24 July 2018

'40s Funny Animals On The Fritz

Continuing to run light on words at the moment.
Meanwhile...

One particularly egregious omission in the recently posted incomplete census of 1940s Funny Animals was the artist known as Fritz -


As we can see, Fritz did some beautiful Funny Animal work, with a heaping side dish of fantasy thrown in...


Of course, that should come as no surprise when we see him signing his more well known name - Frank Frazetta -


Frazetta drew at least a dozen Funny Animal strips in 1948 & 1949, and dozens of spot & header illustrations for the postal discount required text pages in those old comics.
If i forget to collect a bunch of those illustrations together for your perusal, feel free to remind me.

page art by Frank Frazetta for Barnyard Comics #s 19 & 22 and Coo Coo Comics #47 (1948, 1949)

4 comments:

  1. Mention should be made for those interested that this material was collected in a book, Frazetta Funny Stuff, published a few years ago by IDW/Craig Yoe.

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    1. Indeed, you are correct, sir!
      Mention should be made, and shall be in today's follow-up post.
      I miss most of the recent offerings since the big publishers have told me to go away and stop looking at new comics if i want to stay happy.
      Thanks for making me aware of the book. Much appreciated!

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  2. Wonderful classic funny-animal cartooning, the stories are pretty creative as well. Also that alligator looks like Albert from Pogo. Intentional perhaps?

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    1. More than merely intentional - that is the Albert of which you are thinking, he just hasn't gotten there yet. Pogo will start as a supporting character in his strip, grow to co-star, and then take it over.

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