Al Ross
Al Ross was a prolific cartoonist, active from the 1940s through the 1980s. He was one of several cartooning brothers who began publishing in the 1930s in magazines like Collier’s, Esquire and The Saturday Evening Post. Two were known as Irving Roir and Salo. Here are some examples of his gag cartoons (1950s) AND a later paperback collection and an original piece of artwork. Some of his later work, starting in the 1970s became looser and simpler as seen in the paperback Bums VS. Billionaires.
This is the work he became known for in The New Yorker. The front cover of the book is a reprint of a New Yorker cartoon from 1968.
Bums VS Billionaires by Al Ross.
First Printing, March 1972. A Dell paperback, New York.
Brother, can you spare a laugh? A mint collection of rib-ticklers by a golden cartoon talent.
Rich or poor it’s nice to have Al Ross. The market may go up, the market may go down, but when you invest your time in a collection of Al Ross cartoons you can always bank on receiving an extra-special dividend of laughter. Now America’s leading cartoon experiment of park-bench philosophy and social satire is here with his most delightful digs at stuffed shirts wherever they may dwell, and most hilarious direct hits on striped pants where they bulge the most. So cartoon lovers of the world incorporate - and enjoy the profits!
Special note: Al Ross is not to be confused with his two cartoonist brothers, Salo Roth and Irving Roir. Al Ross is the one with the evil laugh all the way to the bank.
Important Memo
From: the Establishment
To: the Establishment
Re: Al Ross Cartoons
Classification: Top Secret
It has been determined that the cartoons of AL Ross are dangerous, subversive, and inimical to due solemnity regarding money and status. Therefore any Establishment member found looking at these irresistible cartoons will be forced to turn in his house in the exurbs, wife, two-and-a-half children, and at least six of his credit cards.
Al Ross was a prolific cartoonist, active from the 1940s through the 1980s. He was one of several cartooning brothers who began publishing in the 1930s in magazines like Collier’s, Esquire and The Saturday Evening Post. Two were known as Irving Roir and Salo. Here are some examples of his gag cartoons (1950s) AND a later paperback collection and an original piece of artwork. Some of his later work, starting in the 1970s became looser and simpler as seen in the paperback Bums VS. Billionaires.
This is the work he became known for in The New Yorker. The front cover of the book is a reprint of a New Yorker cartoon from 1968.
Bums VS Billionaires by Al Ross.
First Printing, March 1972. A Dell paperback, New York.
Brother, can you spare a laugh? A mint collection of rib-ticklers by a golden cartoon talent.
Rich or poor it’s nice to have Al Ross. The market may go up, the market may go down, but when you invest your time in a collection of Al Ross cartoons you can always bank on receiving an extra-special dividend of laughter. Now America’s leading cartoon experiment of park-bench philosophy and social satire is here with his most delightful digs at stuffed shirts wherever they may dwell, and most hilarious direct hits on striped pants where they bulge the most. So cartoon lovers of the world incorporate - and enjoy the profits!
Special note: Al Ross is not to be confused with his two cartoonist brothers, Salo Roth and Irving Roir. Al Ross is the one with the evil laugh all the way to the bank.
Important Memo
From: the Establishment
To: the Establishment
Re: Al Ross Cartoons
Classification: Top Secret
It has been determined that the cartoons of AL Ross are dangerous, subversive, and inimical to due solemnity regarding money and status. Therefore any Establishment member found looking at these irresistible cartoons will be forced to turn in his house in the exurbs, wife, two-and-a-half children, and at least six of his credit cards.
Al Ross was a prolific cartoonist, active from the 1940s through the 1980s. He was one of several cartooning brothers who began publishing in the 1930s in magazines like Collier’s, Esquire and The Saturday Evening Post. Two were known as Irving Roir and Salo. Here are some examples of his gag cartoons (1950s) AND a later paperback collection and an original piece of artwork. Some of his later work, starting in the 1970s became looser and simpler as seen in the paperback Bums VS. Billionaires.
This is the work he became known for in The New Yorker. The front cover of the book is a reprint of a New Yorker cartoon from 1968.
Bums VS Billionaires by Al Ross.
First Printing, March 1972. A Dell paperback, New York.
Brother, can you spare a laugh? A mint collection of rib-ticklers by a golden cartoon talent.
Rich or poor it’s nice to have Al Ross. The market may go up, the market may go down, but when you invest your time in a collection of Al Ross cartoons you can always bank on receiving an extra-special dividend of laughter. Now America’s leading cartoon experiment of park-bench philosophy and social satire is here with his most delightful digs at stuffed shirts wherever they may dwell, and most hilarious direct hits on striped pants where they bulge the most. So cartoon lovers of the world incorporate - and enjoy the profits!
Special note: Al Ross is not to be confused with his two cartoonist brothers, Salo Roth and Irving Roir. Al Ross is the one with the evil laugh all the way to the bank.
Important Memo
From: the Establishment
To: the Establishment
Re: Al Ross Cartoons
Classification: Top Secret
It has been determined that the cartoons of AL Ross are dangerous, subversive, and inimical to due solemnity regarding money and status. Therefore any Establishment member found looking at these irresistible cartoons will be forced to turn in his house in the exurbs, wife, two-and-a-half children, and at least six of his credit cards.