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SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 11

For your Friday reading pleasure, more great SATURDAY EVENING POST gag cartoons from the 1950s. This time around: more animal cartoons.



Love those quick, bouncy, zoomy lines that Harry Mace draws for the eager pup.










All of Gallagher's animals have those bulbous noses!











Bob Schroeter's cartoon made me laugh out loud. Grr!



My thanks to Kristin Cawood for giving me this large scrapbook of 1950s gag cartoons to share! Thanks, Kristin!

The SATURDAY EVENING POST 1950s gag cartoons blog entries:

• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 1
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 2
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 3
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 4
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 5
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 6
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 7
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 8
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 9
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 10
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 11
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 12
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 13
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 14
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 15
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 16
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 17
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 18
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 19
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 20
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 21
• SATURDAY EVENING POST Scrapbook Part 22

Christie's Withdraws H.M. Bateman Caricature Over Racial Fears

Christie's auction house has withdrawn a 1903 drawing by H.M. Bateman from sale "after a complaint that it breached race hate laws." It was valued at between £600-£800.

The Telegraph has the whole story.

People being afraid of drawings. This has got to stop.

Cartoon Dog Mural Lawsuit

Via Spencer S Hsu's Washington Post Crime Scene blog:

A Shirlington dog groomer filed a federal lawsuit (PDF) Thursday accusing the Arlington County zoning board of violating her freedom of speech by ordering her to alter whimsical cartoon mural of dogs, bones and paw prints on the back wall of her business.

Kim Houghton, owner of Wag More Dogs, said she paid a local artist $4,000 to paint the 60-foot by 16-foot mural, which faces a dog park behind her shop at 2606 S. Oxford Street.

Houghton said the board told her to cover the mural at her own expense, face fines or closure, or make the mural a government sign by adding "Welcome to Shirlington Park's Community Canine Area" in four-foot-high letters.

John Kramer, spokesman for the Arlington-based Institute for Justice, a libertarian group, said it took the case to "strike a blow for government-harassed entrepreneurs nationwide."

"Arlington County is trying to make Kim choose between her right to speak and her right to earn an honest living," Kramer added.

Video: Graham Harrop

Vancouver Sun editorial cartoonist Graham Harrop talks about the jobs he had before he was a cartoonist. I know it runs 8 minutes, which is now generally understood as a massive amount of time, but it's worth considering taking a look, even if you've never heard of Mr. Harrop.



His presentation made me laugh out loud. A truly funny fellow, onstage and on paper.


Mr. Harrop also draws the TEN CATS feature at Comics Sherpa.

SCORPION KING

Here is a piece from the other night on a first time client... and his first tattoo.

Video: Real-life Roadrunner Cartoon

Via Neatorama, here is a real life version of a Roadrunner v. Coyote Warner Bros. short. Some fun stuff here by an enthusiastic group of filmmakers and the whole tone is very spot on.