Category: Comics & Cartoons

Pieces of art, meant to tickle the funny-bone, tells a story, or to make a political statement, whether it be in a newspaper or a comic book.

So Typical of our Officers

On: By: Romeyn

Personnel of the 667th Bombardment Squadron, training at Gainesville, Fla., have adopted this scene from the MGM cartoon, “Red Hot Riding Hood,” as their squadron insignia, The “Wolfe” – in his white tie and tails – appears on all their planes. In writing Fred Quimby, in charge of cartoon production at the MGM studios, the commandant stated they wanted the drawings because “the modernized wolf is so typical of many of our officers here….”

The Canals on Mars by Sam Loyd

On: By: Romeyn

Here is a map of the newly discovered cities and waterways on our nearest neighbor planet, Mars. Start at the city marked T, at the south pole, and see if you can spell a complete English sentence by making a tour of all the cities, visiting each city only once, and returning to the starting point.

When this puzzle originally appeared in a magazine, more than fifty thousand readers reported, “There is no possible way.” Yet it is a very simple puzzle.