It’s Hammer Time!
I’ve always been intrigued by the cartoonist Milt Hammer. First, his name. Perfect name for a cartoonist, especially because so many cartooning greats were named Milt: Milt Gross, Milt Caniff, Milton Knight, Jr., etc. And Milt’s style is cool funk: sorta post-early comic strips, pre-underground comix. These pages here appeared in Target Comics Vol.9 November, 1948. Hammer’s writing didn’t exactly hit the funny nail on the head..The hilarious thing about this, really, is how the publisher squeezed in two ads on this children’s comic page below for a pistol and a ring for horny guy “wolves”! Nice!

— C. Yoe (in the funny papers)




































