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Humorama
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Humorama, a division of Martin Goodman's publishing firm, was a line of digest-sized magazines featuring girlie cartoons by Bill Ward, Bill Wenzel, Dan DeCarlo, Jack Cole and many others.

In addition to the cartoons, the magazines also displayed black-and-white photos of pin-up models, including Bettie Page, Eve Meyer and stripper Lili St. Cyr, plus actresses, including Joi Lansing, Tina Louise, Irish McCalla and Julie Newmar.

One of Martin Goodman's family members, Abe Goodman, headed this division. The line was published from at least the mid-1950s to mid-1960s. These titles were profitable for the company because the contents were inexpensive and production costs were minimal in comparison to the more complex full-size magazines published by the company.cite-ref-1[1]

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Humorama titles

Breezy
Cartoon Comedy-Parade
Cartoon Parade
Comedy
Eyeful of Fun
Fun House
Gaze
Gee-Whiz
Humorama
Instant Laughs
Jest
Joker
Laugh Circus
Laugh Digest
Laugh It Off!
Laugh Riot
Popular Cartoons
Popular Jokes
Romp
Stare
Snappy
Zip — not to be confused with the British men's magazine of the same name

References

cite-note-11. Chun, Alex. The Pin-Up Art of Bill Ward, Fantagraphics, 2007.

External links

• Cover Gallery