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Five Cartoons or 5 Cartoons are a series of cartoons by American cartoonist Gahan Wilson. It was collected in the 1969 book short story anthology The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Eighteenth Series edited by Edward L. Ferman.

Publication history
Originally the cartoons were published in the American magazine The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction from 1967 to 1968. They were collected as "Five Cartoons" for the 1969 short story anthology The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Eighteenth Series.

"Well, I guess that pretty well takes care of my anemia diagnosis."
"Well, I guess that pretty well takes care of my anemia diagnosis." was published in the July 1968 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (F&SF). It was republished in the October 1979 issue of F&SF.

Smythe's
"Smythe's" was originally published in the June 1968 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.

"Better give the missus a touch, too."
"Better give the missus a touch, too." was originally published in the February 1968 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.

"How come we draw all the shaggy dog cases?"
"How come we draw all the shaggy dog cases?" was originally published in the May 1968 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction,

"I think we've located the cause of that tie-up at Thirty-fourth Street and Seventh Avenue!"
"I think we've located the cause of that tie-up at Thirty-fourth Street and Seventh Avenue!" was originally published in the October 1967 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.

"Well, I guess that pretty well takes care of my anemia diagnosis."

 * Fantasy & Science Fiction v035n01 (1968 07) via Internet Archive

A man holds a cross against a vampire in a hospital ward. Doctors and hospital staff look on. A window reveals they're not on the ground floor. A caption declares "Well, I guess that pretty well takes care of my anemia diagnosis."

Smythe's

 * Fantasy & Science Fiction v034n06 (1968 06) (PDF) via Internet Archive

An older man looks tiredly at a new shopfront display. It appears to be the latest fashion with bold patterns and polka dots. A sign says "Smythe's". There is no caption.

"Better give the missus a touch, too."

 * Fantasy & Science Fiction v034n02 (1968 02) (PDF) via Internet Archive

Someone who works in automotive repair pumps air into the tires of a car. His uniform maybe says "Free Garage." The owner of the car, a husband, says something to the man air-pumping the tire. A woman, a wife, sits in the backseat. The caption reads "Better give the missus a touch, too."

"How come we draw all the shaggy dog cases?"

 * Fantasy & Science Fiction v034n05 (1968 05) (PDF) via Internet Archive

A man with carrots in his ears, a man with a flea circus, an invisible man, a horse, three tiny people, and a ventriloquist with a dummy sit in a bar. The bartender says something to the barkeep. The caption says "How come we get all the shaggy dog cases"

"I think we've located the cause of that tie-up at Thirty-fourth Street and Seventh Avenue!"

 * Fantasy & Science Fiction v033n04 (1967 10) (PDF) via Internet Archive

A news helicopter hovers over giant ape hands. The helicopter says "Station WWW Traffic Report" perhaps indicating what programme. The caption reads "I think we've located the cause of that tie-up at Thirty-fourth Street and Seventh Avenue!"

Reception
In 1969, Science Fiction Review's Richard E. Geis opined "There are five cartoons by Gahan Wilson scattered through the book, and three are fine." In 1970, Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact's P. Schuyler Miller called them "inimitable." In 1970, Luna Monthly's J. B. Post noted the five cartoons in his review of The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Eighteenth Series and Analog 7.