THE SMITH FAMILY COMIC ARCHIVE PROJECT

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

"Even as a little boy he was nosy." (The Saturday Evening Post, March 5, 1949)

George Smith cartoon: a bearded man on a small chair peers into the eyepiece of a huge telescope inside an observatory dome, while two visitors, one with a cane, stand in a doorway behind him.

Some habits just grow up with you. In this George Smith gag from the March 5, 1949 Saturday Evening Post, a bearded astronomer perched on a chair squints into the eyepiece of a giant observatory telescope, while two visitors in the doorway, one leaning on a cane, look on and explain.

Details

Publication: The Saturday Evening Post
Issue date: March 5, 1949 (Vol. 221, No. 36)
Printed page: 106
Caption: "Even as a little boy he was nosy."
Signature: script scrawl, lower right (reads as "Geo. Smith")
Source: archive.org scan

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

"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")

AFTER-DINNER SPEAKER (The Saturday Evening Post, July 17, 1948)

George Smith tells this whole story without a single word. In four panels across the bottom of a page in the July 17, 1948 Saturday Evening Post, a banquet speaker rises and gets more and more worked up. The poor guest sitting beside him gets the worst of it. Anyone who has sat through a long dinner speech will understand.

Details

Publication: The Saturday Evening Post
Issue date: July 17, 1948 (Vol. 221, No. 3)
Printed page: 92
Title: AFTER-DINNER SPEAKER (wordless, four panels)
Signature: scrawled script signature, lower right of the last panel
Source: archive.org scan

Four-panel George Smith strip titled After-Dinner Speaker: a banquet speaker stands, talks and gestures, and by the last panel the guest beside him is hidden.

"Everything was fine till you yelled, 'Pull over!'" (The Saturday Evening Post, June 12, 1948)

Here's a back-seat driver with a lot to answer for. In this George Smith gag from the June 12, 1948 Saturday Evening Post, a car has ended up wrapped right around the post of a ONE WAY sign. The two people inside are tangled up on top of it. The driver knows exactly who to blame.

Details

Publication: The Saturday Evening Post
Issue date: June 12, 1948 (Vol. 220, No. 50)
Printed page: 103
Caption: "Everything was fine till you yelled, 'Pull over!'"
Signature: "G. Smith '47" in script, lower right
Source: archive.org scan

George Smith cartoon: a car is bent around a ONE WAY sign post, with the driver and passenger tangled together on top of it.

"The sweater unbuttons, dear—the head doesn't come off." (The Saturday Evening Post, May 22, 1948)

Every parent has fought a sweater and lost at least once. In this George Smith gag from the May 22, 1948 Saturday Evening Post, a determined father is pulling a sweater down over his young son, head first. Mom keeps knitting and offers one calm, well-timed tip. Off to one side, a baseball bat, ball and glove wait for the boy to get free.

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