Jack Kirby ruled action comics with his dynamics and mastery of capturing energy on the static page.
Much as he was known for superhero adventures, he also spent time doing light comedy & cartoon books. For our Saturday Morning Toons, let's take a look at some of his work on Punch & Judy Comics in the late 40s.
His first published work in P&J was a simple one-pager:
I did a double-take when first seeing Lockjaw the Alligator. I thought Clonezone the Hilariator had gone time traveling...
Another of the funny animal strips in the old Punch & Judy comics was Earl, The Rich Rabbit (not Eat The Rich Rabbit... man, my mind was sliding when looking through these old books)
Besides the funny animals, there was also an early Archie type teen comedy strip, Toby:
To wrap up, here are the covers for this mornings toons:
all page art by Jack Kirby for Punch & Judy (1945,1947)
