[The Australian Panther]

This was published in 1943. Disney was nothing like the monolith it was later to become. Neither did it then have an army of lawyers putting fences around copyright.
The word 'Goofy' was then generic and I think you will find, in common use.
Whilst 'Deputy Duck' is very Donald-like. Wasn't around long enough for Disney to give much thought to him, I would imagine. But to my eyes the Bears, [including the one on the cover] and the Rabbit are nothing like Bugs or Yogi. And there were many other bears and rabbits in comics and cartoons.
The cover and many of the gags, are reminiscent of the great Warner Brothers cartoons and I would hazard a guess that Joe Oriolo, Harry Wylie and maybe some of the other artists,had a background in animation.
What most impresses me about this book is the patriotic message on page 2.
Oh, and you are too modest, you have a very good command of English.
Cheers!

Link to the book: Goofy Comics 01

[Robb_K]

This was published in 1943. Disney was nothing like the monolith it was later to become. Neither did it then have an army of lawyers putting fences around copyright. <br />
The word 'Goofy' was then generic and I think you will find, in common use. <br />
Whilst 'Deputy Duck' is very Donald-like. Wasn't around long enough for Disney to give much thought to him, I would imagine. But to my eyes the Bears, [including the one on the cover] and the Rabbit are nothing like Bugs or Yogi. And there were many other bears and rabbits in comics and cartoons. <br />
The cover and many of the gags, are reminiscent of the great Warner Brothers cartoons and I would hazard a guess that Joe Oriolo, Harry Wylie and maybe some of the other artists,had a background in animation. <br />
What most impresses me about this book is the patriotic message on page 2. <br />
Oh, and you are too modest, you have a very good command of English. <br />
Cheers!
Link to the book: Goofy Comics 01

Goofy Comics, and indeed, all its sister books from Better/Nedor/Standard Publications (Happy, CooCoo, Barnyard, Real Funnies, Funny Funnies, and later, Supermouse), had ALL their features drawn by Ben Sangor's Studios in Hollywood and Miami, by current cartoon animators, or ex-animators(who were fired from the cartoon film studios for going out on strike (Disney, WB, Fleischer, etc.). The Miami crew came from Fleischer's Miami and New York crew, Van Beuren's New York Crew, and independent NY animators, The Hollywood crew was made up of ex-Disney and ex-WB animators, and a few independents.

Deputy Duck only appeared in 2 stories in 2 books, and his design and character behaviour was very different from one book to the other.   The Bunny and bear were different enough from Bugs and anyone else's bears to not impinge upon any other publisher's or studio's characters.  Yogi Bear didn't exist for over 15 more years.  Bugs Bunny had had his own character and graphic design change several times by 1943, that he was still a fairly new character to sue over a design that wasn't close to his (past or current). 

Yes, Oriolo and Wylie, and ALL others who worked on this book, had animation backgrounds.