It's All In The Game (Part 1)

A few years back, Al Wiseman's daughter Jan was kind enough to send me a poster Al had printed up in 1973. Among the images included on the self-promotional piece were four comic panels appearing under the title It's All In The Game. This sports-themed panel seem to have been an attempt by Al to achieve newspaper syndication. But sadly, the series never sold.

Sadder still, it wasn't very funny. Sure, the drawings were exceptional, but the jokes mostly fell flat. As I've said before (and will undoubtedly say again), Al really needed to find a talented writer to work with.

Pre-Dennis, Al came up with some pretty funny gag cartoons. But post-Dennis, he seemed to have lost the knack.

I wonder if Al ever realized how lucky he was to have Fred Toole as his Dennis the Menace scripter? (And vise-versa, of course!)

Above: So when was this drawn? I'm guessing mid-to-late 1960's...