40s Cartoons and Comics

"Curtain going up. Third act – and the bitter disappointment it is."

"We're slipping you this decoration, K-43, in recognition of your distinguished service in military intelligence."

"Nothing serious, Bob - just a case of the forties."

"Is he refined? My dear, he always says 'Mon Dieu'."

"Have they decided not to have M-day."

"Can you type?"

"I hope you don't mind. She can't bear to ride backwards."

"This just in! A fifteen-man nineteen-forties swing-era-style big band was discovered intact today in Brno, Czechoslovakia."

"In your 40s, hair starts growing everywhere except where it should."

'Hi, I'm middle-age and I'll be hanging around a while.'

Still stompin' at the Savoy.

"Igor, you fool! The body you've brought me is too young. Everyone knows that life begins at forty!"

Joggers in the Park c.1949