Separated at Mirth: Pick Your Poison(ed Water)!

If faced with a choice of soapy bath water as in POPEYE #50 (Dell Comics, Cover Date: October-December, 1959), or soapy wash water as in YOSEMITE SAM #27 (Gold Key Comics, Cover Date: April, 1975), what would YOU do to keep from dying of thirst?   

 

The oddball thing about poor Sam's predicament is that Bugs Bunny DOESN'T WEAR ANY CLOTHES, so what is he washing?  

Adventures in Comic-Boxing: The Case of the Migrating Penguin!

When it comes to PENGUINS, Warner Bros. Looney Tunes has a pretty memorable one that twice co-starred with Bugs Bunny...

Walter Lantz had a pretty memorable one of his own... CHILLY WILLY! 

But there must have been a brief period during Chilly's tenure at Lantz when he may have become dissatisfied with his contract... and briefly defected to Warner Bros.

Otherwise, how would you explain THIS?!    

WALTER LANTZ NEW FUNNIES #278 (Dell Comics, Cover Date: July-August, 1960) 

...Yes, really! Let's dolly in for a closer look... 

Maybe he was tired of working with SMEDLEY?  

...Or lower-tier players like Homer Pigeon?  

...And taking SECOND BILLING, NO LESS!  The unhappiness of that experience even caused him to put on TOO MUCH WEIGHT!   

The GOOD SCRIPTS, like "The Legend of Rockabye Point" (possibly the single funniest cartoon of all time)... 

...And "I'm Cold" stopped coming, much to the little guy's displeasure.  

Or maybe he just wanted to work with "that Oscar-Winning Rabbit, Bugs Bunny!" Or the rabbit's renowned animation director Chuck Jones?  

Ya, know... like that OTHER penguin did!  

But, alas, Chilly's experiences at Warner Bros. were not good... 

...Being a PENGUIN and all, they cast him in a BATMAN movie, as a "hench-peng" to THIS GUY!  

Chilly didn't like that AT ALL!  

Coincidently, at that time, Walter Lantz decided to lure him back with the promise of working with THEIR top star, Woody Woodpecker...

...And so, he once again became "Walter Lantz Chilly Willy"! 

...And remained happily so (though still "chilly") ever after! 

...OR... COULD IT HAVE BEEN MUCH SIMPLER THAN ALL THAT?  

Could it have possibly been nothing more than a... PRINTING ERROR?!  

Could THIS...

...Have been erroneously run in place of... THIS?   

                                         

...Eeeh, COULD BE!  

Separated at Mirth: Them's the BRAKES, Pal!

Today's Mirth Separation comes to a FULL-STOP with the cover of MUTT AND JEFF # 22 (DC Comics: Cover Date: June-July, 1946) and a Gandy Goose gag from LITTLE ROQUEFORT # 2 (St. John Comics: Cover Date: August, 1952)!  

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We've seen the MUTT AND JEFF cover before, as part of THIS POST, but now it BRAKES through again for its second Separation at Mirth! 

In fact, if you arrange them THIS WAY, it looks like a "related-gag head-on-collision"!  

Since this won't end well, perhaps we'd better cut off this post right here...

Cynical Blog Post: If I Were a Pterodactyl, I'd Want to Live in a Different Age!

From various Gold Key Comics released in the spring of 1968, comes another reason for me to be cynical...

If I could exist in ANY Earth Time Period at all, and going strictly on NAME alone, I would NOT choose the "UPPER JURASSIC" Age!  (...Go on, say it out loud, folks!) 

...And not just because I'd become a fish stick for one of these monsters!  

 EEK! 

Happy New Year 2025!

 Happy New Year 2025!  

...Or should I, as that famous TV game show goes, phrase it in the form of a question?  

 ...Happy New Year 2025?  

As far as my answer goes... I DUNNO!  

I see some very bad things (or, at the very least, norm-shattering, chaotic things) ahead for 2025 for both our country and the world as a whole! Most of you can probably guess what, as I nonchalantly sidestep the specifics of a topic that is out-of-bounds at this humble Blog.   

Of course, I'm referring to the sudden and unexpected cancelation of THE BATMAN & SCOOBY-DOO MYSTERIES...

...An unfortunate occurrence not to be confused with, or mistaken for, any "real world" events of a political nature - though some of those could stand to be suddenly and unexpectedly canceled too! ...Batman and Scooby, we need your team-ups now, more than ever!  ...There, was that nonchalantly-sidestepping enough for you?  If not, I can try again... Oh, you just want me to move on?  Yeah, I think I should too!  

On the other hand, looking inward (as opposed to the increasingly ominous view "outside", with no more BATMAN & SCOOBY-DOO MYSTERIES to enjoy every month), things are looking very bright - and that's where I will tend to keep my attentions focused!  

Like HERE! 

And HERE!

And the all-great, all-new, all-exciting things comics-wise that are coming in 2025... that, darn it all, I STILL can't talk about!  ...Sorry (at least for now!) 

Happy New Year 2025!  ...For Real!  

Merry Christmas 2024!

What could possibly make a Christmas merrier than this video?  

Okay, okay... any number of things involving peace, health, and prosperity... but you must admit that this rendition of "Jingle Bell Rock" by Averi and Cici might be near the top of whatever remains!  

  Merry Christmas 2024! 

 

Adventures in Comic-Boxing: Tweety “Wites” Phonetically to a See-Through Sylvester!

From LOONEY TUNES # 36 (Whitman Comics, Cover Date: February, 1981) comes a little hidden gem!

Tweety and Sylvester "The Teeny Genie" 4 pages. Written by Vic Lockman and penciled by Pete Alvarado. 

As you might imagine from the opening splash panel, Tweety pulls a "genie hoax" on Sylvester.  Check out this sequence where:

A: Tweety writes a note just as he speaks!  ("wub", "wish-gwanting", "yours twuly")

B: The unknown colorist uses the same shade of green for Sylvester's eyes - AND the panel background, giving the puddy-tat's skull a "see-through look"!

C: Teeny-Tweety-Genie appears with the exclamation "SHAZOOM!" owing to this classic comics character and series! 

Aw, heck... This story is so short - and there's absolutely no chance of it ever being reprinted anywhere - that I might as well give you the whole thing!  

Honestly, as things stand, couldn't we ALL use a little more Tweety and Sylvester in our days?  

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