Frank Frazetta Funny Animals: Daffy and Dilly in “All At Sea” - Sept 1949

Daffy and Dilly in “All At Sea”
Art by Frank Frazetta
From Happy Comics #33 September 1949

Daffy and Dilly in “All At Sea” Art by Frank Frazetta From Happy Comics #33 Standard Comics September 1949

FUN TRICKS FREE THINGS!

When I was reading comics in the seventies, these ads were merely an annoyance. But now I love the delightful weirdness of the art and the products!

Great Ketcham’s Ghost! Meet Tom, Dick and Harriet 1970’s Teen Comics

Check out this fun, breezy teen comic from 1976: “Tom, Dick and Harriet” from the very first issue of Gold Key Spotlight.
Written by Mark Evanier and drawn by Lee Holley -- one of the great “ghost” artists from Hank Ketcham’s Dennis the Menace studio.

According to Evanier’s website,

“Lee Holley is a terrific cartoonist who worked for Hank Ketcham and Chuck Jones, and later drew a successful newspaper strip called Ponytail.  Everyone felt he drew the cutest girls you could imagine, so Gold Key asked me to create a "teen" comic he could illustrate.  They came up with the name of the comic (which I didn't like) but it was otherwise all "mine" (and Lee's) for the first two of its three appearances in this Showcase-type comic.  I was told the first issue sold well and for about a month there, they were ready to launch it as a regular title, complete with spin-offs and such.  I still don't know what happened, since I left the company before that could occur...”

For more on Lee Holley and Ponytail comics, click on the cover below…

 
…and in case you miss those old 1970’s ads…

My new roommate: Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

Even though I work on the Disney Studios lot, I had to go to eBay to get my hands on this lovely plush Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. If you haven't seen the old Ub Iwerks/Walt Disney Oswald cartoons of the 1920's you're in for a treat!

...and I've also fallen in love with the Oswalds that were done by Walter Lantz and Bill Nolan: