After hours

Published in the United States by Popular Library, After Hours: The Saturday Evening Post Cartoons is a classic vintage paperback humor collection compiled by Marione R. Nickles, the long-time cartoon editor of The Saturday Evening Post. Carrying catalog number G558 and originally priced at 35 cents, this edition features a curated selection of single-panel gag cartoons that originally entertained millions of post-war readers, focusing on leisure, vacation mishaps, domestic comedy, and off-duty humor.

The front cover features a tri-color blocked layout in off-white, yellow, and light blue. Across the top white band, red header typography reads The Saturday Evening Post above the large red word POST, flanked by CARTOONS in bold dark lettering. In the upper right corner, catalog code G558 sits above the 35c price mark and the circular Popular Library logo. The central yellow field displays a beachfront single-panel cartoon by Brad Anderson depicting a woman walking past two men in swim trunks, with the caption: "So we decided to settle out of court for thirty thousand polka dots." The lower blue band displays the descriptor An uproarious treasury of leisure time laughs above the stylized title After Hours in thick black brush script, anchored at the bottom by Selected by Marione R. Nickles. Inside, the volume contains black-and-white single-panel cartoons celebrating classic mid-century magazine art. An essential centerpiece collectible for vintage comic paperback collectors, cartoon art lovers, and mid-century magazine archives.