BangZoom Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Wonderful comics. I love your collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montezuma Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Fun books, I've got a long ways to go on my Ha Ha and Giggle sets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Wonderful comics. I love your collection. Oswald was a character stolen from Walt Disney and only recently returned to the company; mainly for symbolic reasons. How big a hit was he in the forties when these comics were published? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Here are my early Marvel funny animal books: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Oswald was a character stolen from Walt Disney and only recently returned to the company; mainly for symbolic reasons. How big a hit was he in the forties when these comics were published? "Stolen"? That's overstating the case by half. From Wikipedia: Oswald the Lucky Rabbit" became Disney Brothers' first major hit in 1927. But within a year, Walt was outmaneuvered by his distributor (Universal) which hired away most of Disney's animators in a bid to shut Disney out of the Oswald franchise. Walt initially thought he could continue making Oswald shorts with new animators and a new distributor, but after reading the fine print of his contract, was devastated to learn that Universal owned the copyrights. (Universal) selected Walter Lantz to produce the new series of Oswald shorts (the first of which was 1929's Race Riot). Lantz consulted Disney about Oswald and he gave Lantz his blessing to continue the Oswald series as the Mickey Mouse shorts had become more successful so the two became close friends. Here are scans of a few more comics starring Oswald and friends: New Funnies 122 New Funnies 215 New Funnies 237 257 Random House File copy 258 Random House File copy 275 279 Random House File copy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 somebody forgot to label the floating heads Interesting that Felix the Cat is in a comic otherwise populated by Walter Lantz characters such as Andy Panda, Oswald Rabbit and Li'l Eight Ball. I wonder how that came to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underthebigw Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Oswald was a character stolen from Walt Disney and only recently returned to the company; mainly for symbolic reasons. How big a hit was he in the forties when these comics were published? "Stolen"? That's overstating the case by half. From Wikipedia: Oswald the Lucky Rabbit" became Disney Brothers' first major hit in 1927. But within a year, Walt was outmaneuvered by his distributor (Universal) which hired away most of Disney's animators in a bid to shut Disney out of the Oswald franchise. Walt initially thought he could continue making Oswald shorts with new animators and a new distributor, but after reading the fine print of his contract, was devastated to learn that Universal owned the copyrights. (Universal) selected Walter Lantz to produce the new series of Oswald shorts (the first of which was 1929's Race Riot). Lantz consulted Disney about Oswald and he gave Lantz his blessing to continue the Oswald series as the Mickey Mouse shorts had become more successful so the two became close friends. Hey, that's nothing. Leon Schlesinger blatantly ripped off Disney's Maxie Hare to create Bugs Bunny. Somewhere out there on the internet, there's a scathing letter from Disney to Schlesinger lambasting him for having to rip off a third tier character, and pretty much daring him to demonstrate any talent by turning him into something Tashlin: Everything. There's a great deal of argument about who created Bugs Bunny. Now certainly, "Bugs" Hardaway, Ben Hardaway, who was a great idea man, had a lot to do with it, and it was certainly his name. But Bugs Bunny is nothing but Maxie Hare, the Disney character in The Tortoise and the Hare. That's the only time they ever used that character [Actually, Max Hare was used in two other Disney shorts.] We took it—Schlesinger took it, or whoever, and used it a thousand times. But that whole thing of the guy [here Tashlin made the "whoosh" sound that is used in cartoons to accompany great speed], that's where that was invented [in The Tortoise and the Hare]. So that's all Disney. Maxie Hare had a voice [Tashlin imitates it] that's really a cross of the woodpecker's [Woody Woodpecker] today, and Daffy Duck's. You run The Tortoise and the Hare, and it's almost Woody's voice. So that all came from Disney. ---From an interview with Looney Tunes animator Frank Tashlin at http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Interviews/Tashlin/tashlin_interview.htm See also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straw-Man Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Fun books, I've got a long ways to go on my Ha Ha and Giggle sets. Wow! Great title! And they're five centers too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozentundraguy Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Oswald was a character stolen from Walt Disney and only recently returned to the company; mainly for symbolic reasons. How big a hit was he in the forties when these comics were published? "Stolen"? That's overstating the case by half. From Wikipedia: Oswald the Lucky Rabbit" became Disney Brothers' first major hit in 1927. But within a year, Walt was outmaneuvered by his distributor (Universal) which hired away most of Disney's animators in a bid to shut Disney out of the Oswald franchise. Walt initially thought he could continue making Oswald shorts with new animators and a new distributor, but after reading the fine print of his contract, was devastated to learn that Universal owned the copyrights. (Universal) selected Walter Lantz to produce the new series of Oswald shorts (the first of which was 1929's Race Riot). Lantz consulted Disney about Oswald and he gave Lantz his blessing to continue the Oswald series as the Mickey Mouse shorts had become more successful so the two became close friends. Here are scans of a few more comics starring Oswald and friends: New Funnies 122 New Funnies 215 New Funnies 237 257 Random House File copy 258 Random House File copy 275 279 Random House File copy Beautiful run of New Funnies! The "regular" icon's just didnt suffice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
generic user Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Interesting that Felix the Cat is in a comic otherwise populated by Walter Lantz characters such as Andy Panda, Oswald Rabbit and Li'l Eight Ball. I wonder how that came to be. It wasn't all Lantz yet. Raggedy Ann and Andy were still there. It wasn't until #109 that all the non-Lantz characters were gone and the title changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Scrooge Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 I don't need to collect yet another title ... Thank you for scanning and sharing. :hail: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 That's a nice copy of # 46 btw. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 I don't need to collect yet another title ... Thank you for scanning and sharing. My feelings too. What a totally awesome title! I wish someone would explain to me why superhero, crime and horror comics get almost all of the attention when comics as cool as Ha Ha were published as well. Here are scans from my collection of another classic title for the ages: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
