Our most recent offering is Gaze from August of 1959. Gaze was one of those digest-sized cartoon magazines from Humorama. Among the ladies presented are Mona Miller (2 pictures), Virginia De Lees (3), Marle Sanderson (5), Donaldo Jordan (2), Cozette Hutner, Cherry Knight, Sherry Britton (4), Nancy Kirsten (4), Jean Carmen, Joanne Mayer, Carol DiCarlo (2), Celia Fields, Carol Hill, Lynn Barton, Joanne Jordan (7), Jayne Hayden (4), Suzi Peterson (4), Laura Vickers (4), Simone Auger, Jonnie Smith, Joanna Lee, and Niki Gibson.

Humorama was a division of Martin Goodman's publishing empire, Magazine Management. Goodman published an incredible variety of magazines and comic books including Marvel Comics (Captain America, Spider-Man, etc.), Red Circle (pulp magazines such as Uncanny Tales and Western Supernovel Magazine), paperback books (Lion Books), and men's magazines (For Men Only, Male, Stag, etc.)

Humorama was managed by Goodman's brother, Abe, and published up to 20 different magazines of this type over the years, all with the same mixture of racy cartoons and semi-clad ladies. Usually the pictures of the girls were images that had already been published elsewhere and the photographer could pick up a few extra bucks selling them a second time to Hurmorama. The Humorama line was printed on newspaper stock, so the photos weren't particularly clear, but they got the point across.

These magazines, like Sex to Sexty, are much-treasured by collectors and while they're easy to find on places like eBay, they're usually expensive. Bill Ward was a big contributor to the Humorama digests. Oddly he's not represented in this particular issue, which is probably why I managed to get it in an auction for less than $8. There are a LOT of great cartoons though, and a lot of beautiful babes, so enjoy a rare treat!