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I love cartoons and post at least 1 every day. Taken from newspapers and magazines, no copyright infringement intended. If you feel that your copyright has been infringed just DM & I will take down the cartoon.
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The Fosdyke Saga was a British comic strip by cartoonist Bill Tidy, published in the Daily Mirror from March 1971 to Feb 1985. Described as "a classic tale of struggle, power, personalities and tripe", the strip was a parody of John Galsworthy's classic novel series The Forsyte Saga. #BillTidy
The Buck Ryan comic strip ran from 1937 to 1962 in the Daily Mirror.
Written by Don Freeman
Art by Jack Monk
#BuckRyan #Cartoons
Robert Crumb drawn promo page for 'Big Ass Comics. #RobertCrumb
The characters Dick Dastardly and Muttley were designed by Jerry Eisenberg and Iwao Takamoto for Hanna-Barbera Productions. They first appeared in the animated series Wacky Races in 1968. #HannaBarbera #WackyRaces #Cartoon
Flook was a British comic strip which ran from 1949 to 1984 in the Daily Mail newspaper. It was drawn by Wally Fawkes, who signed the strips as "Trog". It was the first newspaper comic strip to be published by the New Zealand newspaper Otago Daily Times, where it ran from 1952 to 1979. #Flook
Artist John Romita drew this excellent Spider-Man cover in 1968. #JohnRomita #cartoons
Frank Hampson (21 December 1918 – 8 July 1985) was a British illustrator. He is best known as the creator and artist of Dan Dare and other characters in the boys' comic, the Eagle, to which he contributed from 1950 to 1961. #DanDare
Giles was the official War Cartoonist for the Daily Express during World War 2. #Giles #cartoons
Iconic Keep On Trucking cartoon from Robert Crumb. #RCrumb
William Scully was a cartoonist who published for nearly 60 years in magazines like Punch, The Spectator & The New Yorker. His work often featured observations on domestic and social life. He had a long-running column called "Scully's View" in the Sunday Telegraph. #WScully
I love all cartoonists, but my absolute favourite is Robert Crumb. A total genius, Robert practically invented the "comix" genre and deserves all the praise that's heaped upon him. #RobertCrumb
More Bill Houston from me. This is Spencer, the Irish Wolfhound. #BillHouston #cartoons
Artist Bill Houston created "Hackman - A Dog in a Bucket" after seeing a spaniel wearing a scratch-preventing collar at a bus stop in the late 1980s. He went on to draw 100s of strip cartoons, outlining Hackman's adventures. #Hackman #BillHouston
Top Cat was created as a parody of The Phil Silvers Show (1955–59), a successful military comedy whose lead character (Sergeant Bilko, played by Silvers) was a fast-talking con artist. #HannaBarbera
Everyone loves Scooby Doo. Scooby and his cohorts was originally drawn by Iwao Takamoto, a US animator who worked for Hanna-Barbera. #ScoobyDoo
Although Curt Swan is my favourite Superman artist, the extremely talented Neal Adams runs a very close second. #NealAdams