Awesome Funny Animal Interiors

[ft88]

I really enjoy the funny animal genre especially the 40's covers; but I admit the interiors leave something to be desired. Flipping through this Mighty Mouse #2, from 1946-47, I was extremely impressed by these full page shots. The other pages are equally impressive with non-standard panels and angular wording etc.

 

For funny animal its pretty out there.

 

Splash Page

 

 

Interior full page

 

[Scrooge]

Yup those Timely MMs are awesome -

 

[adamstrange]

I'm convinced!

[Scrooge]

Another -

 

[Scrooge]

and another -

 

[Scrooge]

Last one -

 

[rob_react]

I'm convinced!

 

that's what I'm saying. Those are some GREAT images.

[Point Five]

Thanks, ft88 & Scrooge!

Those are jaw-dropping. I love how they look just like the later superhero Timely books too, between the artistic style and the lettering. Never seen those before and never would have...the kind of stuff that makes this forum great.

[adamstrange]

Scrooge: you had previously posted a non-splash page that had some very dynamic action. Any chance you can re-post it?

[Scrooge]

Let's see - Maybe this one -

 

 

I remember you liked this one -

 

 

and finally there was this crowd and fight scene -

 

[ft88]

I love these because it would have been so easy for the artist to mail it in. Instead you can tell they took pride in their work.

[adamstrange]

 

Thanks

[bobpfef]

A bit of a cheat, as it is Barks, but this is my favorite funny animal interior page. I just LOVE the battling steam shovels, it is so cool. Plus this is from the period when Barks was doing a lot of interesting thing with panel borders and layouts.

 

[dgillock]

Loving this thread! I'm really going to have to take sometime in the next couple of days and scan some interior pages from a few of the Timely funnies I've been picking up (just added Terry Toons #8, 24, 47, & 58). Some really great stuff to be found in these. Keep 'em coming guys!

[ft88]

Two more Barks classic half pages. No one could do an ocean storm like Barks. The one with the plane is from the classic bottle cap story.

 

[adamstrange]

A bit of a cheat, as it is Barks, but this is my favorite funny animal interior page. I just LOVE the battling steam shovels, it is so cool. Plus this is from the period when Barks was doing a lot of interesting thing with panel borders and layouts.

 

 

There's also the great splash from Vacation Parade 1. There's an awful lot of energy in the drawings from this time period.

[selegue]

Two more Barks classic half pages. No one could do an ocean storm like Barks. The one with the plane is from the classic bottle cap story.

 

 

I have to suppose that those are from two different books.

I love the lettering on the first one -- very distinctive.

Did Barks ever do his own lettering? If not, do you have any idea who did it?

 

Jack

[adamstrange]

At the beginning, Barks did everything, although later his second wife, Gare, did help him with a variety of tasks.