Welcome once again to Sunday Morning Funnies. For our first selection this morning, let's jump all the way back to 1947, to Punch & Judy Comics, v.3 #1. Jack Kirby is drawing Earl, The Rich Rabbit, a precursor to Disney's Uncle Scrooge, who debuted the following year-
I have to say, this makes me want to see more Jack Kirby cartoon work. He would have kicked ass in this market, too.
How about some parody work? In Crazy, Man, Crazy magazine, he illustrated an adaptation of the 1955 John Wayne film, Blood Alley, in a piece entitled
BLOODSHOT ALLEY
The piece included text that stood separate from the illustrated adaptation, so we'll ignore it. Jack's illustrations are covered with the captions:
Okay, some of our readers >*cough cough*< might be less than thrilled reading a parody of something they've never seen; probably never heard of. So how about we wrap up today's funnies with a Jack Kirby drawn parody of one of his popular Marvel creations?
Now go thou forth and smile this day!
all page art by Jack Kirby from Punch & Judy v3#1(1947), Crazy, Man, Crazy v2#2 (1956), and Not Brand Echh #2 (with Frank Giacoia) (1967)
