Good Thing I'm Wearing My Long, Super Thick Leather Undewear...

Just a simple Sunday Morning Funnies post today. First up, the Flap Flipflop tale i promised yesterday...

The Adventures Of Kismet The Camel! (and that Capt. Terry Thunder guy, too)...

To wrap things up this morning, let's visit once again with Ellis Chambers and Cosmo Cat. This time, instead of causing suicides he's looking to prevent one...

We should have known ... Comics Are The Answer!

page art from Krazy Komics v2 #2, Jungle Comics #11, and Cosmo Cat #10 (1940, 1947, 1948)

What Hick Is Responsible For This Trick, Dick?

I'm in the mood for some Saturday Morning Toons, and it's been a while since we looked at anything from the great Basil Wolverton. Sounds like a fine intersection, so let's meet there.

"Flap" Flipflop, The Flying Flash was your typical deranged Wolvertoonian dwelling in a delightfully bent reality. (Fly Paper!) As usual, Flap's comics are visits to a unique and instantly recognizable unreality. One in which i often feel strangely at home.

Flap first appeared in Kid Komics #1 in 1943...

Despite the final blurb, Flipflop never appeared in another issue of Kid Komics (nor Kid Movie Komics, as it rebranded itself ten issues later).

His next appearance wasn't until just over three years later, in Gay Comics #23...

He appeared twice more in Gay Comics, in issues #25 & 26. I've never seen those two stories. Perhaps not surprisingly, it's rather difficult to find Gay from the '40s.

Flap had two more appearances; the first came from Wartwit a year after the tale above, appearing in Jack In The Box Comics #13...

His final appearance was his longest story, ten pages appearing in Krazy Komics v2 #2. We'll see what Freezerbeezer had for us later this weekend.

page art by Basil Wolverton for Kid Komics #1, Gay Comics #23, and Jack-In-The-Box Comics #13 (1943, 1946, 1947)

What The Hell's Going On Out There?

It's been said that Love knows no boundaries...

Ah... The Brain and Mssr. Mallah. Such a pair - an enhanced French Gorilla and a jar of grey matter. The classic story of the scientist who creates his own love. Mad Science indeed.

But - who is The Brain? How did he grow up to be this twisted fellow (term used loosely)?

What could he have been like as a child?

Let's find out...

Hmm.

It all seems quite the natural development now, doesn't it?

Who knows how long it may be before i try to resume any of the regular features around here. Meanwhile, here's some Friday Fun & Games tucked into this post:

Yeah. They got some bad kids over across the water. You should compare the Menace level of our Dennises...  Dennii...  What's the plural of Dennis?

page art from Doom Patrol v2#34 and The Brain #1 (or #18, take your pick) (1956, 1990)