loaded Dell Comics display, 1962

Comics (Sept1955)

I opened the window to get Vulture pictures, but this is what I really got.... (little Max and big Kobi)

House-ad featuring various All-American Comics/National Comics characters found in Flash Comics (1940) #104, ironically the title’s final issue.

December 4, 1938. Like most cats, CICERO'S CAT Desdemona dreaded getting wet, although sometimes she ended up soaked despite her best efforts.

Mutt and Jeff #121. December 1960

Original Mutt and Jeff daily strip by Bud Fisher, May 25, 1916.

Bonus:

Sketch dump of styles that didn’t make it into the Slushy Style Series (either because I wasn’t happy with the sketch or because i didn’t feel like outlining and coloring it)

August 4, 1922 Mutt and Jeff by Bud Fisher: "Jeff Doesn't Need a Garage for His Car."

[ID: Mutt stands in front of a doghouse in his backyard, looking worried. /end] Mutt: Rotten luck, I calls it! Jeff beat me to the car this morning!

[ID: Mutt hangs his coat and hat up on a wall-mounted rack, then struts across the house. /end] Mutt: He's certainly tight with his "roller skate." It ain't saving me much shoe leather!

[ID: Mutt sits in a wooden chair and greets the returning Jeff, who poses proudly in top hat and tuxedo. /end] Mutt: Where did you go for a spin, Jeff? Jeff: Nowhere! I ain't had my car out today! But...

[ID: Jeff goes over to a locked trunk under the coat rack and unlocks it with a key. Mutt stands behind him. /end] Jeff: I'm gonna take a spin now with Miss Schultz! Mutt: Listen! Do you know your boat ain't in the garage?

[ID: Jeff opens the trunk and lifts out his tiny car. Mutt looks on, shocked. /end] Jeff: Sure! I'm keeping it in my trunk until I get some burglary insurance! Mutt: ?

1941 DC Comics House Ad featuring Mutt & Jeff and All Flash Quarterly

Vintage Comic - All-American Comics #093

Pencils: Irwin Hasen

Inks: Irwin Hasen

DC (Jan1948)

Cartoon: Playing With Fire, 1926 starring Mutt and Jeff

Mutt and Jeff was a long-running and widely popular American newspaper comic strip created by cartoonist Bud Fisher in 1907 about “two mismatched tinhorns”. It is commonly regarded as the first daily comic strip. The concept of a newspaper strip featuring recurring characters in multiple panels on a six-day-a-week schedule had previously been pioneered through the short-lived A. Piker Clerk by…

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Exploring the Timeless Charm of "Mutt and Jeff": A Journey of Discovery

As we celebrated Saint Patrick’s Day amidst the colorful parades and cheerful festivities, our day took an unexpected turn when we crossed paths with Jeff and his charming French bulldog named “Mutt.” Little did I know that this chance encounter would lead me on a journey of discovery into the fascinating world of a beloved timeless comic strip. Amidst the hustle and bustle of the parade, Jeff…

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October 1940. CICERO'S CAT was a Sunday-only spinoff of the popular comic strip MUTT AND JEFF — Cicero was Mutt's son — featuring the charming light comedy misadventures of Cicero's cat Desdemona. Though signed by MUTT AND JEFF creator Bud Fisher, the strip was actually handled by Fisher's assistant, Al Smith. It was syndicated by King Features, running from 1933 until the early 1960s, but it was also reprinted, along with MUTT AND JEFF, in comic books: CICERO'S CAT strips appeared for a while in the back of ALL-AMERICAN COMICS (home of the Golden Age Green Lantern) and later in MUTT AND JEFF comics from various publishers. She also had two issues of her own Dell comic book (with original stories not reprinted from the newspaper strip) in 1959.

Many CICERO'S CAT newspaper strips were more or less wordless, and Desdemona normally behaved like a real cat. However, Smith presumably thought this strip's spoken punchline too good to resist. (Remember, no problems ever in peliccan mouth!)