PopKulture's photos with the keyword: humor

Millie The Model - Issue no. 28, May 1951.

Millie The Model - Issue no. 36, September 1952. Cover art by Dan DeCarlo.

My Friend Irma - Issue no. 11, October 1951. Cover art by Dan DeCarlo.

Vintage Ajax Cleanser newspaper advertisement from 1950. With a few notable exceptions, the ads found in old Sunday funnies are the equal of the comic strips themselves!

Much like its companion Mad - which of course survived as a magazine - Panic was a satire comic published by E.C. Comics and even boasted the similar slogan, "humor in a varicose vein." This November 1954 issue spoofed the movie "How To Marry a Millionaire" starring Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable and Lauren Bacall. As if that wasn't enough, it sports a very unusual cover by Al Feldstein featuring a horizontal layout!

Audrey, I think I speak for candy fiends everywhere: we feel your pain. Little Audrey - Issue No. 78.

"Rare and lovely potential decoration for any college campus is seventeen-year-old, Theodore Roosevelt High School (NY) Senior Rita Clarke. No jitterbug - although she's attended dance classes since her third birthday - she prefers roller-skating, at which she excels, poses here for CO-EDS photographer, at Astoria's Beebe Rink." Co-Eds - Fun On The Campus - Vol. 1 No. 2, March 1941.

"On Our Cover - Glamorous, twenty-two-year-old Barnard College senior Anne Halsey, College Humor's Cover Girl, is a sociology major, but her sensational success as a Powers' model is slowly but surely turning her pretty head to a more remunerative field. Although she does only part-time modeling at present, due to the exacting demands of Barnard's rigid curriculum, her work has already aroused considerable comment. It is our guess that Hollywood casting directors will soon be vying for her lovely face." College Humor - Picturing The Undergraduate Scene - Vol. 13, No. 3, July 1941.

Bertram "Binky" Biggs dates all the way back to 1948, but Binky got a hip new makeover for the short-lived Binky's Buddies series. Binky's Buddies - Issue No. 1, January-February 1969.

Good girl art at its finest! Junior Miss - Issue No. 31, November 1948.

Little Lulu - No. 49, July 1952 issue.

Little Iodine - No. 15, December-January 1953 issue.

Bugs Bunny - No. 43, June-July 1955 issue.

The old adage is true, that success spawns imitation, and Li'l Ghost wasn't the only Casper clone to hover ethereally along, but he did anticipate the trend in anime by a couple of decades - just look at those eyes! Li'l Ghost - No. 1, February 1958.

Nancy's (of Nancy and Sluggo fame) Aunt Fritzi wonders why she can't get no lovin' at a local charity event. Fritzi Ritz - No. 2, 1949.

A literal pun makes for a charming enough cover on this fairly long-running funny animal title. Happy Comics - No. 17 January 1947.

Vintage comical postcard folder.

Top Cat - No. 2, March-May 1962 issue.