This Labor Day, I closed out summer by kicking-back with a perfect
comic for the day…
Dell Comics’ TOM AND JERRY SUMMER FUN # 2 from 1955.
With story art by the great Harvey Eisenberg…
…Along with Vivie Risto…
…Phil DeLara…
…Al Hubbard…
…And other 1950s Dell-era artists, regrettably unidentified.
That last one, with Tom and the Bear, might be Lynn Karp. And maybe the Screwy Squirrel story is by Phil DeLara. These artist IDs can often be tricky.
And, for the DAY AFTER LABOR DAY, I’ll once again indulge in
a personal tradition that dates back to the early 1970s.
…Only this time, with the stunningly clarity of Blu-Ray!
Happy “unofficial end of summer”, and happy “unofficial
beginning of fall”!
20 comments:
I remember that Barney Bear story was reprinted in one of the 1990s Tom & Jerry comics published by Harvey Comics...why DC Comics doesn't publish a "Tom and Jerry" comic book, I'll never know. Maybe they'll appear in an issue of "Scooby-Doo Team-up" as a test..
‘Rehab:
I read the first issue of the ‘90s Harvey TOM AND JERRY when it was released, and I don’t think I was ever more disgusted with a comic in my life!
There was Eisenberg Tom and Jerry, re-dialogued and re-lettered… VERY BADLY! As I recall, two dialogue balloons in a single panel said the SAME THING! (It might have been “I love gouda!”) And one balloon was actually LEFT BLANK!
A Carl Barks Barney Bear, and another Barney Bear by a different artist, got the same bad treatment – and there was a dishonest attempt to simulate Carl Barks’ signature, in the opening panel of the story he had done back in the 1940s, when NO signatures or credits of any kind were allowed! If you’re going to reprint that great material from 1940s and 1950s Dell Comics, please do it SOME kind of justice! Don’t treat it like crap!
The fact that I can summon up this much detail decades later is indication of how horrible a job they did!
My wish is that IDW somehow gets the license to publish Tom and Jerry reprints… but not as exact replications of Dell issues as they do with Popeye – but Harvey Eisenberg classics (with his original lettering intact), mixed with the nice newer stuff by Oscar Martin! I think David, Jonathan, Thad, and I would all be wrestling each other to translate and dialogue those, as we are ALL fans of the classic Tom and Jerry comics!
I also wouldn’t mind getting to do some of the European Woody Woodpecker stories as well.
Today (the day after Labor Day) I continue *my* tradition of reading the four Barksian back-to-school stories, three stories with HDL playing truant and the "Storm Dancers" JW story. Lately I have a fifth story to add to that tradition: "The Secret of Goblin Valley" by McGreals/Vicar. In an end-of-summer adventure, Donald and the boys encounter animated-rock-type aliens whose spaceship has crashed. The set-up and the funny resolution of this story are built around the American school tradition of having kids write an essay on "what I did during summer vacation" as their first assignment of the new year. The story hasn't been published in the USA yet, but it has been published all over Europe and in Brazil. I wonder what the European readers made of that aspect? The schools there don't have a long summer vacation like ours, and they probably don't have a "WIDDSV" essay tradition, either.
Elaine:
Vicar aliens… AND a nice double-zinger ending? I want to do this one! You hear me, David?
How ‘bout a “Back to School” special for end of summer 2018? ...Just no "Riverside Rovers", okay?
“I wonder what the European readers made of that aspect? The schools there don't have a long summer vacation like ours, and they probably don't have a "WIDDSV" essay tradition, either.”
Just as we, at IDW, bring our remarkable imaginations and creative energies to bear, to solve all sorts of inconsistencies and anomalies before the readers’ eyes ever meet the printed page, I’m sure the Europeans find creative ways of their own to meet such challenges! It’s all just part of the service folks! :-)
And, merely as a bonus for all of you, here’s a LOBO story about what someone did on their summer vacation. Heh, I should re-read THAT ONE today!
I wonder what the European readers made of that aspect? The schools there don't have a long summer vacation like ours, and they probably don't have a "WIDDSV" essay tradition, either.
…Actually, we Frenchmen do. Our summer vacations are traditionally two months long, which is enough for interesting things to happen. Not every school would do it, but it's far from unusual for teachers to ask for such an essay, or, barring this, an oral recount in front of the class.
Thank you, Achille!
