[Robb_K]

This uploaded comic book is slightly incomplete, missing its 2 one-page puzzle pages, and having only a partial scan of its inside front cover advertisement and indicia page.  This unnumbered first issue from 1945, should be considered Issue # 3, as its number series after this issue starts at # 4, in early 1946.  The artwork was provided by The Jason Cartoon Art Studio.  This was Harvey's first complete "Funny Animal" comic book issue and series, which ran only 6 issues, from No. 3 to 8.  This first issue includes the debut of only Helpful Hank (dog), Nutty Squirrel, and Sheriff, Pop Gunn (dog), who all returned only in Nutty Comics (other than in reprints in later series.  Pop Gunn was switched to being a bird character (vulture) in his second appearance in Nutty Comics # 4.

It can be found here:
https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=76342

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This is being uploaded in its original c2c version that was shared back in 2005. It never made it here

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Who exactly was the Jason Art Studio?

[Robb_K]

Who exactly was the Jason Art Studio?

Jason Comic Art Studio was an early 1940s East Coast cartoon/comic book art studio which used moonlighting animators from Fleischer Brothers Animation, and Van Beuren Studios, and other East Coast animation studios, to produce funny animal and other "cartoony style" comic book cover drawings and story pages for many of the smaller independent comic book publishers who didn't have their own comic book artist staffs, or had staffs too small to produce all the pages they needed drawn.  Jason produced for many of the publishers who had smaller numbers of book series in the "cartoony comedy style", such as for Farrell's "Hi-Ho" and "Daffy Tunes", while Fago Studios (Al and Vince Fago), also with ex-Fleischer animators, produced for "Kiddie Kapers".  JCA also produced for some of Fox Features comedy production("Cosmo Cat", All Top", "Ribtickler", "Wotalife", "Zoot", "Jo-Jo", and "Li'l Pan" Comics, that Fox's in-house staff couldn't get to.  JCA produced for Rural Home, Croyden, Round Publishing's "Jamboree Comics", Orbit's "Taffy" and "Toytown Comics", they also produced a few stories for Quality'sfunny animal lines, that prolific staffer, Ernie Hart couldn't get to. They also produced for Spotlight, Leffingwell, Ace's "Monkeyshines", and, I think, a few stories for Cambridge House publications.

The company was owned by Leon Jason.  I think they operated on comic book work from 1941-49.

[Robb_K]

Here is a list of the artists who worked for JCA, and the comic book publishers, book series, and character story series for which they produced artwork:

 

JASON COMIC ART Studio (Aka LEON JASON STUDIOS): Packager

 Packaged or supplied comics for:
 
 ADVENTURES OF JO-JOY IN A PRESENT FOR SANTA. . .~ 1953 premium for W.T. GRANT
> 53
 
 ATOMAN 1946
> 46
 
BEANIE

BENNY BEAR

BILL AND KOO

CHIPPY CHIPMUNK

CIRCUS COMICS

CLOWN COMICS

DIZZY AND DAFFY

FRISKY FABLES

JEEP COMICS 1948
> 48
 
KO KOMICS 1945
> 45
 
KOKO AND KOLA

LATEST COMICS

LAW AGAINST CRIME 1948
> 48
 
MARVIN THE GREAT 1946 in ATOMAN
> 46
 
NUTTY COMICS c1945-c47
> 45 46 47
 
PADDY AND CHUCK

 
POP-POP COMICS  1945
> 45
 
 
PUNCH AND JUDY

SPOOKY MYSTERIES 1946
> 46
 
THREE RING COMICS

 
TICK TOCK TALES

 
TOM-TOM THE JUNGLE BOY

WINKIE & NITE OWL

 
1940s For: LEFFINGWELL
> 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49
 
1945-46 For: ROUND PUBLISHING(JAMBOREE); SPOTLIGHT; SPARK
> 45 46
 
1945-49 For: NOVELTY COMICS (FRISKY FABLES)
> 45 46 47 48 49
 
 
1945-55 For: ACE; BETTER; D.S.; EC; HARVEY; HILLMAN; CIRCUS
> 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55
 
 
1946-48 For: STREET AND SMITH; YOUR GUIDE; CROYDEN; MARVEL
> 46 47 48
 
 
1946-51 For: MAGAZINE ENTERPRISES
> 46 47 48 49 50 51
 
 
1951 For: STANHALL
> 51
 

Studio Personnel:

 
 
BANKER, GEORGE c1946 name found on back of original art prepared by studio for NUTTY COMICS; possibly artist or letterer
> 46
 
BERUBE, PHIL (pen/ink/) 1945-60
> 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
 
 
BRYANT, DAVID c1946 name found on back of original art prepared by studio for NUTTY COMICS; possibly artist or letterer
> 46
 
CABRAL, JAMES name on back of original comic art from JCA; possibly artist or letterer

 
CALPINI, ORESTES (pen/ink/) mid-1940s
> 44 45 46
 
 
CHAMBERS, ELLIS (pen/ink/) mid-1940s
> 44 45 46
 
DELGADO, GILBERT c1946 name found on back of original art prepared by studio for NUTTY COMICS; possibly artist or letterer
> 46
 
FILLION, ERNEST c1946 name found on back of original art prepared by studio for NUTTY COMICS; possibly artist or letterer
> 46
 
FRUBELL, ROBERT c1946 name found on back of original art prepared by studio for NUTTY COMICS; possibly artist or letterer
> 46
 
 
GALLANT, YVETTE c1946 name found on back of original art prepared by studio for NUTTY COMICS; possibly artist or letterer
> 46
 
 
GOLDEN, TOM (pen/ink/) 1940s unconfirmed
> 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49
 
 
HALL, HENRY c1946 name found on back of original art prepared by studio for NUTTY COMICS; possibly artist or letterer
> 46
 
 
HERSEY, ALLISON c1946 name found on back of original art prepared by studio for NUTTY COMICS; possibly artist or letterer
> 46
 
 
HOUGH, GAIL c1946 name found on back of original art prepared by studio for NUTTY COMICS; possibly artist or letterer
> 46
 
 
HUDSON, BILL (wr/pen/ink/) 1945-47
> 45 46 47
 
 
JASON, LEON (own/dir/ed/) 1945-55-
> 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57
 
 
KAJUTI, CAROL c1946 name found on back of original art prepared by studio; possibly artist or letterer
> 46
 
 
LITTMANN, PETER name on back of original comic art from JCA; possibly artist or letterer

 
MAFFINI, EDWARD c1946 name found on back of original art prepared by shop for NUTTY COMICS
> 46
 
 
MAFFINI, EDWARD name on back of original comic art from JCA; possibly artist or letterer

 
MORTON, JAY (wr/) 1940s manager?
> 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49
 
 
OTTENHEIMER, FRED (wr/pen/ink/) unconfirmed

 
POST, HOWIE (pen/ink/) unconfirmed

 
RILEY, LARRY (pen/ink/) 1945
> 45
 
 
RYAN, DOROTHY c1946 name found on back of original art prepared by shop for NUTTY COMICS; possibly artist or letterer
> 46
 
RYAN, DOROTHY name on back of original comic art from JCA; possibly artist or letterer

 
SILVERMAN, LAWRENCE (pen/ink/) 1946-49
> 46 47 48 49
 
 
SPARACO, HAROLD c1946 name found on back of original art prepared by shop for NUTTY COMICS; possibly artist or letterer
> 46
 
 
SPARACO, HAROLD name on back of original comic art from JCA; possibly artist or letterer

 
TARAS, MARTIN (pen/ink/) 1945
> 45
 
WOOD, PAT (pen/ink/) c1945