Felix’s Adventure Gets Spookier! Vintage Comics by Otto Messmer

Some deliciously freaky drawings in this chapter!

From Dell Comics Four Color #46, here’s part three of Felix the Cat and the Haunted Tower by the great Otto Messmer

If you missed Part One and Part Two, just click on the images below to get caught up with the story!

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Felix has just escaped from the tower prison by climbing down a magical beanstalk… …and now we continue with Chapter Three!

Click on any page for a BIG Felix vintage comic book scan

Messmer is just ON FIRE with these pages...clearly drawing at his very best! Such a joy to see such appealing drawing along with super-springy action and dynamic poses ^_^

Click HERE for Part FOUR!

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and his Felix the Cat, CLICK the images below…

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Felix the Cat – Fairyland Frolics Continue

From Dell Comics Four Color #46, here’s part two of Felix the Cat and the Haunted Tower by the great Otto Messmer

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When we last saw Felix, he had been flung off a cliff by Bruto (the thug employed by Blue Betty’s wicked stepmother) to prevent Felix from helping Blue Betty attend the Fairyland Ball…

…click HERE for Part Three!

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Dizzy Dishes (1930) Betty Boop's First FUN Appearance

Back when Betty Boop was a dog and Bimbo was tall: It's one of my favorite Fleischer cartoons, "Dizzy Dishes," animated by Grim Natwick (creator of Betty Boop) and Ted Sears.

Look at the LOVE as Bimbo the waiter dances across the floor to take an order. I love how he takes a bow for the applause meant for the chorus girls! And check out the freaky painting at 1:03 ...and that song! as each customer barks his order in turn: "One roast lamb!"..."I vant HAM!" The ending is as ridiculous and surreal as you would expect from early Fleischer cartoons.

I love the unpolished vocal performances, too. At times Bimbo talks without even ANY attempt at making his lips sync...or even move at all. The Fleischers new that "funny" was more important than "polished," even though oftentimes they had both.

This is just one of those cartoons I can watch over and over ^_^ Every time I see it I discover gags and visual treats I had never noticed before.

If you click on the video (after it starts playing) it'll jump you to YouTube where you can watch it BIGGER. Which I recommend. If you have a good connection, click on the red HQ button to see it in the best quality. Now that YouTube has grown up in quality, there are seemingly thousands of fun and rare cartoons waiting to be discovered there. ENJOY!

Other favorites from the same era: Barnacle Bill and Bimbo's Initiation

Felix the Cat and the Haunted Tower by Otto Messmer

Vintage funny animal comic book scans!

From Dell Comics Four Color #46,
here’s Felix the Cat and the Haunted Tower
by the great Otto Messmer

Click on any page for a BIG comic book scan

     Is this the end of Felix?

Check back soon for the next thrilling chapter
of Felix the Cat and the Haunted Tower 

Chapter TWO
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Inside front cover gag:

Doodles Duck by Howie Post – Vintage Funny Animal Comic Book Scans

Scans from from Leading Comics 1948 – By Howie Post