Our school summer vacations are also more-or-less about two months. Here, in New York, it was generally July and August, though I believe it may differ slightly in other parts of the country.
I hope you enjoyed your two summer months each year, as much as I used to enjoy mine!
When I saw the title of this blog post, I was sad. I'm always sad when summer winds down. But then I saw the excepts from that comic book, and they cheered me up. As you know, I love classic cartoons and comic books. And while I once described the idea of Tom and Jerry speaking as weird or something to that effect, now that I've seen several excerpts of this Dell comic book, I find that I rather like it.
In fact, I was so impressed by this comic book that today I linked to your post on my new blog: http://pelayogazette.blogspot.com/2017/09/recommended-reading-and-viewing.html. Thanks for sharing this wonderful comic book with all of us.
Now, before you click that link, I should warn you that my blog is about much more than cartoons. It's also about my political views. I have unorthodox political views... views which most people (including you, I would imagine) will find controversial.
For this reason, I was reluctant to share this post with you, but, since I've been a regular commenter here for some time, I ultimately decided to go ahead and do so. You see, since I comment here all the time, I figured that it was probably only a matter of time anyway before you and/or the other regulars here clicked my new Google name and discovered my blog.
I don't expect you (or anybody else) to agree with my political views. I just hope that they will not affect our great, pleasant relationship in any way. I've long been a firm believer in the power of cartoons to bring different people -- including people who profess different political views -- together.
Keep making me happy,
Sergio Goncalves
On a more positive note, since we're talking about back-to-school comics traditions, I can't say I have any. But, as I've said here, I've recently taken to reading my favorite comic strips online every day. Currently, Universal Uclick, the syndicate of Classic Peanuts, is rerunning a back-to-school-themed story arc, and I'm really getting a kick out of it: http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2017/09/02
So here was my LDW reading: The Dell Giant Specials--Donald Duck in Disneyland, Mickey Mouse in Frontierland, Mickey Mouse in Fantasyland, and Uncle Scrooge Goes to Disneyland. I figure it's the last gasp of summer vacation, right? So let's celebrate with some Disneyland fun...vintage Disneyland fun, to boot.
Even though I have read these many times, they are not so burned into my consciousness that I have them memorized. I can read each book as if it were fresh and new. (There's a whole lot of un-PC stuff that would never pass muster today, but let's not go there.)
One thing to note about the Uncle Scrooge cover...evidently Scrooge McDuck was unavailable to pose for the cover artist that day, because the figure on the cover is none other than Donald with his side feathers combed out slightly to look like whiskers and dressed in Scrooge's frock coat, top hat, glasses, and spats. Compare it to the image of Donald on the balloon on Scrooge's right and you'll see what I mean. Then look at how Uncle Scrooge is drawn in the stories on the inside of the book. That character on the cover is Donald Duck dressed as Scrooge!
By the way, that looks like a great Tom and Jerry book that I hope to collect some day. Love that Harvey Eisenberg artwork! It's great that we both turned to the marvelous Dell Giants for our LDW reading!
Wow! I, too enjoy rounding out the Labor Day in a similar fashion. In the past, I’ve talked about the Labor Day prior to
grade six.It’s sure nice to carry out traditions for a long time as you do. It wasn’t until the last two years where I continued my tradition of reading a comic on Labour Day. The apprehension of starting another semester at school was soon remedied when I read a comic book. For me, Labour Day was always the line of demarcation of when summer departed and school began.
This year’s Labour Day was quieter than the previous years but was enjoyable nonetheless.
Friday afternoon, I first opened up The Blue Racer Blu-Ray. I watched SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SERPENT with Jerry Beck’s commentary. I concurred with Jerry’s views that the Blue Racer in terms of voice and how animator Richard Thompson handled scenes with the character bears similarity to Daffy Duck.
Then I opened up “Uncle Scrooge” #317. The paper quality when WDC&S and US switched to a prestige format felt nice. When I was in grade six I had deemed that Tony Strobl and Kay Wright’s rendering of Carl Barks scripts were inferior to that of Daan Jippes. I had the preconceived notion that Jippes was an improvement on the former artists. I had requested to Gemstone that the Jippes remake be printed.
Not necessarily the case as I grew up I have a fondness for Strobl’s version. As you mentioned Stobl’s style is closer to what Carl Barks would have done. I thought it was accompanied by a better selection of stories in comparison to the week Goofy story that followed it up in DD#342.
