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[dwilt]

The art on the "Icky and his Magic Flute" story is almost "retro" style (as popularised in the 70s and beyond by Robert Crumb and others, and more recently by the "Cuphead" game), sort of like Basil Wolverton's Powerhouse Pepper but taken to the nth degree. The characters have very thick black outlines around them (and when they're shown against a dark background, the black outline has a lighter outline!).

Link to the book: All Great Comics 01

[Robb_K]

The art on the "Icky and his Magic Flute" story is almost "retro" style (as popularised in the 70s and beyond by Robert Crumb and others, and more recently by the "Cuphead" game), sort of like Basil Wolverton's Powerhouse Pepper but taken to the nth degree. The characters have very thick black outlines around them (and when they're shown against a dark background, the black outline has a lighter outline!).   

This whole book, other than Fox's regular "The O'Brine Twins" and "Gussie The Gob", appears to have been drawn and even written, by Ellis "Holly" Chambers.  The stories are poorly crafted, make no sense, and, at best, are based on a single gag.  I'm guessing that Chambers need money badly, drew all three stories in a single binge while on a drug high, with his judgement highly impaired.  The stories are way too obvious, not funny at all, and with no surprises  in the endings (other than the fact that they seem like "stories" that would be made by a 2-year-old.

[Electricmastro]

Speaking of Ellis Chambers, I think I recently found a specific trace of him, based on the November 24, 1950 edition of the Daily News regarding seal wildlife:

*Ellis Chambers and two fellow fishermen said yesterday. "I'm from Seattle where we have seal all the time; I wouldn't be mistaken," said Chambers, a cartoonist who lives at 609 Cross Bay Boulevard on the bay shore.*

609 Cross Bay Boulevard being located in Queens, New York.

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/450579283/