#300313 - SY 531 Snappy 1959
Snappy, Volume 5, Number 31
A Humorama Magazine
Humorama, Inc.
New York, New York
May 1959
digital replica
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.
Paraschog, Art Helfant, Hoppes, Al Cramer, Engleman, Hoppy, Hamilton, Bill Wenzel, Scrivy, Ton Smits, Herg, Chet Lown, Billingsley, Homer, Jefferson Machamer, and Al Ellis contribute comic art. The most enduring illustrator whose work appeared in Humorama magazines was the great Bill Ward, and seven of his Conté crayon delineations of voluptuous female forms brighten this issue of Snappy.
Single comic panels and pinup photos illuminate saucy quips and dumb puns. Jokes poke at eager men, spanking, men with money, marriage, kissing, art, and office shenanigans. Complete jokes and poems also entertain.
Models include Iris Bristol, Gay Dawn, Donaldo Jordan, Lori Dustin, Lillian Madsen, Verina Dale, Carol Saunders and Nancy Kirsten. Some of these pretty posers are dressed as burlesque dancers, but many of the sexy models are actually philosophers who observe contemporary culture, financial matters, and the vagaries of dating.
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. some page layouts have been revised.
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The publisher statement on the title page says -
Snappy, Man's Gag Mag, is published every other month by Humorama, Inc., as an Act of Kindness for Mankind and Kind Women . . . . Any familiarity between any person or joker is a wonderful coincidence. . . . Buy your Humorama Magazines from your local magazine dealer . . . He needs the treasure . . . you need the pleasure!
The cover promises lively man's gags and perky pin-ups. Sometimes sexist or risque, Snappy acknowledges the overwhelming power of feminine appeal, in words and pictures. The ebook iteration makes it all easy to enjoy.
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