendant, dishwasher, and garbage collector in order to support himself. Coming to New York in 1954, Huici again was turned down more often than not, and he went back to Mexico City the following year. With the experience he had acquired in the United States, he soon rose to the top of his profession, having gag cartoons regularly published in the magazine Ja-Ja, and his political cartoons distributed by Editorial Excelsior. He also occasionally contributes cartoons to Los Angeles and New York publications.

“Huici's style is simple, almost stark, with weird characters cavorting in strange surroundings. His humor is mostly visual, and he uses captions sparingly. His cartoons have earned awards in the United States, Europe, and Central and South America, as well as in his native Mexico.”

Rube Goldberg's I'm The Guy

Ted Key, This Week


Walt Kuhn in 1903.

Kukrynisky, 1942

Still from The Human Zoo, an animated film by Yōji Kuri

SATURDAY EVENING POST and SCREW

Here's some more gags from THE SATURDAY EVENING POST and the yin to its yang, SCREW.

From the August 24, 1968 issue of SEP.


These are from the February 8, 1969 issue.



The color one is unsigned, but it looks like George Booth to me.

From the May 30, 1969 issue of SCREW.