Well, i was headed on over to Camp Comics, which we saw in the recent quiz, to take a look inside.
Didn't make it.
I got a little lost on the way and wound up at Champ Comics instead. As it turned out, there was a bit of overlap in theme between the two books. Champ featured military strips like Daffy Drafty from Art Helfant...
...and "K.P." Jones by Arthur Beeman...
The book also featured characters fighting World War II, either overseas or on the home front, like the Liberty Lads and the Twinkle Twins, as well as a few superhero types including the Human Meteor, Doctor Miracle, and the eponymous Champ.
And then there were strange ones that dwelt in the fringes, like Slim Jim and the Force. (Sorry Jedi-wannabes - we're talking Military Force, not 'religious mumbo jumbo' and most certainly not sillychlorian content.)
They even had one of those boy genius strips, Billy Brains, by someone we more often see over on the 1940s Funny Animalphabet*, Victor Pazmiño -
For a cool little find, we've got an odd character from Frank Borth - Moppo The Marionette -
Yes, even Borth wasn't immune to the cultural depredations of the time. (And you can be sure the same holds true for today's creators when viewed from the future)
The final half dozen issues of Champ Comics had another feature of particular interest to us - a strip from Ed Wheelan, the creator of Minute Movies, a parody adventure series featuring the great detective Padlock Homes and Watzis -
All in all, i wonder if perhaps i should get lost more often?
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*(Yes, i do plan to update again, when the ol' peripatetic mind can be herded back that way again)
Didn't make it.
I got a little lost on the way and wound up at Champ Comics instead. As it turned out, there was a bit of overlap in theme between the two books. Champ featured military strips like Daffy Drafty from Art Helfant...
...and "K.P." Jones by Arthur Beeman...
The book also featured characters fighting World War II, either overseas or on the home front, like the Liberty Lads and the Twinkle Twins, as well as a few superhero types including the Human Meteor, Doctor Miracle, and the eponymous Champ.
And then there were strange ones that dwelt in the fringes, like Slim Jim and the Force. (Sorry Jedi-wannabes - we're talking Military Force, not 'religious mumbo jumbo' and most certainly not sillychlorian content.)
They even had one of those boy genius strips, Billy Brains, by someone we more often see over on the 1940s Funny Animalphabet*, Victor Pazmiño -
For a cool little find, we've got an odd character from Frank Borth - Moppo The Marionette -
Yes, even Borth wasn't immune to the cultural depredations of the time. (And you can be sure the same holds true for today's creators when viewed from the future)
The final half dozen issues of Champ Comics had another feature of particular interest to us - a strip from Ed Wheelan, the creator of Minute Movies, a parody adventure series featuring the great detective Padlock Homes and Watzis -
All in all, i wonder if perhaps i should get lost more often?
page art by Frank Borth, Ed Wheelan, Victor Pazmiño, Art Helfant, Arthur Beeman, Armstrong, and ??? from Champ Comics #s 19, 22, 23, & 25 (1942, 1943)
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*(Yes, i do plan to update again, when the ol' peripatetic mind can be herded back that way again)
