Cartoons: Absurd Birds

These cartoons are for the birds.

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“Alfred’s gone all out for his new hobby!”
Hank Baeb
February 25, 1956

 

“I think I know what’s causing your headache, Mr. Egon.”
Marton Lanyi
December 22, 1956

 

A bird watcher has a tanager bird perching on his nose.
“You seldom see a scarlet tanager that close.”
Joseph Zeis
October 6, 1956

 

A large hawk hoists a man up with his talons after a bird watcher calls the bird..
“Some birdcall, eh Charlie!”
Hank Baeb
September 8, 1956

 

Wife comments on her husband's bird watching outfit.
“Looks like it might be fun for the birds too.”
Harry Mace
April 21, 1956

 

Men spent a lot of trouble to build a birdhouse, only to watch as a robin build her nest on its roof.
Al Kaufman
March 21, 1953

 

“She’s kind of nervous, today. The carrier pigeon she’s engaged to is coming back from overseas.”
Jack Markow
March 16, 1946

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Comments

  1. These are all good selections. It looks like bird watching (which is still popular) has warranted cartoons at least since mid-century. I’d have to say # 4 is the funniest (and most degrading) of them all! The very idea of this woman being picked up and carried away by the large bird here is hysterical. God only knows what she’s thinking. Hopefully she has a safe landing.

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