
This is the Laughter feature from The Daily Mirror, Wednesday, January 18, 1967. The cartoon at the top left looks good enough to be a Mike Williams cartoon. It might be. It's by a good illustrator and I think the signature is (something) Williams.
The cartoon to the right of it looks dashed-off. If I didn't know better I'd say it was by Sandy Graham, the guy behind Fred Basset. There is no signature, so we'll need help identifying this one. It's in a sort of classic gag cartoon style, made to measure the 5"x3" template, and drawn quickly. It lacks some of the polish of the "Williams" cartoon.
The dinosaur cartoon is as accomplished as the "Williams"cartoon, but in a different way. It's almost a sort of generic gag cartoon, in that it looks familiar to us, but it's a very difficult job getting all that detail into the limited space available. The dinosaur looks marvelous, its skin created by a series of circular scribbles. This is by Miles?
Another sort of generic gag cartoon, in a familiar style. Again though, all the information needed is supplied in that tiny space, so it's deceptively expert. This is by Acken,or Ackey.
The final cartoon here, on the bottom right, is another expertly executed cartoon. It has some beatniks, which is cool, and a 60s demo'. It's by Phil Howson, who managed to cram all those people with their banners, and his full name, into that single-column space. For some reason the characters remind me of Captain Pugwash.
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