Porky Pig #8

(September 1966)

[The Attic Battle] (Table of Contents: 1)

Porky Pig / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Carey

Inks

John Carey

Letters

John Carey

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Thank heavens you're here, Porky!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; squirrel

Synopsis

Porky scares a squirrel out of Petunia's attic, but with unexpected consequences.

Reprints

• from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #399 - Porky Pig in The Lost Gold Mine (May-June 1952)

Keywords

attic; baseball bat; best of intentions; damage; squirrel

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

[Land of Squareheads] (Table of Contents: 2)

Porky Pig / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

Don R. Christensen

Pencils

Tony Strobl

Inks

Tony Strobl

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh, Porky! You won!!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Cicero Pig; chauffeur; various squareheads; two newsreel photographers; Bugs Bunny; various moviegoers

Synopsis

Porky and Petunia win a one-day vacation in a contest. On the way they are kidnaped by square-headed men and taken by ship to the land of Skware. The square-heads try to figure out why the two are "round-heads." Petunia convinces them she is the queen promised by an ancient legend. Porky wants to leave, but Petunia likes being queen.

Reprints

• from Porky Pig (Dell, 1952 series) #30 (September-October 1953)

Keywords

contest; crown; helicopter; legend; newsreel; ocean; odd beings; queen; square; strange land

Indexer Notes

"Reprinted by popular demand". Story title is "Land of Squareheads" in Christensen's notes

[“Old Faithful” Is Closer Than You Think!] (Table of Contents: 3)

Porky Pig / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Carey

Inks

John Carey

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

John Carey

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hop in, boys! We're g-going to drive up and see Old F-faithful!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Buzzy (nephew of Beaky Buzzard)

Synopsis

Porky's radiator provides a good substitute for the "Old Faithful" geyser.

Reprints

• from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #410 - Porky Pig in The Water Wizard (July-August 1952)

Keywords

car trip; geyser

Indexer Notes

Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

[Porky’s Workload Gets a Little Lighter] (Table of Contents: 4)

Porky Pig / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Carey

Inks

John Carey

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

John Carey

First Line of Dialogue or Text

At last! My f-first customer!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Uncle Ham

Synopsis

Porky overdoes the “super service” at his gas station.

Reprints

• from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #426 - Porky Pig in The Scalawag Leprechaun (September-October 1952)

Keywords

full service gas station

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini.

The Amazing Wishing Well (Table of Contents: 5)

Professor Putter / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Carl Fallberg ?; ?

Pencils

John Carey

Inks

?

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Characters

Professor Putter; woman; son; mailman; pirates

Synopsis

Besieged by incessant requests for labor-saving inventions wherever he goes, Professor Putter wishes he could escape to a desert island. Since he can’t leave his lab without being mobbed, he invents a “wishing well” to wish himself to his destination – and runs into pirates.

Keywords

inventor; need-for-peace-and-quiet; penny; pirates; there’s-no-place-like-home; wishing well

Indexer Notes

Professor Putter is not a Warner Bros. property, but there is no copyright notice attributed to Western Publishing attached to this story. This story reads less like a typical Professor Putter entry, and more like an unused Gyro Gearloose tale. New story.

Game Canary (Table of Contents: 6)

Tweety and Sylvester / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Vic Lockman

Pencils

Pete Alvarado

Inks

?

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Er… What say we play marbles, Tweety, ol’ twirp?

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Tweety; Sylvester; dog

Synopsis

Sylvester tries to snare Tweety in a game of bullfighting.

Keywords

bullfighting; canary; cat; games

Indexer Notes

New story.

[Don't Sweat the Sweater!] (Table of Contents: 7)

Porky Pig / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Fred Abranz

Inks

?

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here c-comes Sylvester now!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Porky Pig; Petunia Pig; Sylvester; pack of dogs; Beaky Buzzard; knitting teacher; Cicero's parrot; Elmer Fudd; knitting contest judges

Synopsis

Petunia decides that a sweater she gave Porky would be a perfect entry in a sewing club contest. However, Porky has given the sweater away to Beaky Buzzard and a moth has made a meal of it. Porky and Sylvester then try to knit a new sweater themselves. Also, Porky wins a door prize.

Reprints

• from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #370 - Porky Pig, Trouble in the Big Trees (January-February 1952)

Keywords

contest; door prize.; knitting; parrot; shrinkage; sweater

Indexer Notes

"Reprinted by popular demand". Pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

Famous Name Prizes or Cash...The Easy Olympic Way (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[The Clever Path To Quiet] (Table of Contents: 9)

Porky Pig / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Carey

Inks

John Carey

Letters

John Carey

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ah! What a wonderful day for relaxing!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; various noisy boys

Synopsis

Porky is trying to get some peace and quiet to read a book in his hammock, but Cicero and his friends persist in playing noisy games.

Reprints

• from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #399 - Porky Pig in The Lost Gold Mine (May-June 1952)

Keywords

need-for-peace-and-quiet

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

[Rainy Day Kite Flight] (Table of Contents: 10)

Porky Pig / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Carey

Inks

John Carey

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

John Carey

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Boy, oh boy! It's awfully hot and s-sultry!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Porky Pig; Cicero Pig; Buzzy (nephew of Beaky Buzzard)

Synopsis

When it rains, Cicero uses Porky's fan to fly his kite indoors.

Reprints

• from Porky Pig (Dell, 1952 series) #28 (May-June 1953)

Keywords

alternative uses; fan; kite; rain

Indexer Notes

Color on back cover.