15 July 2018

Sunday Morning Funny Animals

I seem to be stuck in the '40s, so let's just roll with it. For our Sunday Morning Funnies this week, Funny Animals of the Fourties seems like a workable theme, eh?

Let's start out with another visit by Walrus Whopper -


DC's Comic Cavalcade featured a host of funny animals back in the '40s, including Dodo & Frog, Nutsy Squirrel, Blabber Mouse, the Raccoon Kids, Tortoise & Hare, and Goofy Goose. But the big duo, who stuck around for decades, was Fox & Crow -


Pelican Pete was an odd bird, no doubt. Beyond his Felix style "bag o tricks" pelican beak, he also lived... 'between worlds' seems the best description. Take a look at this tale, featuring art by Otto Feuer -


pages from Animal Antics #5, Comic Cavalcade #30, and Leading Comics #29 (1947, 1948)
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2 comments:

  1. Booksteve17 July, 2018 13:23

    I used to read FOX & CROW comics to my son (now 21) when he was little. I did a Leo Gorcey voice for the Crow and a prissy Franklin Pangborn as the Fox. I don't know how good my impressions were but hey, he had no idea who those actors were anyway!

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  2. -3-17 July, 2018 22:12

    My oldest is just about double yours. Astounding how they just don't stop growing up on us.
    I have a tendency to cast old actors for voices when reading to others, too. I figure i picked up the habit from all the old cartoons i grew up watching - or more to the point, listening to all the actor impersonations popping up in those toons.

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