Boys' and Girls' March of Comics #38 [Child Life Shoes]

Western, 1946 Series
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[The Messed Things in Life Are Free] (Table of Contents: 1)

Oswald the Rabbit / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Lloyd White
Inks
Lloyd White
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, Poppa Oswald!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd; angry truck driver; hay wagon farmer; gas station attendant; man with horse; angry berry farmer; fish and game warden; forest ranger; George (auctioneer); Joe (auction seller); auction attendees; two auction porters; Jeeves (butler)
Synopsis
After Floyd and Lloyd ask for and receive an advance on their allowance for ice-cream sodas, and ask for another advance in order to see a movie, Oswald resolves to teach the boys how to "enjoy life without spending a lot of money". He takes them on a drive in the country, for a peaceful picnic and fishing day, which ends up costing him far more than ice-cream sodas and a movie.
Keywords
allowance; auction; best of intentions; country; fishing; forest setting; frugality; picnic; series of mishaps; spendthrift

Indexer Notes

The story's dialogue is snappy and with more of a sarcastic edge than typical Western Publishing fare, pointing to John Stanley as the tale's author.

Oswald's total cash-outlay for this inexpensive day in the country comes to $103.00 plus the undisclosed costs of a new horse harness and a full bucket of "wild berries" that were not-so-wild -- in 1949 dollars.

[Floating Heads] (Table of Contents: 2)

Oswald the Rabbit / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Lloyd White
Inks
Lloyd White
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd; other ancillary characters
Synopsis
Floating heads of Oswald the Rabbit, Floyd, Lloyd, and other incidental characters repurposed from the interior story. Ten floating heads in all - five on top strip, five on bottom strip.
Keywords
floating heads; repurposed art

Indexer Notes

Back cover displays two green strips across its width. The strips are each 1.5 inches high and are placed at the very top and the very bottom of the back cover. Within these strips are the floating heads of the characters. The remaining back cover space in the center (about 7.25” wide x 7” high) is left blank or contains the name and logo of the business using the comic as a promotional item.

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Table of Contents
  1. 1. [The Messed Things in Life Are Free]
    Oswald the Rabbit
  2. 2. [Floating Heads]
    Oswald the Rabbit
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