On Saturday I viewed my first Irwin Allen film, (*YAY!*) BEYOND THE POSIDEON ADVENTURE (1979). I had the false impression that it would be one of those films that don't hold your attention, but boy I was wrong. I was intrigued by the humanity that was existed between all the characters as they were on the upturned wreck.
I closed the night by reading Uncle Scrooge #29, which I have not yet commented on “Delays, Delays!"
Wow! I had no idea that, when I created what I thought was a “throwaway-post” on comics and TV shows related to my particular end-of-summer, it would draw such a reaction from all of you.
In fact, so great was the reaction that I decided to move my next scheduled post back two more days, in case any of you have more to share. So, be here Saturday, September 9th for the next installment of whatever-it-is-we-do-here!
I’m glad to have shared my experiences, and am doubly-glad that you’ve chosen to share yours. Let’s get to them, shall we?
Sergio (aka Pelayo):
I don’t get all that sad when summer winds down, because my favorite times of the year are spring and fall. At least as we have them in the Northeast. I don’t miss the high temperatures and having to run costly air conditioners in the least.
But, still… there is something wistful about the passing of each summer that is decidedly not present when winter passes – and I similarly don’t miss shoveling snow or running costly oil heat!
Maybe it’s that the year has begun to wind down. Maybe it’s that there are always things you resolve to do during the summer that found themselves “not done”. Maybe it’s still some deep-seated carryover from childhood that “now-we-must-go-back-to-school-and-any-prospect-of-continued-fun-over-the-period-of-Monday-thru-Friday-is-now-hopelessly-crushed”! …Or, sumpthin’ else! But, it always is worth noting the passing of summer.
Welcome to the wonderful world of Blogging! As you can see, I’ve embraced it since 2008 and, the dormant period of a year ago notwithstanding, still do – and very enthusiastically. I’m not on other social media. But, you can always find out what interests me right here. And, hopefully, those things interest you as well!
Fear not, on the “political views”. We don’t do that here. Though, it IS one of those “things that interest me”, it invariably brings controversy with it, and that, above all, it something I wish to keep this space free of. But, the great thing about Blogs is that EACH ONE OF THEM CAN BE AS “PERSONAL” AS THE HOST BLOGGER WISHES! And, if you have a desire to “get those views out there”, I say more power to you!
I will say that your Blog is indeed interesting, even if the some of the political aspects of it are things that not many of us have given much thought to. I do very much appreciate the shout-out and the link to this post, and will make your Blog a regular stop in my online travels. Anyone reading this should do so as well… and, unlike Duckburg or Mouseton… you CAN get there from HERE!
I couldn’t agree more that cartoons and comics have the power to bring people together, if only more people would let them!
“Keep making me happy”
I hope to do exactly that, and for a very long time!
Scarecrow:
If there’s one person, other than Elaine, who I’d figure on “reading special comics for special occasions”, I knew it would be you! Not unlike trying to verbalize why the passing of summer is so noteworthy to me, I can’t exactly articulate WHY associating an old comic book with a particular occasion or time-of-year is both so important and so delightful… but, for those like us who do so – it just IS!
“(There's a whole lot of un-PC stuff [ in those Dell Disneyland comics] that would never pass muster today, but let's not go there.)”
Oh-oh! Mentioning “un-PC stuff” around here is like mentioning “Niagara Falls” around The Three Stooges – speaking of “un-PC stuff”! Steady… STEADY! Remember, your Blog has STANDARDS that you must adhere to… Ah, okay… I think I can handle it now…
My feeling is that, if we live long enough, everything will eventually become “un-PC”, and it is moving at more rapid a rate than ever. I’m not here to “politicize” it by citing any one recent issue. That’s not my intent. Perhaps I’m more sensitive to – and aware of – it because of the type of professional comics writing I do, but I find myself seeing more and more things that, as you say, “ would never pass muster today” in virtually EVERY old cartoon, movie, TV show, and comic book that I see!
I won’t deny that some of it WAS done with “bad intent” – of course it was! And, that’s exactly the stuff that SHOULDN’T be done today. But, when it applies to some of the old Dell comics – and I have to admit that it certainly CAN apply to them – you KNOW they weren’t created with anything but GOOD intentions! After all, as they often and loudly proclaimed: DELL COMICS ARE GOOD COMICS!
