Popular Post MrBedrock Posted November 21, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 21, 2023 adamstrange, frozentundraguy, Inaflash and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 On 11/21/2023 at 12:49 PM, MrBedrock said: Even your funny animal books are stunners Killer copies Mr. B MrBedrock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 I'm thankful for everyone in this thread, it's been a friendly and delightful place ever since it started, with none of the disagreements I've seen so many other places on the internet, and even elsewhere in these forums. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving, everybody! frozentundraguy, IngelsFan, adamstrange and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ameri Posted November 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 29, 2023 Recent Pickup. Looney Tunes #2. A well-loved copy for sure. The Elmer story has Bugs Bunny as Bugs' Bunny with an apostrophe throughout the story. Some kind of error there. Porky seemed to be the favorite in 1941, followed by Bugs and then Elmer Fudd. Other characters in the book like a penguin and fox eventually fell by the wayside. Daffy is at the top of the cover but he doesn't appear in the book. OtherEric, pemart1966, Jayman and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 On 11/29/2023 at 10:28 AM, Ameri said: Recent Pickup. Looney Tunes #2. A well-loved copy for sure. The Elmer story has Bugs Bunny as Bugs' Bunny with an apostrophe throughout the story. Some kind of error there. Porky seemed to be the favorite in 1941, followed by Bugs and then Elmer Fudd. Other characters in the book like a penguin and fox eventually fell by the wayside. Daffy is at the top of the cover but he doesn't appear in the book. Nice, I still don't have any of the first three issues. The Bugs' Bunny in the Elmer story is almost certainly deliberate, if somewhat obsolete even at the time the book came out. The prototype version of Bugs showed up in a cartoon directed by Ben "Bugs" Hardaway, so some early internal documentation refers to the character as Bug's bunny or Bugs' bunny. This was changed in early promotional material but the character was still new enough at this point that I could see uncertainty in the name still. IngelsFan, AJD, pemart1966 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameri Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 On 11/30/2023 at 2:48 AM, OtherEric said: Nice, I still don't have any of the first three issues. The Bugs' Bunny in the Elmer story is almost certainly deliberate, if somewhat obsolete even at the time the book came out. The prototype version of Bugs showed up in a cartoon directed by Ben "Bugs" Hardaway, so some early internal documentation refers to the character as Bug's bunny or Bugs' bunny. This was changed in early promotional material but the character was still new enough at this point that I could see uncertainty in the name still. Fascinating! I just thought the apostrophe might be an inker's mistake. Many thanks for the information on Hardaway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 On 11/30/2023 at 2:48 AM, OtherEric said: Nice, I still don't have any of the first three issues. The Bugs' Bunny in the Elmer story is almost certainly deliberate, if somewhat obsolete even at the time the book came out. The prototype version of Bugs showed up in a cartoon directed by Ben "Bugs" Hardaway, so some early internal documentation refers to the character as Bug's bunny or Bugs' bunny. This was changed in early promotional material but the character was still new enough at this point that I could see uncertainty in the name still. Correct. The documentary I watched explained how all the artists were given the task of drawing a rabbit character. They then all voted and chose one. Who’s is that, someone asked? It’s Bugs’ bunny. And the name stuck. MrBedrock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OtherEric Posted December 5, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2023 What's better than getting in one Dell Looney Tunes issue I still need? Getting in TWO issues I still need. 238 down, 8 to go. Jayman, AJD, Robot Man and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 On 11/22/2023 at 2:49 AM, MrBedrock said: I'm imagining an alternate universe where everyone of the stories inside was an equal to a Carl Barks' duck four color tale! OtherEric and MrBedrock 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 sagii, Jayman, AJD and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel013 Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 On 12/9/2023 at 5:06 PM, MrBedrock said: The pantless pig makes me feel uncomfortable. MrBedrock and Turnando 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel013 Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 This one really has a different feel when the picture gets cropped. AJD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OtherEric Posted December 24, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 24, 2023 (edited) Edited December 25, 2023 by OtherEric IngelsFan, Jayman, frozentundraguy and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OtherEric Posted December 31, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 31, 2023 Only 80 years out of date... MrBedrock, 50YrsCollctngCmcs, Jayman and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sagii Posted December 31, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 31, 2023 Grab from this year, 1st appearance of Honey Bunny. Warners was always looking for an 'answer' to Minnie Mouse. There were examples in ads where Honey looked like Bugs with a bow between her ears (ala Minnie>Mickey), but those just looked like Bugs in one of his drag bits. It wasn't until decades later they finally got the formula right with Space Jam and the introduction of Lola Bunny (a popular character with people who maybe were introduced to Looney Tunes trough that film), I believe this version of Honey Bunny was the 'prototype' for Lola. Jayman, MrBedrock, PopKulture and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 In today. Only 5 Four Colors with the Looney Tunes characters to go: Jayman and sagii 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 On 1/24/2024 at 12:02 AM, OtherEric said: In today. Only 5 Four Colors with the Looney Tunes characters to go: AJD and OtherEric 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 In today. Only 4 Four Colors with Looney Tunes to go, and only one Porky Pig. That's #16, the Porky Pig #1. Which will generally cost more than #48 with Carl Barks art, but is actually easier to find from what I've seen. comicjack and Jayman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BitterOldMan Posted January 26 Popular Post Share Posted January 26 On 12/9/2023 at 2:16 PM, grendel013 said: The pantless pig makes me feel uncomfortable. Your comment reminded me of the Mickey Rodent story in Mad #19, Goony (Goofy) reminds Darnold (Donald) Duck that he is’nt wearing pants. Jayman, frozentundraguy, Robot Man and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 The last one I had on order. First Yosemite Sam in comics: IngelsFan, Jayman and Robot Man 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
