The Saturday Evening Post: 10/30/48

Wow! I ordered this magazine a while ago 'cause the seller said it had a Wiseman cartoon in it. Once it came in, I put it on a pile of other mags and forgot to look through it (believe it or not). So today I open it up and... Jeez! It's Dennis the Menace before there was a Dennis the Menace! (Well, personality-wise, anyway.)

No wonder Hank Ketcham hired Al to work on Dennis. Most pieces of the puzzle that made up Al's version of Dennis were already in this cartoon- the mischievous blonde-haired kid, the loving mother, the frustrated victim and the flawless artwork! All that was needed was for Al to mimic Hank's style and you've got the Dennis the Menace funnybook.

And it's in color, too! Not black & white like most Saturday Evening Post gags.

Makes you wonder how much more Wiseman stuff is out there- just hiding in the back of some magazine waiting to be discovered.

Ahh... It's a swell day in Wiseman-land, no?

Wiseman magazine gags:
Saturday Evening Post gags:
1/27/45
10/30/48
1/22/55
Liberty Magazine gags:
November 1947
Pic Magazine gags:
August 1948
September 1948