But, as I say, I now tend to see “un-PC” everywhere… including in the “Jerry and Tuffy” story pictured in this very post! As you can see from the opening splash, Tuffy is upset over being scared by a cat. Jerry tries to up his self-esteem by pointing-out that MICE can scare things too… starting with women, and leading to elephants!
Now it IS INDEED an unfair and outdated stereotype that “women-are-automatically-and-without exception-scared-witless-of mice” – even though it was once an accepted “comedy standard”. And, thankfully, we don’t really see that anymore… even though I just saw it again yesterday when reading Dell’s WALTER LANTZ NEW FUNNIES # 162 (1950), indicating just how prevalent this trope was in the 1950s and prior.
But, in more recent times, this story might also be bounced for the presence of CIRCUS ELEPHANTS – another thing that (right or wrong, I’m not saying) has come to the PC fore! Thus, the aforementioned “rapid rate of movement” as to what is, and is not, acceptable. It’s really exhausting to try and keep up!
Wow, Joe! You got through that quite calmly and inoffensively! Good job! Have a cookie!
Moving on… Yeah, that may very well be Donald posing as his rich Uncle Scrooge (perhaps to fool the ever-watching Beagle Boys?)! HERE is that cover, for everyone to check out for themselves.
And, Harvey Eisenberg’s stuff is a true delight! He’s in the same class as Carl Barks (as a character artist, anyway), if you ask me. His “ten-pagers” that led off Dell’s TOM AND JERRY COMICS, were MGM’s version of Disney’s Carl Barks Donald Duck “ten-pagers” that led off Dell’s WALT DISNEY’S COMICS AND STORIES! If only I knew who WROTE those Tom and Jerry’s. They never failed to bring on laughs! His later work on the Hanna-Barbera characters made those characters look better than they EVER looked anywhere else!
Adel:
You know how much I enjoy the tales of your early days with comics at your own Blog, and am glad to have inspired you to regale us with some of your Labor (or “Labour”) Day activities as well!
You write: “For me, Labour Day was always the line of demarcation of when summer departed and school began.”
Exactly so for me as well, give or take the final respite of the “Day-After-Labor-Day”, when I would watch LOST IN SPACE’s first color episode “Blast Off Into Space” as my final “free-afternoon-act” before the school year would again engulf me like a crushing wave of doom!
Very glad you experienced BEYOND THE POSIDEON ADVENTURE (1979). Don’t stop there… Irwin Allen has a LOT of great stuff (…and a LOT of weird stuff) waiting for you, my friend! Hope you get to enjoy it all! …particularly, “Blast Off Into Space”, with a great and dynamic music score, and IMHO the best pre-CGI made-for-TV special effects sequence EVER DONE!
Looking forward to your comments on UNCLE SCROOGE # 29, whenever they come. As a 1960s-era Gold Key enthusiast, I’m particularly interested in your view of the Lockman/Strobl (with an assist by Torcivia) Gyro Gearloose and Beagle Boys story!
Joe:
Sorry for not responding earlier. Over the last couple of days, I found myself unexpectedly tied up.
I can totally understand your reasons for not getting too sad about the end of summer. I'm sure I'll be able to relate to them once I own my own home! Regardless of how one feels about it, though, it is indeed "always worth noting the passing of summer." My take on the difference between the passing of summer and the passing of winter (as someone who also lives in the Northeast -- in Connecticut, to be exact) is that winter/wintry weather always lasts far too long. It's kind of nice during the Christmas season, but by the time it finally ends around March, I am more than ready for a change of scenery. (Plus, wearing winter clothes, shoveling snow, and driving through snow and ice is no fun). Summer, on the other hand, always seems too short. And while really hot days are no good, they seem to be less numerous during summer than really cold days are during winter, (and, in my view, really hot days are not quite as unpleasant as really cold days in any case).
Thank you for your encouraging words about blogging in general and my blog in particular. Thank you also for your tolerance of my political views. I am relieved that they will not cause you to think any less of me. We live in a time of great partisanship and indeed hatred on all ends of the political spectrum. It seems people have less and less tolerance for views they don’t agree with, which I think is a very troubling development for the country. I’m glad you are not like that. Needless to say, you (and all readers of this blog) are welcome to stop by my blog anytime. I look forward to hosting you (and anyone reading this) and hope to be as gracious a host on my blog as you are on your blog. I’ll try to post something new every few days, at least until the blog is fairly well-established and has built up a loyal following. And I’ll try to keep up a semi-regular flow of cartoon/comic-related posts.
“I couldn’t agree more that cartoons and comics have the power to bring people together, if only more people would let them!”
I’d say that’s one “good fight” that everyone who reads this blog can agree is worth fighting!
As to the cover of “Uncle Scrooge goes to Disneyland,” I can’t say I agree with Scarecrow that that’s Donald posing as Uncle Scrooge. To me, it looks more like Uncle Scrooge has trimmed his sideburns.
To bring this comment to the issue at hand, let me close by saying that, judging by the little I’ve seen of his work, Harvey Eisenberg is awesome. Rodnei Silveira, a frequent commenter on Yowp’s Hanna-Barbera blog, is right on the money when he calls Eisenberg “the Carl Barks of Hanna-Barbera.” For a long time, I thought Rodnei was simply referring to the fact that Eisenberg is the best-known H-B comic book artist, just as Barks is the best-known Disney comic book artist. But now I know that Rodnei’s analogy is also a very apt commentary on the excellent quality of Eisenberg’s work. Oh, how I wish DC would re-release these classic Dell/Gold Key gems!
Pelayo:
You write “I look forward to hosting you (and anyone reading this) and hope to be as gracious a host on my blog as you are on your blog. I’ll try to post something new every few days, at least until the blog is fairly well-established and has built up a loyal following. And I’ll try to keep up a semi-regular flow of cartoon/comic-related posts.”
I’d say you’re off to a good start. And, we DO like those “cartoon/comic-related posts”, you know! As for “NON-cartoon/comic-related posts”, I especially like THIS ONE! There’s a lot for “many of those other folks out there on the Internet” to learn from that! …Not us, and any of my readers and commenters, though. We’re ALL civil ‘round here! That’s Rule Number One, and I’m proud of all of us for keeping to it!
To that, I’d also quickly add: Never say anything, while commenting online behind a “screen name”, to ANYONE that you wouldn’t say to them in person. That’s why I never use anything but my real name. Those using screen names are, of course, welcome to their anonymity… but they must speak from that anonymity AS POLITELY AND RESPECTFULLY as they would if using their actual names.
Shifting gears: The one key difference between Carl Barks and Harvey Eisenberg is that Barks excelled as a WRITER, as well as an artist. But, strictly as an expert comic book artist, Eisenberg was in the same class as Barks… and that ain’t something you’re gonna hear very often about ANYONE!
I sure wish I knew who wrote those classic-era Harvey Eisenberg Tom and Jerry stories. That is some of the best funny-animal comedy… EVER! And, in no small measure due to Eisenberg’s ability to MAKE IT LOOK as funny as it was written!
Hello Joe.
I've just seen this, and I'd like to get some credits straight:
The Spike & Tyke, Barney Bear & Benny Burro, Skrewy Squirrel and Adventures of Tom were all drawm by Ken Champin, although with different inkers.
Jack Cosgriff was the main Tom & Jerry writer from 1948 until at least the mid-1950s.
Best,
Alberto
Thank you, Alberto! This is VERY WELCOME news!
Ken Champin is an artist whose work I’ve always had difficulty recognizing, and would like to get a better handle on that because he apparently did quite a lot of art for the Dell comics we love!
I always figured that “The guy who drew Tom and Jerry, Spike and Tyke, etc. – who wasn’t Harvey Eisenberg, or who wasn’t Phil DeLara”, was Lynn Karp. For all I know, in some cases, that might be true. But, in any event, I’m very glad to have you set the record straight.
I’ve made a study of this stuff for over 35 years (!), and the one thing I find is that there is STILL something new to be learned all the time!
Jack Cosgriff is a name I know as a writer of Walter Lantz cartoons, but I’ve never connected him with comics! This is also a very welcome piece of news, because I’ve always wondered who wrote those wonderfully funny Tom and Jerry stories that Eisenberg drew. They had the “touch” of a classic-era animation writer to them, so I’m not surprised to find it was Cosgriff!
As they also had what I call a “similarity-in-spirit”, if not in exact execution, to the Fox and Crow comics, I used to think that it might have been Hubie Karp or Cecil Beard, whom I believe wrote that series. Just curious, after the mid-1950s, who followed Cosgriff on Tom and Jerry, as it seemed to have a remarkable consistency to it into the 1960s, before going all-reprint. Maybe that was Beard? Also, I saw Michael Maltese all over “Who Ghost There?” in TOM AND JERRY # 222 (February, 1965), so maybe he was in the mix as well. Oh… all the speculation!
