#305 - ROMP 1960 Bill Ward Humorama

Romp, April 1960
A Humorama Magazine
Timely Features, Inc.
New York, New York

digital replica

Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, the Humorama magazine brand appeared on a host of pocket-size, monochrome magazines, printed on pulp paper. Titles included Snappy, Breezy, Jest, Gaze, Stare, Comedy and Joker. Limiting pictures to good-girl cheesecake permitted the sale of the line at candy stores and newsstands.

The digest-sized zines focused on risqué gags and pinup pulchritude in photographs and cartoons. Henry Boltihoff, Bill Kreese, Homer, Jefferson Mechamer, Bill Wenzel, Dan De Carlo and Charles Jackson were among the many comic illustrators who added lively female curves to Humorama pages. The most enduring contributor was the great Bill Ward, and 10 of his Conté crayon delineations of voluptuous female forms brighten this issue of Romp.

Single comic panels and pinup photos illuminate saucy quips and dumb puns. Jokes poke at eager men, older men, men with money, men without money, marriage, going steady, and office shenanigans.

Many of the sexy models are actually philosophers who observe contemporary culture, financial matters, and the vagaries of dating. Complete jokes also appear on a few of the 100 pages.

The digital replica includes all the content of the magazine in the original page sequence. The tonality of pictures was adjusted to improve brightness and contrast. All original scans.

The cover promises fun on the run plus a galarama of photo gems. The ebook iteration makes it all easy to enjoy.

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