July 7, 2021

Cartoon Collections, Humor

Cartoons: Cat People

These mid-century cartoons are the cat’s meow!

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Man trying to put his cat out for the night, but the cat is trying to force their way back in, — “Did you put the cat out, Henry?”
Vahan Shirvanian
December 5, 1953

Boy welcomes his cat home, who has brought a liter of kittens — “George is back!”
Harry Mace
May 29, 1954

Cat waits for a mouse to come out of their hole. However, the mouse is already out and behind the cat. — Henry Syverson
May 7, 1955

Couple thank a woman for taking their big kitten off their hands. — “Certainly is nice of you to take the last of the kittens off our hands.”
Herb Green
May 4, 1957

Men slips kittens in his party guests' pockets. — “Great li’l party, Eddie boy.”
Vahan Shirvanian
April 27, 1957

Cat is upset that he is out in the cold, so he is banging on the house window holding a thermometer. — Jack Chism
April 7, 1956

Couple comment on their cat's new liter — “She did all right, for a cat that didn’t know a soul in the neighborhood three months ago.”
Bob Barnes
December 7, 1957

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Katja Kirsch says:

July 17, 2021 at 4:29 pm

My favorite magazine.
Bob McGowan, Jr. says:

July 11, 2021 at 2:09 am

I used to hear my grandfather say “Don’t forget to put the cat out” before going to bed at night as a youngster, and didn’t think much of it then. Now I think it’s terrible, and a form of animal cruelty. If the cat was indoor/outdoor, I’d make sure he or she was in safely for the night. Coincidentally (as in the one on top) his name was also Henry!

Number 6 suggests a lot of people left their cats out in freezing weather or they wouldn’t have found it funny. I doubt many ever left their dogs out like that. Otherwise I like numbers 2 and 7 best in this group of catoons.

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