Charley Jones' Laugh Book Magazine- August 1950

Sure, this is a mighty swell street-whore that Al has drawn for us here. And we could very well elucidate on this somewhat illicit theme for the rest of today's post (and beyond). But instead, we shall expound upon a much less degenerate subject matter entirely- silhouettes.

Yes, silhouettes. Many of you readers have emailed me to proclaim that Al Wiseman was, indeed, the God of Funnybook Silhouettes. And for this, I must commend you on your rare insight and uncommonly good taste. But other, more difficult, readers have commented that Al only put silhouettes in his Dennis comics under the direction of Dennis creator Hank Ketcham, and would never have done so otherwise. Nay, I say!


Proof of Al's predisposition towards silhouettes is provided in the pages of the August 1950 edition of the highly regarded literary publication, Charley Jones' Laugh Book Magazine. See for yourself!


A good two years before starting his beloved series of Dennis the Menace masterworks, Al Wiseman was already silhouetting to his heart's content.


So next time someone puts forth the counterfactual opinion that Al Wiseman was not the God of Funnybook Silhouettes, don't look at them with disdain and scorn, but instead see this as an opportunity to educate a misguided infidel on the fallacy of his ignorant dogma.


Oh, and for some reason, Al didn't provide the cover for this issue of Charley Jones' Laugh Book Magazine, which surely must have decimated newsstand sales (and leaves me with one less thing to post, dammit).



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