Cartoon SNAP: Funny Animals

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"Drowning is Funny!" with Posty and Lolly

Posty the Pelican and his Pal Lolly
from All-Surprise #3

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Glub! Glub! ...with friends like that...

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Well, they both end up yelling "HELP! HELP!" so I guess it's even. Super-appealing drawings -- Fun stuff!

Droopy by Dan Gordon -- a spooky funny animal comic

A howlin' good one-pager from one of the greatest cartoonists ever: Dan Gordon!

From Laffy-Daffy Comics #2 1944

cartoon dog out in the cold cemetery snow with a ghost

Click on the page above to see the FULL_SIZE page!

Eddie Elephant – 1946 Hallucinogenic Funny Animal Comix by Ellis Holly Chambers

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This story comes from Hi-Ho Comics #1 --- a 1946 comic published by Four Star Publications. It’s filled with 45 pages of insane tripped out comics by H. Chambers. So who is this H. Chambers?

This story comes from Hi-Ho Comics #1 --- a 1946 comic published by Four Star Publications. It’s filled with 45 pages of insane tripped out comics by Ellis Holly ChambersHiHo1_01

Milton Knight provides some tantalizing information about cartoonist H. Chambers:

“It's Holly Chambers! (Holly was his middle name; I think his first name began with an E.) My late friend, Howie Post, used to share a studio with him and had several vivid tales to tell: he described Chambers as a handsome, charismatic "psychotic" who could walk out with a bar stool and stare down the bartender with a "what are you going to do about it?"

Post also revealed that Chambers was a heroin addict who could shoot up and complete a comic book overnight: "Who needs women when you have this??"
As colorful as his comics, that was Holly Chambers. Howard lost track of him in the 50s, and suspected that he was "rubbed out" by his drug connections.”

Thanks to Milton Knight for that priceless and tantalizing info. It explains a lot – and raises about a million other questions that will probably never be answered.

For LOTS more freaky funny-book vintage comic scans by Ellis Holly Chambers, click on Eddie the Elephant below:

Eddie the Elephant cartoon drawing by Ellis Holly Chambers

Buzzy the Mouse in “Mechanic Menace” Golden Age Funny Animal Comics

From Jack-in-the-Box Comics #14, June 1947

Click on any page for a FULL-SIZED hi-res scan

More info at http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=26383 or download the whole comic at http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=12105

Groundhog Day – Funny Animal Comics by Animator Ken Hultgren

Groundhog Day is on Sunday, so to celebrate, here's a beautiful comic book story from veteran animator Ken Hultgren...

Super-Cat in “Off to the Moon or Bust!”

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Have you ever read those amazing Super Mouse comics by Milt Stein? Well, these Super-Cat comics are nothing like those. They’re clumsily drawn and the story is so stupid that it’s charming.

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OK…to be fair, this Super-Cat is really just a parody place-holder than a real character like Super Mouse was. Super-Cat’s total obliviousness is kinda fun…

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I’m just fascinated by the clunky off-kilter low-rent second-string execution of this story. The first three panels are so incredibly dopey that I was hooked right away Smile

Enjoy!

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from Super-Cat Volume 1, Number 4
Published by Ajax-Farrell in May 1958

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Dan Gordon -- one of the greatest cartoonists ever!

Here are some amazing funny animal comics by Dan Gordon. These are from the ACG comic, Funny Films #1 from September, 1949.

Funny Films comic book scan cover detail featuring cartoon dogs, horse, cat, owl and bunny rabbit

The opening story features Puss & Boots in a hilarious cat-vs-dog comedy that transcends the cliches of the genre because of the absolute unbridled mayhem and unapologetic violence-for-the-gag's-sake. You can practically hear all the great sound effects of hammers hitting heads! And most of all...LOOK at those DRAWINGS!