May 18, 2022

Cartoon Collections, Humor

Cartoons: Boxing Buffoons

These cartoons don’t pull any punches!

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boxing cartoon — “Keep your left in his face; don’t drop your right when you jab; and try to make it quick – I’m double-parked.”
Joseph Mirachi
February 28, 1959

boxing cartoon — “…and in this corner, wishing he was someplace else…”
Jeffrey Monahan
February 28, 1959

boxing cartoon — “Try a different strategy. Like hitting him back.”
Jeffrey Monahan
January 30, 1954

boxing cartoon — “Don’t drop me.”
Mort Walker
January 27, 1951

boxing cartoon — Frank O’Neal
January 15, 1955

boxing cartoon — “Remember, Spike, there is such a thing as overconfidence.”
Gus Lundberg
January 14, 1956

boxing cartoon — “You are now in a position to stage the greatest comeback in the history of the ring.”
Chon Day
March 15, 1952

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Comments

Jeff Baker says:

May 22, 2022 at 8:52 pm

My Brother was a pro boxer for a while decades ago. All of these ring true! LOL! (Mort Walker! Niiiiiice~)
CHARLIE says:

May 21, 2022 at 10:11 am

IT’S GREAT
Bob McGowan, Jr. says:

May 19, 2022 at 2:12 am

I noticed the first two were in the same issue, and would have to say Frank O’Neal’s cartoon from ’55 is my favorite. The way he drew the boxer’s nose here is probably pretty accurate in a lot of cases when they’ve been broken more than a few times. (Many times?) Never mind; I don’t want to know.

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