Here's a delightfully silly Heckle and Jeckle comic
by the great Jim Tyer!
by the great Jim Tyer!
My friend Eddie Trigueros brought a stack
of old Terrytoons comics into the studio lately,
and he was kind enough to let me scan
this delicious Heckle and Jeckle romp
from the pages of a Mighty Mouse comic book.
Here are some preview panels, followed by some clickable links
that will open up nice big full pages so you can read the whole thing!
Have fun!
of old Terrytoons comics into the studio lately,
and he was kind enough to let me scan
this delicious Heckle and Jeckle romp
from the pages of a Mighty Mouse comic book.
Here are some preview panels, followed by some clickable links
that will open up nice big full pages so you can read the whole thing!
Have fun!
I don't wanna give away the whole story, but just look at these great drawings! (If you want to skip down to the full clickable pages, just scroll down past these preview panels.)
I love the way this whole story is set up in just a few
breakneck-paced panels! From here the story goes off on
half-a-dozen ridiculous comical tangents,
as you can see from some of the selected panels below...
As if knife-wielding cartoon Indians weren't enough...ALIENS!
And The James Boys!
This whole comic feels like total stream-of-consciousness stupidity.
Something that's sorely missing from comics these days...
Our boys had a great get-rich-quick scheme, but like all great comedy plans, this one has a big hole in it...
Here's the whole six-page story!
Just click on each page below and a nice BIG
FULL PAGE image will open in a new window!
Click on each page below and a nice BIG
FULL PAGE image will open in a new window
Click on each page below and a nice BIG
FULL PAGE image will open in a new window
UPDATE: There's LOTS more
comic book scans to look at and download! Click HERE
Wow, brilliant stuff, thanks!
ReplyDeleteDo you know what year this is from? I have a ton of Heckle and Jeckles from the early 50s by Tyer, but this one is in a much rounder style.
By the way, are you still working with Aaron Springer? Do you know any way I could send him a fan letter?
Charlie
Hi, Charlie...I should have written that stuff down, but I forgot! I think this was from 1957, and I believe it was a back-up story from Mighty Mouse comics. I'm not working with Aaron right now, but I think he's working on new SpongeBob storyboards at Nickelodeon. If I find out how to reach him, I'll let you know ^_^
ReplyDeleteLove it, Love it, Love it!!! Seeing Heckle and Jeckle makes me smile. I have their #1 issue in comicbooks! I'm a huge fan of the Magpies!!! I love the rounder style moreso than the real early works...but love them all!!!
ReplyDeleteTodd
Hi, Todd...good to hear from you! I'm glad you like the magpie post...I'm just getting started watching and reading these great Terrytoons characters...they weren't on TV very much when I was growing up. Thanks to
ReplyDeletefriends like Eddie and thanks to The Animation Archive, I'm getting exposed to all this cool old stuff. And the comics are all available at online comics shops and ebay at reasonable prices! Say HI to your "Lemming" for me! --Sherm
One thing to point out Sherm, They (funny comics)were always considered as "second class" by the printing industry back in the day and such the time and care was never put forth in their printing. This is quite evident by the poor, often abysmal registration of colors in the books and often "dropped" colors as well.
ReplyDeleteHere's the irony for me though,...Now I think it adds to the charm of these books and it "adds" character to the already priceless art!!!! Go figure!!
"TOGO" says hi! (The Lemming) STill not convinced he's good enough for prime time as after I saw your marvelous character design book, I was intimidated by your amazingly elaborate design ability!!! Someday I'll catch up. I hope. Take care.
AA! Fantastic stuff! Love these scans. Thanks Sherm!
ReplyDeleteLove it. hanks Sherm for taking the time and sharing the wackiness.
ReplyDeleteCheers
**Hi, Vincent! **Hey Chad!
ReplyDeleteGlad you boys stopped by for some comic-style gawkin'!
I really appreciate the kind words...and keep your eyes peeled 'cause I'm scanning some cool Milt Gross pages that I think you'll really like. See you soon...Sherm
Wow, bizarre stuff! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff, Sherm, Heckle and Jeckle made my day!
ReplyDeleteHeckle and Jeckle were MAGPIES a close reeletive to crows I think they were created by TERRYTOONS the same ones who came out with MIGHTY MOUSE
ReplyDeleteI'm looking for a Heckle and Jeckle from 1952 or maybe early 1953 that had a lead story called "How to be Beautiful". I remember how funny it was and would like to recover a copy.
ReplyDeleteHey, Sherm, good morning, how are you? Where are the Jack Kirby scans and all the others? Salvage them please.
ReplyDeletePaul C.