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

Here's a selection of vintage gag cartoons from Dick Buchanan's collection of 20th century magazine cartoons. What with Thanksgiving over for the year, it's time to think about the holidays and the cold and the funny gags, of course.

Thanks, Dick!

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HOLIDAY/WINTER CARTOONS

1948 -1960

What with this global warming situation the planet got itself in, it’s hard telling how many winters we have left. That means gag cartoons about winter are still another vanishing species doomed for the Gag Hall of Fame. That’s why special care was taken to include in this selection some vintage cartoons about winter . . . and snow . . . and the only holiday celebrated in the American weeklies of the 1940’s and 1950’s.


1. ERIC ERICKSON. Erickson reminds us the holidays are for everyone. True Magazine January, 1948.

2. TOM HENDERSON. American Legion Magazine December, 1959.

3. JERRY MARCUS. Collier’s March 4, 1955.

4. HANK KETCHAM. American Legion Magazine December, 1951.

5. TED KEY. Key created the long running panel Hazel in 1943. He was also a screenwriter with 3 Disney films to his credit. More importantly, he created Mr. Peabody and Sherman. Collier’s December 30, 1950.

6. BRAD ANDERSON. The Saturday Evening Post January 24, 1953.

7. ROBERT WILSON. Collier’s December 16, 1950.

8. JAN & STANLEY BERENSTAIN. Collier’s December, 1948.

9. JEFF KEATE. American Magazine December, 1953.

10. DAVE GERARD. Collier’s December 24, 1949.

11. DICK CAVALLI. Collier’s December 30, 1950.

12. BOB SCHROETER. American Magazine December 1953.

13. JOHN GALLAGHER. Cartoons & Gags August, 1960.

14. JEFF KEATE. Christmas in California, drive-in style. Collier’s December 30, 1950.

15. PERRY BARLOW. Life December,1933.

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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