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From the Archives: The Most Iconic Cartoons of SDM’s Past

The good, the bad, and the strange from 75 years of illustrated humor

From the Archives: The Most Iconic Cartoons of SDM’s Past

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Funny is an ever-evolving thing. What’s witty in one decade may be cliché in the next. But there’s much to be learned from the laughs of the past, and sometimes old jokes stay hilarious. We scoured the SDM archives to sprinkle a little levity throughout the mag.

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March April 1953 (Have a Cigar) San Diego Magazine Historical Cartoon

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