The above issue of Adam magazine was published this month in 1961, with a cover illustrating Arne Paule’s story “Dead on Time,” about a gangster who hires out the killing of his mistress, which of course doesn’t happen once the killer gets a look at the target. As usual there’s art signed by Jack Waugh inside, while another illustration—the one split into panels five and six—is signed by Yaroslav Horak. Sometimes known as Larry Horak, he was a Czech-Russian born in China who emigrated to Australia in childhood, began working for Adam‘s parent company K.G. Murray Publishing in 1957, and put together a career that made him one of the most prolific cartoonists in Australia.
Elsewhere in Adam the editors devote several pages to international boxing, and specifically the idea that referees need to be tough. We’ll agree with that—we’ve seen a couple get slugged in the face. The article gives numerous examples of problematic situations for refs, and mentions that in the U.S. the Ku Klux Klan had a part in fixing fights so white boxers would win. In addition, in panel eleven you saw a typical theme in mid-century cartoons—two men in a dungeon. We put together a collection of those a while back which you can see here. We still have issues of Adam coming in on occasion, so right now we have more than thirty to post. Look for more soon.
