Charley Jones' Laugh Book Magazine- March 1951 (Part 3)

"Hey!" I hear you exclaiming, "We've already seen this cover! Just what the hell are you trying to pull here?"

Oh, stop your complaining- I know you've already seen this cover. We've all seen this cover. But there's a lot more to the art than meets the (unmagnified) eye.

As was shown with the "Al Wiseman meets Dennis the Menace" funnybook story, sneaky Al sometimes hid tiny little words and images in his art. And that's the case here.

For instance, the front of the newspapers- they're comics sections, no? But what's the comic on top? Well, let's take a closer gander at it:


Hmm... looks sorta like Dick Tracy to me. Time to investigate more, I say!




Yeah, that's Dick Tracy, alright.
Now on to some of the magazines:

Above: OK, we've got Time Magazine, and maybe a hunting magazine. Then some unknown magazine...


Above: The Saturday Evening Post (which published gag cartoons and ads drawn by Al) and three mystery mags (looks like one might be True magazine).


Above: And this magazine? Why it's the same issue of Charley Jones' Laugh Book Magazine that we're magnifying. I guess it's an "infinity cover" where you could just keep magnifying the magazine within the same magazine within the same magazine for eternity!

But who has the time?



Tomorrow: Even cooler magnified magazines from the cover of Charley Jones' Laugh Book Magazine!


Wiseman digest mags:

Charley Jones' Laugh Book Magazine:
August 1950: Part 1
March 1951: Part 1/Part 2
April 1951: Part 1/Part 2/Part 3/Part 4
June 1952: Part 1/Part 2
March 1953: Part 1/Part 2
"Pin-Up Stationery" ad: Part 1/Part 2
"The Latrine Gazette" column: Part 1

Smiles:
#45 (January, 1951): Part 1/Part 2