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John Ruge gag cartoons from Collier's, circa mid twentieth-century. Click on images to enlarge them. Ruge sold gag cartoons as well to Playboy after Collier's folded in the 1950s. He also created a cartoon character, an Irish setter named Clancy.

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These cartoons are enjoyable in so many ways. The lines are good and simple, the colors great, and the gag lines are silly and fun.

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