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Laff-a-Day
''Laff-a-Day'' is a daily gag cartoon panel distributed to newspapers by King Features Syndicate from 1936 to 1998. The cartoonists included Frank Beaven, Henry Boltinoff, Dave Breger, Bo Brown, Orlando Busino, George Gately, Martin Giuffre, Al Kaufman, Reamer Keller, Harry Mace, Jack Markow, Don Orehek, Charles Skiles, Eli Stein, Jack Tippit and Bill Yates Floyd Buford Yates (July 5, 1921 – March 26, 2001), better known as Bill Yates, was an American cartoonist who drew gag cartoons and comic strips before assuming the position of comic strip editor for King Features Syndicate in 1978. Biograph .... The editor of the series was cartoonist Bob Schroeter. Reprints When King Features revived the series in 2006, it ran this promotional copy: King Features made ''Laff-a-Day'' a part of its ''King Features Weekly Planet'' service. See also *'' 1000 Jokes'' *'' This Funny World'' *laughitloud' References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Features Syndicate
King Features Syndicate, Inc. is a American content distribution and animation studio, consumer product licensing and print syndication company owned by Hearst Communications that distributes about 150 comic strips, newspaper columns, editorial cartoons, puzzles, and games to nearly 5,000 newspapers worldwide. King Features Syndicate also produces intellectual properties, develops new content and franchises, like ''The Cuphead Show!'', which it produced with Netflix, and licenses its classic characters and properties. King Features Syndicate is a unit of Hearst Holdings, Inc., which combines the Hearst Corporation's cable-network partnerships, television programming and distribution activities, and syndication companies. King Features' affiliate syndicates are North America Syndicate and Cowles Syndicate. History William Randolph Hearst's newspapers began syndicating material in 1895 after receiving requests from other newspapers. The first official Hearst syndicate was ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Boltinoff
Henry Boltinoff (February 19, 1914 – April 26, 2001) was an American cartoonist who worked for both comic strips and comic books. He was a prolific cartoonist and drew many of the humor and filler strips that appeared in National Periodical comics from the 1940s through the 1960s. Biography Comic books Born in New York City, Boltinoff created numerous humor features for DC Comics, where his brother Murray Boltinoff was an editor. His most prominent creation for DC was "Dover & Clover" which debuted in ''More Fun Comics'' #94 (Nov. 1943). Boltinoff's other features include "Abdul the Fire Eater", "Bebe", "Billy", "Buck Skinner", "Cap's Hobby Center", "Casey the Cop", "Charlie Cannonball", "Chief Hot Foot", "Cora the Carhop", "Dexter", "Doctor Floogle", "Doctor Rocket", "Elvin", "Freddie the Frogman", "Hamid the Hypnotist", "Homer", "Honey in Hollywood", "Hy the Spy", "Hy Wire", "Jail Jests", "Jerry the Jitterbug", "King Kale", "Lefty Looie", "Lem 'n' Lime", "Lionel and His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Funny World
''This Funny World'' was a gag cartoon panel syndicated to newspapers by the McNaught Syndicate from March 6, 1944, to 1985. In addition to original cartoons, the series featured numerous reprints of cartoons previously published in leading magazines, including ''The American Magazine'', '' American Legion Magazine'', '' Collier's'', '' Look'', ''True'' and ''Woman's Home Companion''. Cartoonists The single-panel series featured the cartoons of Stan and Jan Berenstain, Henry Boltinoff, Dick Cavalli, Stan Fine, Tom Hudson, Reamer Keller, Ted Key, Don Orehek, B. Tobey, Mort Walker, Pete Wyma and many others. On Wednesday, August 16, 1944, a federal trademark registration was filed for ''This Funny World'' by the McNaught Syndicate with the listed correspondent Panitch, Schwarze, Jacobs & Nadel at 2000 Market Street in Philadelphia. See also * '' 1000 Jokes'' * ''Laff-a-Day ''Laff-a-Day'' is a daily gag cartoon panel distributed to newspapers by King Features Syndicate from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Breger
Irving David Breger (April 15, 1908 – January 16, 1970) was an American cartoonist who created the syndicated ''Mister Breger'' (1945–1970), a gag panel series and Sunday comic strip known earlier as ''Private Breger'' and '' G.I. Joe''. The series led to widespread usage of the term "G.I. Joe" during World War II and later.''Famous Artists and Writers'', King Features Syndicate, 1949. Dave Breger was his signature and the byline on his books. During , his cartoons were signed Sgt. Dave Breger. Early life Growing up in |
