There Oughta Be a Law

Harry Shorten, a veteran of the comic strip world, created this single-issue satire for Belmont Books in 1969. A humorous look at the absurdities of modern life, There Oughta Be a Law presents a collection of gag cartoons proposing ridiculous new rules and regulations. Shorten both wrote and drew the entire book, making it a pure, unfiltered expression of his wry comedic voice. It stands as a curious, self-contained artifact of late-60s humor publishing.