Cartoon singed by GP aka Grandpa and Virginia -The Columbian Vancouver, Washington · Tuesday, June 30, 1981

 

Liberty Magazine 1941

 

The Newark Star-Ledger Newark, New Jersey ·1953-1956

 

"...25 pounds of potatoes, 5 pounds of sugar..." (Gag Cartoon by George Smith)

 

"I never saw anyone so stubborn!" (This Week)

 

"That's what the little basin is for, dear!" (Liberty Magazine)

 

"Santa Who?" George Smith's Globe Santa Cartoons (The Boston Globe)

George Smith drew these cartoons for The Boston Globe's Globe Santa campaign, which collects toys for children at Christmas. The Globe noted that Smith, creator of The Smith Family and the father of 12, "knows first hand the hopes, needs, and desires of little ones at Christmas time." Also included is a "Bertha" gag panel: "Isn't Bertha carrying this begging routine a bit far?"

 

The Smith Family: "Grow Up, Will Ya?" and Other Daily Strips

"I guess I'm just not hungry." (Original Art by George Smith)

"I suggest waiting until it hardens." (The Saturday Evening Post, February 25, 1950)

Patience is a virtue, especially on a fresh sidewalk. In this George Smith gag from the February 25, 1950 Saturday Evening Post, a stubbled man in a long coat stands at a BUS STOP sign reading his paper, ankle-deep in wet cement, with a trail of footprints behind him, while two workmen with a wheelbarrow and shovel offer their advice.

Details

• Publication: The Saturday Evening Post
• Issue date: February 25, 1950 (Vol. 222, No. 35)
• Printed page: 62
• Caption: "I suggest waiting until it hardens."
• Signature: script scrawl, lower right (reads as "Geo. Smith")