Sunday Funnies - Cat & Walrus

So... apparently it's the weekend and i kind of missed Friday and Saturday. The dangers of existing outside of time in general. No going to back to fix things now, but we can do some Sunday Funnies, even if we're running a little late.

No, The Cat & The Walrus wasn't a strip - nobody threw darts at the animal board to come up with that particular pairing - at least, not that i've encountered thus far. We just have some strips prepped for Walrus Whopper and Cosmo Cat, so let's enjoy them together, eh?

First up, the return of Walrus Whopper and his tall tales. This time we start with his first appearance (creators unknown) from Animal Antics #1 -

...and another fish story from a few issues later...

Meanwhile (both premiered in the spring of 1946), over in All Top Comics, Cosmo Cat was making his debut in the first issue, written by Pat Parrish with art from Ellis Chambers. (That's not an "official" assessment - but it certainly seems to be the case to me, both in artwork and in the title lettering.)

And, again, there is no official listing for the artist on this next strip, but Ellis Chambers seems most likely, and that could be a partially obscured 'E.C.' at the bottom of panel one -

Okay. I know what day it is now. Guess i'd better go get tomorrow's calendar ready to run...

pages from All Top Comics #s 1 & 5 and Animal Antics #s 1 & 3 (1946)

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)

Lightening The Mood

We've been brooding a bit over the recent losses. Let's pick things up a bit and switch to some light comedy. Jumping back 70 years (+2, for one of the tales), here's some quirky old humour from the late 1940s.

Artist and writer unknown, here's the final appearance of Walrus Whopper -

 this Tommy Tot and the Heir Corps tale is one of those rare beasts from the period that has both writer and artist credits - and both are the same man - Tim Howe. (However, i can't be certain that's not a nom de plume)

Two-Gun Percy is drawn by Jimmy Thompson ; as too often usual, writer unknown -

All three had more episodes. Tommy Tot and the Heir Corps had the fewest, with only 4, while Walrus Whopper had 9 tales to tell. Two-Gun Percy was the longest lasting, with two dozen appearances (if one includes the Daisy Handbook from 1948).

page art from Leading Comics #30 (1948), Nutty Life #2 (1946), and All Funny Comics #21 (1948)