Cartoon SNAP: June 2009

Hortense the Loveable Brat…discovers the Machine World by Jack Ehret

Hortense the Brat and Machines pour gasoline

This one is so freaky it’s beyond description.

Hortense the Brat and Machines Little cartoon girl turns into a machine

Hortense the Loveable Brat by Jack Ehret

Hortense the Loveable Brat comic book scans from Jingle Jangle Comics #22 - Page 35

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Hortense the Loveable Brat comic book scans from Jingle Jangle Comics #22 - Page 36

Hortense the Loveable Brat comic book scans from Jingle Jangle Comics #22 - Page 37

Hortense the Loveable Brat comic book scans from Jingle Jangle Comics #22 - Page 38

Hortense the Loveable Brat comic book scans from Jingle Jangle Comics #22 - Page 39

Hortense the Loveable Brat comic book scans from Jingle Jangle Comics #22 - Page 40

from Jingle Jangle Comics #22, August 1946

cartoon boy watering flowers in the rain Jingle Jangle Comics #22 - Page 1

More Dunc and Loo comics by John Stanley and Bill Williams

Around the Block with Dunc and Loo #1 1_11

From Around the Block with Dunc and Loo #1

Dell Comics by John Stanley and Bill Williams

Around the Block with Dunc and Loo #1 12

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a nice BIG vintage comic book scan

Around the Block with Dunc and Loo #1 13

Around the Block with Dunc and Loo #1 14

Around the Block with Dunc and Loo #1 15

Around the Block with Dunc and Loo #1 16

…and check out the new collection of Melvin Monster comics by John Stanley.

It’s really a beautiful book…and the comics are FUNNY (and weird)!

PS: --- in case you missed the last post,
more Dunc and Loo Comics are HERE.

Around the Block with Dunc and Loo by John Stanley and Bill Williams

Around the Block with Dunc and Loo

by John Stanleyand and Bill Williams

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a nice BIG vintage comic book scan

Around the Block with Dunc and Loo by John Stanley 1_04

Around the Block with Dunc and Loo by John Stanley 1_05

Around the Block with Dunc and Loo by John Stanley 1_06

Around the Block with Dunc and Loo by John Stanley 1_07

Around the Block with Dunc and Loo by John Stanley 1_08

Around the Block with Dunc and Loo by John Stanley 1_09

Around the Block with Dunc and Loo by John Stanley 1_10

I've been reading the new collection of Melvin Monster comics by John Stanley.
It’s really a beautiful book…and the comics are FUNNY (and weird)!

UPDATE: --- More Dunc and Loo Comics are HERE.

New Harvey Kurtzman Book – a Video Preview …and some Pot-Shot Pete Comic Book Scans

Pot-Shot Pete by Harvey Kurtzman comic book scan

Some of Harvey Kurtzman's greatest comic book work were his Pot-Shot Pete stories, which he created just prior to starting MAD for EC Comics. The Asifa-Hollywood Animation Archive has just posted some really amazing scans from the color original comic books, courtesy of the amazing collection belonging to Kent Butterworth. There's also a couple of Kurtzman's Pig Tales comics from the 1940's...about twenty pages of classic cartooning in all!
You can find all the comic book scans at: http://www.animationarchive.org/2009/06/comics-kurtzmans-comic-books.html

Also… BIG NEWS for Harvey Kurtzman fans! The long-awaited illustrated biography of Harvey Kurtzman is finally in bookstores!

What a treasure! I first got turned on to Kurtzman around 1986, when "Harvey Kurtzman’s Jungle Book" was reprinted.

When his "Hey Look" collection (of pre-MAD one-page gag comics) came out, it instantly became my favorite book in the world, and my constant cartooning inspiration. It has never left the number one spot on my "Greatest Books Ever" list.

Want to look through the Art of Harvey Kurtzman book before you run out and buy it? I just made a video showing my clumsy hands pawing through the whole thing! Take a look at all the rare art and wonderful cartoony delights in the video below...