Toons are a lucky bunch indeed...
Witness their uncanny ability to exist in the cold vacuum of outer space, fearing neither suffocation nor explosive decompression!
So cavalier are they about this extraordinary capability that they choose to use their respective spacecraft's exhaust (which should also not be as plainly visible) for COOKING purposes!
Why, I'll even bet that Porky Pig is even TALKING to Bugs about how great the (Funny-Animal-Irony-Alert) bacon... and eggs are going to taste - and Bugs is actually HEARING him speak in that presumed vacuum!
And let's assume Bugs' HAT is Velcro-ed to his furry noggin, lest it be ripped from his head by the acceleration. Heck, that would happen even in a CAR, much less a convertible-top spaceship!
At least his FEET are off the rocket tubes, unlike Fred's! Perhaps a lifetime of walking around without shoes and powering his own "motor-less vehicle" over bumpy and jagged roads, has made his feet calloused and desensitized!
THINGS TO LOOK FOR:
Time of Day: Time of day loses meaning in outer space, but not for Bugs and Fred, who clearly know when it's time for BREAKFAST (Bugs) and LUNCH (Fred)! ...Of course, for Fred, that just might be any-old-time!
The Earth: Good Old Mother Earth is seen on both covers! It's nice to know that, no matter how far out you go - or however hungry you get - home is just a short hop away! ...And, in Bugs' case, that Marvin Martian hasn't blown it up yet!
Coloring: The BUGS BUNNY covers are more appropriately colored for outer space, while the GREAT GAZOO cover shows bright blue skies, yet its characters are clearly very far away from Earth!
...Maybe the stars and planets were aligned DIFFERENTLY back in whatever time-pocket of Pre-History Fred Flintstone existed in!
Trajectory: If both covers are shown together... they will collide! ...Or go away from each other, if you flip them!
And, if you put both BUGS BUNNY covers together, it looks like they're in a race... with themselves! Place your bets on Bugs 1965, or Bugs 1953!
And so, as everyone rockets away, we have THE GREAT GAZOO # 5 and BUGS BUNNY # 31 and 101 Separated At Mirth!
11 comments:
Such depictions always bothered literal-minded child-me. As did the depictions of a character wearing a fishbowl-helmet and a spacesuit, but a spacesuit that did not cover the character's entire body. Perhaps there was a hole for the tail! Um, that spacesuit ain't worth a darn.
I wish I had the 1953 issue, Joe.
Thankfully a lot of 50s Dell Comics are affordable (compared to some, but not all, of the 40s ones, including the 80-90 percent of the 1940s issues of Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, are a bit expensive and I can’t afford them yet as of now, but someday I will afford them (and get them)
Elaine:
You write: “Perhaps there was a hole for the tail! Um, that spacesuit ain't worth a darn.”
Ah, but what if the tail in question was of the precise dimensions to fit the hole perfectly, making it air-tight? Or, if the spacesuit were fashioned from some miracle material that contracts to form a perfect seal around any size tail? …This is the sort of stuff I sometimes have come up with to explain the occasional touches of illogic in the stories I dialogue!
Of course, that doesn’t mean the tail won’t still freeze and fall off…. But, I can’t think of everything – especially on the fly when responding to comments! :-)
And, yes… I get the “hole” and “darn” gag! Nicely done!
Anon:
If you have the 1965 issue, that’s also a great thing! That’s where I first read it, and it became one of my most favorite Bugs Bunny comic book stories ever since! …Perhaps, THE favorite!
In fact, I wouldn’t have the 1953 issue until more than twenty years later!
As we’ve discussed previously – and by your comments, you appear to be in 2020-2021, where I was in 1980-1981… The parallel sounds almost perfect! Assuming that gap is also indicative of our age difference, time IS on your side, just as it was on mine back then! Pursue your dreams, manage your resources properly (that is a KEY point that some tend to overlook), and stay “focused on the prizes” amid life’s ups and downs (…and BOY, have I had THOSE!), and you’ll get there!
If there’s one thing the period of 1980 thru 2021 has proven out it's that these things will always be available, once you’re ready and able to slowly and steadily increase your own collection!
I don’t have the 1965 issue or the 1953 issue....yet.
"Yet" ...Stay positive!
I also wish I had the January 1943 issue of (Not yet Walter Lantz) New Funnies like you, but just look at the prices! I want the copy that’s $37 on ebay for price reasons. How did you acquire it and how did it cost?
Anon:
Whatever the details on that matter, they would probably be just a little too much “in the weeds” for the rest of our readers… and besides, I don’t remember most of them anyway!
About the only things I can tell you with any certainty is that I received the issue in May of 2019, as it says in the post you apparently reference, and – since I don’t do e-bay, and my convention going was just down to New York Comic Con before COVID put a stop to even that - it must have come from Lone Star Comics or Mile High Comics.
There would be no *source* of back issues presently available to me that would not be available to you as well. The trick, it would seem, is to negotiate the finances (which I must often do as well these days) – but we’ve discussed that above. That said, 37.00 is not a bad price for a NEW FUNNIES # 71 if you’re able to manage it – but there I go getting “in the weeds” again!
Dudes...just use a hot plate.
I can't argue with that, Austin!
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