Finally, if you are the “Alberto” I believe you to be, I wish to thank you for all your efforts toward identification and indexing of these comics. It’s been very valuable to folks like me. And I am enjoying the book on Disney Comics.
Joe:
It's a pleasure to share credits with such dedicated people like you. And yes, of course I am that Alberto. And I have to thank you for having shown me the way along several paths for many years.
Re. Tom and Jerry, it actually seems that Jack Cosgriff continued writing Tom and Jerry stories, alongside those featuring Spike and Tyke, Bertie Bird, and other MGM characters, until 1962, when the Dell era came to an end.
Other writers on the Tom and Jerry stories during the Dell era were Del Connell, Don Sheppard, Carl Fallberg, Bob Gregory, and Vic Lockman.
Mike Maltese did a lot of writing for Dell in 1958-62 and again for Gold Key/Western from 1970-74, but I don't know if he did anything from 1963-69.
Cecil Beard also did a lot of writing for Gold Key/Western from 1964-70 or so, but I don't know if he tackled the MGM strips. Incidentally, I think that Beard - not Lockman - wrote the Mickey Mouse "Time Machine" serials in WDC&S. When I interviewed Lockman years ago, he told me he had not written any MM serials. Bob Ogle was another MM writer from that period.
Anyway, you - and whoever cares - may be glad to know that I have just finished writing a 400-page book on funny animal comics which will hopefully come out this spring.
Thanks again for your support, and keep up the wonderful job you've been doing on your blog.
If anyone cares to have a look at my blog (which hasn't been updated for a year now - - but I was writing my book), check it at
http://alberto-s-pages.webnode.it/
All the very best,
Alberto
Alberto:
Thank you very much for those kind words. But, there’s no doubt I owe much more to you, than vice-versa!
I can certainly see Jack Cosgriff writing all those great Tom and Jerry comics, as I’ve always felt they had the touch of a classic-era animation writer. I just never considered him because I’d never before heard his name connected with Dell Comics! Makes sense to me!
The only name in that list of others that is unfamiliar to me is Don Sheppard.
The period of 1958-1962 for Mike Maltese seems odd because that’s more-or-less exactly when his highest level of output for Hanna-Barbera cartoons appeared to be. Three seasons as the sole writer of THE QUICK DRAW McGRAW SHOW, some Loopy DeLoop theatrical shorts, all of Snagglepuss and a good deal of Yakky Doodle for THE YOGI BEAR SHOW, early episodes of THE FLINTSTONES, even Wally Gator, Touché Turtle and Lippy the Lion, etc.
Yet, there are definitely Dell Comics stories that show his characteristics – especially in Daffy Duck, Beep Beep the Road Runner, and even some Woody Woodpecker, where he duplicated one or two of his scripts for Augie Doggie! 1970-1974 also makes sense, as that was when his period with Hanna-Barbera was essentially over.
Just knowing what it’s like to translate and script the IDW Disney comics under deadlines, if he could stand up to that kind of writing ordeal, he must have been “rocketed to Earth as a distant planet exploded”, or sumpthin’!
Unlike in 2001, when I wrote that Vic Lockman piece, I can now see that Cecil Beard, and not Lockman, very likely wrote “Trapped in Time” and other later MM serials with a “science fiction bent” that I liked, vs. the standard “Western Ranch”, “Railroad”, and “Sailboat” types of adventures that Carl Fallberg specialized in. His published credit on “The Red Wasp Mystery” pretty much sealed that for me. And 1964-1970 also makes sense for Beard, as that would have been when his wonderful work on THE FOX AND THE CROW was winding down – and would soon cease!
Cecil Beard and Bob Ogle are persons I wish I knew more about. Their career production is likely much larger than it would appear. And that's not even considering animation!
THIS IS A MESSAGE TO MY READERS: If Alberto has written a book on funny animal comics – it is DEFINITELY worth buying! I can safely make that recommendation sight unseen! Please let me know when it is available!
Finally, as I often do, I extend an invitation to send me your e-mail address in a Blog comment – that I will not publish! Based on just this exchange alone, I’m sure we have many other thoughts to exchange!
…Of course, that invitation goes to ALL of you reading this. Best to you, Alberto!
HERE is the link to Alberto’s Blog! Everyone go there! …Now! …No exceptions! :-)
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