Army Laughs was one of many cheap humor publications that now aptly represent the “golden age of low-to-mid-level magazine cartooning.” Army Laughs typically featured art by noteworthy cartoonists; the cover of this issue is by Don Orehek, whose work one can find in Cracked, Playboy, and Saturday Evening Post. The quality was not always at the level found in more well-known publications; these second-rate humor mags often served as a dumping ground for hastily done work – a quick way to make a buck. The magazine contains as assortment of bawdy comics (the women all have enormous knockers), cornball jokes, and the occasional titillating nudie pin-up photo.
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17
Nov
09
Army Laughs, 1973
…can be found right here.
04
Mar
09
Brick Bradford
BRICK BRADFORD
The crew deserts the damaged space-sphere in escape-globes, leaving Brick to a fate that seems to hold little promise….
Brick: (thought balloon) This place is becoming an oven…can’t use the controls…they are beyond repair…
Brick: (thought balloon) This door is locked from the outside…no way out…and no place to hide! Hey! The door is opening!
Brick: Angel! Thanks for dropping in…let’s get out of here!
Angel: Come along! We still have time to get to an escape globe.

Monster Brains blog posted a slew of amazing sea monster comics recently, taken from the Modern Fred photostream on Flickr.





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