“Chest Hair” Starring Jack Cole’s Windy Breeze

Windy Breeze one-pager from Plastic Man creator Jack Cole – from Candy Comics #7 December 1948

“Modern Science” Starring Jack Cole’s Windy Breeze–Candy Comics Feb 1949

Windy Breeze one-pager from Plastic Man creator Jack Cole – from Candy Comics #8 February 1949

Felix the Cat Comics: Felix Goes on Record by Otto Messmer circa 1953

More Facts, Fantastic Facts & a Sports Quiz – Vintage Filler Comics by Henry Boltinoff

Facts, Fantastic Facts and a Sports Quiz – Vintage Filler Comics by the always-appealing Henry Boltinoff

Completely Random “Facts”– Vintage Half-page Filler Comics by Henry Boltinoff

Completely Random “Facts”– Vintage Half-page Filler Comics by Henry Boltinoff. You never know when this kind of information might come in handy…

Ernie Bushmiller – Fritzi Ritz Comics from 1949

Ernie Bushmiller’s Fritzi Ritz comics are a strange mixture of the truly bizarre and completely pedestrian. Fritzi Ritz started as a comic strip about a young single flapper girl from the Jazz Age of the 1920’s, created by Larry Whittington. When Whittington left the strip, Fritzi Ritz was taken over by his young assistant, Ernie Bushmiller.

Ernie Bushmiller introduced the character of Phil Fumble, Fritzi’s boyfriend and funnyman. Many of these strips start with a bizarre close-up on Phil as he utters a single line as the launching pad for the rest of the strip. Looking at the pages on this post alone shows him using this technique 75% of the time!! It’s a very artificial (but extremely economical) way of getting a gag rolling.

Here’s very typical opening panel:
 
I love that dopey wall-eyed look on Phil’s face!

Ernie Bushmiller later added a little girl character to the strip… Fritzi Ritz’s niece, Nancy. Eventually, Nancy and her friend Sluggo took over the strip, and those are the characters that brought long-time fame to cartoonist Ernie Bushmiller.

These Fritzi Ritz newspaper strips were later reformatted and published in comic book form. These pager are from Fritzi Ritz Comics #3 from 1949

  

More on Fritzi Ritz and Ernie Bushmiller at:

http://www.toonopedia.com/fritzi.htm

http://lambiek.net/artists/b/bushmiller_e.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_%28comics%29

Nancy comic strip scans – BIG archive online at:
http://ilovecomixnancy.blogspot.com/

Link to 1965 Fritzi Ritz Sunday comic strip original art

http://www.comicstripfan.com/newspaper/f/fritziritz.htm

Felix the Cat Hates His Job! Classic Comics by Otto Messmer

Felix hates his crummy job!
Some wonderfully cartoony Felix comics by Otto Messmer, 1953



Click any page to see the high-resolution, easy-to-read version!





There's a LOT more funny Felix comics by Otto Messmer here on the CartoonSnap blog!

Check out these previous posts for high-quality classic Felix the Cat comics scans :

Felix on the Unemployment Line
http://cartoonsnap.blogspot.com/2010/08/felix-on-unemployment-line-vintage_24.html

Felix the Cat Goes Cockfighting 
http://cartoonsnap.blogspot.com/2010/03/picaresque-tales-of-felix-cat-by-otto.html

Felix Pulls Through (a GREAT Magic-Carpet ride!) http://cartoonsnap.blogspot.com/2010/09/felix-friday-fiesta-fantastic-fun.html

Felix the Cat and the Haunted Tower
http://cartoonsnap.blogspot.com/2010/01/felix-cat-and-haunted-tower-by-otto.html

Ape Escapes! Museum Mayhem! More Super Rabbit Comic Book Scans

Here are some MORE old-timey funny-animal comics from
Super Rabbit Vol.1 Number 3 published by Comedy Publications, Inc.

(If you missed the previous Super Rabbit story, you can find it HERE.)

Click on any of the comic book pages to see a HUGE 300dpi detailed scan!

What does 300dpi look like? Well, when you click on the story pages below, you'll get to see them with detail like this...



This story starts off with two pages of pure cartoony silliness, then shifts gears a bit when Super Rabbit investigates some robberies at the museum.



Museums are among the best settings for any cartoon story, dontcha think?
There's always a mummy or a knight or a catapult nearby when you need one!



Okay..here we go! Enjoy this latest installment of Super Rabbit!



Click comic book pages to see a HUGE 300dpi detailed scan!





Click comic book pages to see a HUGE 300dpi detailed scan!





If you missed the last Super Rabbit story, you can find it HERE.
There's also more info on the comic book, the character, and the creators at:

Toonopedia article on Super Rabbit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Rabbit_(comics)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Hart

Super Rabbit Timely Comics Cover Gallery

ComicArtVille article on Vince Fago and Timely Comics

TwoMorrows Alter-Ego article on Vince Fago

There's LOTS more comic book scans
to look at and download! Click HERE

Powerhouse Pepper by Basil Wolverton -- Who’ll Guard the Bodyguard?

Powerhouse Pepper 4-pager
from Tessie the Typist #10 June 1947
story and art by Basil Wolverton

Basil Wolverton's Powerhouse Pepper appeared in various comic books published by Timely Comics, the 1930s and 1940s precursor of Marvel Comics, from 1942 through 1952. The strip was characterized by alliterative, rhyming dialogue, screwball comedy and throwaway gags in background.