Orlando Busino
Orlando Busino (October 10, 1926 – January 11, 2022) was an American cartoonist whose cartoons appeared in '' McCalls'', ''Reader's Digest'', ''Good Housekeeping'', '' Saturday Evening Post'', and many other magazines. Among his creations were "Gus," the long-running series of cartoons about a large dog that appeared in ''Boys' Life'' magazine. Early life Busino grew up in Binghamton, New York. His interest in cartooning started at the age of 9 and by age 14 he sold his first cartoon and gag to the ''New York Daily Mirror''. Busino also won cartoon contests in Open Road for Boys Magazine. In high school, Orlando drew cartoons for the school newspaper, including a regular called "Bulldog, with Central, the Wonder Dog," a super-hero style comic strip. He was drafted into the United States Army and served in Panama at the Albrook Air Force Station for twenty months from 1945–1947. While there he drew for the army unit newspaper. After leaving the army, Busino went to Triple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reamer Keller
Charles Reamer Keller (January 11, 1905 – January 17, 1994), better known as Reamer Keller, was an American cartoonist. He often drew 50 cartoons a week and routinely published a thousand cartoons annually for decades.''Portsmouth Times'' Biography Early life and education Born in Virginia between the Massanuttan and Blue Ridge Mountains, Keller grew up at 1919 Baird Avenue in Portsmouth, Ohio, where his father, Harvey F. Keller (1867-1958), was a machinist with the Norfolk & Western Railway shops until his 1940 retirement. The young Reamer Keller honed his art abilities during employment in Portsmouth at the Compton Engraving & Printing Company. Keller studied architecture at the University of Cincinnati, continuing with that as his major at Ohio State University, where he was a member of the Alpha Rho Chi architectural fraternity and contributed to the school's magazine. After he sold his first cartoon to '' The Columbus Citizen'', he took a job in the newspaper's art dep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Markow
Jack Markow (1905-1983) was an American cartoonist who also wrote instructional books about cartooning, comic strips and comic art. For three years, he was the cartoon editor of '' Argosy''. Born in London, Markow was a New Yorker from the age of two. He took art courses at the High School of Commerce (later Louis D. Brandeis High School), where he drew for the school magazine. His high school drawings landed him a job doing layouts and paste-ups in the sales promotion department of the Fleishmann Yeast Company, where he also illustrated for the company's house organ. He later studied drawing and painting at the Art Students League. His cartoons were published in books, greeting cards, calendars, advertising campaigns and major magazines, including ''The Saturday Evening Post'' and ''The New Yorker''. He was a long-time columnist for ''Writer's Digest'' and ''Cartoonist Profiles''. School of Visual Arts Markow was one of the first faculty members at New York's School of Visual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Orehek
Don Orehek (August 9, 1928 – December 6, 2022) was an American freelance cartoonist who contributed gag cartoons to a wide variety of newspapers, magazines and books. On more obscure publications, he used several pseudonyms, including Sam de Sade, Di Benvenuto and Kobasa. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Orehek attended the High School of Art and Design, School of Industrial Art, spent four years in the Navy and then studied cartooning and illustration at the School of Visual Arts. The Oreheks lived in Port Washington, New York on Long Island. They also lived in Renton, Washington. His work appeared in ''Adam'', ''Army Laughs'', ''The Christian Science Monitor'', ''Cosmopolitan (magazine), Cosmopolitan'', ''Cracked (magazine), Cracked'', ''Good Housekeeping'', ''Ladies' Home Journal'', ''Look (American magazine), Look'', ''Modern Maturity'', ''Playboy'', ''The Saturday Evening Post'' and other publications, including one-shot magazines and specialized cartoon magazines, such as ''Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |