''This Funny World'' was a
gag cartoon panel syndicated to newspapers by the
McNaught Syndicate
The McNaught Syndicate was an American newspaper syndicate founded in 1922. It was established by Virgil Venice McNitt (who gave it his name) and Charles V. McAdam. Its best known contents were the columns by Will Rogers and O. O. McIntyre, the ' ...
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
The American Legion, commonly known as the Legion, is a non-profit organization of U.S. war veterans headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is made up of state, U.S. territory, and overseas departments, and these are in turn made up of lo ...
'', ''
Collier's
''Collier's'' was an American general interest magazine founded in 1888 by Peter Fenelon Collier. It was launched as ''Collier's Once a Week'', then renamed in 1895 as ''Collier's Weekly: An Illustrated Journal'', shortened in 1905 to ''Collie ...
'', ''
Look
To look is to use sight to perceive an object.
Look or The Look may refer to:
Businesses and products
* Look (modeling agency), an Israeli modeling agency
* ''Look'' (American magazine), a defunct general-interest magazine
* ''Look'' (UK ma ...
'', ''
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
Stan Fine (May 24, 1922 - May 21, 2009), was an American gag cartoonist. He contributed to major magazines, signed his work with his full name but sometimes reversed his last name to submit cartoons under the signature Enif.
Born in Pittsburgh ...
, Tom Hudson, Reamer Keller,
Ted Key
Ted Key (born Theodore Keyser; August 25, 1912 – May 3, 2008)
''The New York Times'', May 8, 2008
,
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.
Trademarkia
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See also
* ''1000 Jokes
''1000 Jokes'' was a humor magazine launched by Dell Publishing in 1937. With a later title change to ''1000 Jokes Magazine'', it was published quarterly over three decades. During the 1950s, it was edited by Bill Yates with associate editor John ...
''
* '' Laff-a-Day''
References
External links
The Fabulous Fifties
American comic strips
1944 comics debuts
Gag cartoon comics
1985 comics endings
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