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| I really like this book's "poster deco" style logo. |
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| Although listed as published by R.B. Leffingwell, this was another of Ben Sangor's Creston Publishing's Giant comics produced ion 1944-45, subject to wartime paper restrictions, which Creston paid Leffingwell money to use part of their unused paper quota to issue hundreds of pages of funny animal comics , with Funnybone, Merry-Go-Round, and Hi-Jinx Giants published through La Salle Publishing, America's Funniest Comics 2 issues by William H. Wise Publishing, and Laffy-Daffy's 2 issues by Rural Home. Leffingwell also sold unused paper ration pages to Spotlight Publishers for their 3 Ring, Pop Pop, and other issues, and Wm. H. Wise sold more to Lev Gleason, for Candy, Cryin' Lion, and Hollywood Comics. |
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| Publication | 1945 | Price: 0.25 USD | Pages: 1 |
| Notes | Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. previously attributed the art to Irving Dressler, but the bear is distinctly different from the bear on the back cover signed by Dressler. The gorilla and bear characters more closely resemble those in Riley’s signed art from Three Ring Comics #1 (March 1945) and Monkeyshines Comics #25 (March 1949). |
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| Cover | The Giggly Book of Comic Animals |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Notes | Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. previously attributed the art to Irving Dressler, but the bear is distinctly different from the bear on the back cover signed by Dressler. The gorilla and bear characters more closely resemble those in Riley’s signed art from Three Ring Comics #1 (March 1945) and Monkeyshines Comics #25 (March 1949). |
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| Synopsis | Tabs wants to eat a bird in a tree. The bird teaches Tabs how to fly which begins to work, until the bird reminds Tabs that cats can't fly; Tabs falls back to the ground. |
| Featuring | Tabs the Cat |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Tabs the Cat |
| Notes | On inside front cover.
Carl Wessler identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. |
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| Featuring | Gnaw and Gnibble |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
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| Comic Story | Pipsqueak of Mouseville (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
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| Featuring | Barry |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Barry; Mom |
| Notes | Art credits identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. |
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| Comic Story | The Bodyguard (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Notes | Art credits identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. |
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| Comic Story | Double for Nothing (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Foxy is awakened at night by a man selling tires on the black market. Foxy buys them, then finds out the man stole the tires from Foxy's car. |
| Featuring | Foxy |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Foxy |
| Notes | Art credits identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. |
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| Synopsis | The drill sergeant wants a man with college education; Windy volunteers and finds out the job is to pick up cigarette butts. |
| Featuring | Windy McGonigle |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: Windy McGonigle |
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| Comic Story | Jibby Giraffe (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
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| Comic Story | Slicker and Dummox (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Slicker tries to sell farmer Dummox a lightning rod. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Slicker Seal; A. Dummox |
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| Comic Story | Sidney of the Scouts (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children |
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| Comic Story | The Football Hero (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Notes | Art credits identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. |
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| Featuring | Percival |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Notes | Art credits identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. |
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| Featuring | Hambone |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
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| Featuring | Windy McGonigle |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Synopsis | Chief Picklepuss tries hunting a bear while on train tracks. |
| Featuring | Chief Picklepuss |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Chief Picklepuss |
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| Featuring | Piggy the Sailor |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
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| Featuring | Mr. Gnaw and Mr. Gnibble |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Gnaw; Gnibble |
| Notes | Art was previously attributed to John Dickenson, but the art is consistent with the Gnaw and Gnibble art signed with Davis’ last name in other parts of the issue. |
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| Featuring | Little Timothy |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
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| Featuring | Bumpy Bruin |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Notes | Signed in the last panel. |
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| Comic Story | The Patriotic Piper (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Touchdown Tuffy (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
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| Comic Story | Applesauce (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Foxy steals an apple. |
| Featuring | Foxy |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Children | Characters: Foxy |
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| Featuring | Treacle |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
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| Comic Story | Peanuts (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
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| Synopsis | Pug is chasing Peg. Peg blows shaving foam into Pug's face then has him taken away as a mad dog. |
| Featuring | Peg and Pug |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Peg; Pug |
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| Synopsis | Windy goes to the dentist. |
| Featuring | Windy McGonigle |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Windy McGonigle |
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| Featuring | Bumby |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Notes | Signed in the second to last panel. |
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| Featuring | Gnaw and Gnibble |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
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| Comic Story | Half-Baked the Magician (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
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| Synopsis | Carl and Cal test the carnival's strength-tester; Carl's blow is so strong it knocks Cal into the air and he hits the bell. |
| Featuring | Carl an' Cal |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Carl; Cal |
| Notes | On inside back cover. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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