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Syd Hoff: Count Ten
Pins and needles, needles and pins, a happy man is a man that grins.—"The Honeymooners"Season 1, Episode 24, 1956Have a seat. Take a deep breath. Relax. Read.Syd HoffCount TenThe American Magazine,...
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Syd Hoff: People You Could Murder
The feature is called People You Could Murder. You have the means. You have the motive. You have the opportunity. And no jury would convict. Allow cartoonist and defense counsel Syd Hoff to...
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Syd Hoff: Marriage Barrage
Ready, aim..."Mind if I join you? He's my husband."Syd HoffTrue, January 1948. page 110Scan by Dick BuchananWhen I first saw this Syd Hoff cartoon from the January 1948 issue of True, I thought, that's...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #601
Thanks for chasing down my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #601 for January 22, 2018. The drawing is by Amy Hwang."What does that mean, convergent evolution?"These weren't any good...
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Syd Hoff in College Humor, July 1936
Syd Hoff had no fewer than five cartoons published in the July 1936 issue of College Humor. Two of them involve a butler which most Depression-Era college students probably didn't have much experience...
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Syd Hoff in College Humor, May 1937
Cartoonist Syd Hoff offers the College Humor reader of May 1937 questionable advice on How to Win Her, but also unexpected advice on How to Lose Her. Thus all bases are covered and the two...
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Syd Hoff in College Humor, July 1937
In 1935, George Gallup began to conduct his door-to-door polling. By 1937, cartoonist Syd Hoff took note in College Humor that Americans were welcoming Gallup into their homes."But, darling, Mr. Gallup...
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Syd Hoff in College Humor, August 1937
In the August 1937 issue of College Humor, cartoonist Syd Hoff takes a look at intimate relationships in young and not-so-young couples. Battle of the CenturySyd HoffCollege Humor, Vol. 5, No. 4,...
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Syd Hoff in College Humor, September 1937
The September 1937 issue of College Humor saw cartoonist Syd Hoff achieve another five-bagger—that's a bowling term for five strikes in a row—or in this case five cartoons published between the...
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Syd Hoff in College Humor, October 1937
For cartoonist Syd Hoff's two full-page cartoons in the October 1937 issue of College Humor, it's all about the delivery."Believe it or not, you're a father!"Syd HoffCollege Humor, Vol. 6, No. 2,...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #602
Sink your teeth into my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #602 for January 29, 2018. The drawing is by Tom Cheney."No more running as fast as you can."Note: Last week cartoonist Amy...
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Syd Hoff in College Humor, February 1938
Three full-page gag cartoons by Syd Hoff were published in the February 1938 issue of College Humor. In the first, the butler Louis is caught with his pants down, and not just proverbially."I was...
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Syd Hoff in College Humor, April 1938
Four full-page cartoons by Syd Hoff appeared in the April 1938 College Humor. If there's a theme here, it has got to be uncomfortable social situations. The first gag presents a scenario few would wish...
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Syd Hoff in College Humor, March 1939
Syd Hoff's three gag cartoons in the March 1939 issue of College Humor have one thing in common: strong-willed characters. In the first, our heroine gamely refuses to deviate from her long-held code of...
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Syd Hoff in College Humor, January 1940
Syd Hoff published three full-page gag cartoons in the January 1940 issue of College Humor. Roll 'em!Syd HoffCollege Humor, January 1940, page 2Time flies even when you're not having fun."Goodness! Is...
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Syd Hoff in College Humor July 1942
In the July 1942 issue of College Humor, cartoonist Syd Hoff published the single-page feature I Married an Angel. You see, "Jeanette is a steno in a Budapest bank, but no one—including her boss—ever...
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Syd Hoff: Menu Mastery
Syd Hoff's self-assured young woman orders her dinner so confidently she might as well be ordering for two in this postwar gag cartoon published in Collier's. The composition is based simply on the...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #603
Step up to my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #603 for February 5, 2018. The drawing is by John Klossner."I can't seat you with that altitude."These captions couldn't make it to the...
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William Steig: Get in the Scrap!
William Steig encourages patriotic Americans to collect scrap metal for the war effort with his wartime poster Get in the Scrap! The color poster, which plays on dual meanings of the word scrap,...
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Otto Soglow: Loose Talk
"Loose Lips Sink Ships." That's how many of us learned the World War II-era admonition that careless talk can have dire consequences half a world away. The phrase "Loose Talk Can Cost Lives" appeared...
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