(June 1946)
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1946-05-14
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Company Inc.
- Brand
-
A Dell Magazine [circle]
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia lists title as Raggedy Ann + Raggedy Andy.
[no title indexed]
Raggedy Ann + Andy / cover / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Andy is holding his hands over the eyes of Raggedy Ann.
Indexer Notes
Walt Kelly was the lead artist for this series as Dan Noonan and Morris Gollub had only recently returned from military duty. Kelly's health issues prevented him from serving in the military, he had been with Western Publishing since 1941.
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Friends
- Synopsis
- A letter from Raggedy Ann and Andy introducing their new monthly magazine with a reference to the subscription form on the back cover. Beneath the letter is a credit list for the stories and artwork contained in the magazine.
[no title indexed]
Raggedy Ann / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Where are you hitch-hiking to, Sunny Bunny?
Indexer Notes
The credit listed on the previous page is Johnny Gruelle, but Gruelle died in 1938.
The Sand Pile
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Dorthy Aldis (credited)
- Pencils
- Morris Gollub
- Inks
- Morris Gollub
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Typeset
- Editing
- ?
Indexer Notes
The Credit listed on the inside cover is to Dorothy Aldis. Aldis was a writer not an artist, the illustrations are by Morris Gollub though he is not credited.
Two Little Foxes
comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Morris Gollub
- Pencils
- Morris Gollub (signed)
- Inks
- Morris Gollub
- Colors
- Morris Gollub
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- ?
Indexer Notes
Gullub writer credit induced per two sources.
1) Catalog of Copyright Entries 1946 Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, Etc. Maps New Series Vol 43 Pt 1 by Library of Congress. Copyright Office. Books - Group II - 1946. Page 25. It states:
Gollub, Morris. Comic strips.
The chick who couldn't swim and the duckling whose mother wouldn't let him. v. 1, no. 3. © 7-16-46; A 3172.
Chucky the colt. © 6-14-46; A 2887.
Two little foxes. © 5-14-46: A 2550.
© Oskar Lebeck, Croton-on-Hudson, N. Y.
• 2) Michael Barrier, Funnybooks (U.C. Press, Oakland, 2015), which states:
Page 212:
"Gollub's first story for Animal Comics, 'Cubby and Tubby."
[It appears in Animal Comics #19. The GCD on-sale date for the issue is Jan 14, 1946.]
Page 28:
"In all cases where we supply the artist with either book character...the artist is handling the writing of the strip..." - Lebeck.
Page 31:
"After the first few episodes, Oskar left the artist-author to go pretty much on his own." - Frank Thomas.
Page 214:
"'In the early days,' Gollub said, 'I tried to write stories. I never liked writing stories. I thought it was time away from the drawing board. Noonan liked to write; he could do it better than I did...I enjoyed the drawing.' LeBeck accommodated Gollub by providing him with scripts." - Barrier.
By Animal Comics #27, Gollub had begun illustrating Gaylord Du Bois scripts, the first episode of Chuckeagon Charley's Tales. The issue's on-sale date: May 16, 1947. Gollub went on to illustrate many Du Bois scripts. But "in the early days" he tried adhering to Lebeck's old policy.
[no title indexed]
Animal Mother Goose / text story / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Synopsis
- The feature contains illustrated stories and nursery rhymes.
Indexer Notes
In part based on traditional verse.
Features contained: "Old Mother Goose" (1/2 pg.); "Three Wise Men of Gotham" (1/2 pg.); "Jack Spratt" (2/3 pg.); "Rain, Rain" (1/3 pg.); "Curly Locks" (1/2 pg.); "Cross Patch" (1/2 pg.); "Great A" (1/3 pg.); There Was an Old Woman -" (2/3 pg.); "Georgie, Porgie, Pudding and Pie" (1/2 pg.); "Little Boy Blue" (1/2 pg.); "Peas Porridge" (1 pg.).
Credit is on the first page.
One Eye, Two-Eyes and Three-Eyes
text story / 8 pages
Indexer Notes
Illustrations for this text story are small and are placed around the text to form a border.
"I hope you have your crayons handy to color up Raggedy Ann and Andy"
activity / 1 page
Indexer Notes
This filler is a line drawing of Raggedy Ann and Andy with text that says "I hope you have your crayons handy to color up Raggedy Ann and Andy."
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0.
[no title indexed]
Raggedy Ann + Andy -
1.
["Dear Friends"]
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2.
["Where are you hitch-hiking to, Sunny Bunny?"]
Raggedy Ann -
3.
The Sand Pile
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4.
Two Little Foxes
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5.
[no title indexed]
The Raggedy Way -
6.
[no title indexed]
Animal Mother Goose -
7.
One Eye, Two-Eyes and Three-Eyes
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8.
"I hope you have your crayons handy to color up Raggedy Ann and Andy"
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9.
[no title indexed]
Billy and Bonny Bee -
10.
Baby Squirrel Speaks
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11.
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