Funny Picture Stories
#v2#6
(March 1938)
Centaur,
1938 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Centaur Publications Inc.
- Editing
- Joe Hardie
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
from Funny Picture Stories (Ultem, 1937 series) #v2#4 (December 1937)
-
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Another month - and not a peep from the parole board!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Keywords
- caged bird
Hello Boys and Girls
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Hardie (credited as Uncle Joe)
- Synopsis
- Editorial introducing "Uncle Joe" as the new editor of Funny Pages, Funny Picture Stories, Star Comics, and Star Ranger Comics. Includes a questionnaire for readers to fill out and send in to win cash and/or be named as "assistant editor."
Highfalutin'!
Between Ourselves / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Editorial indicating Funny Picture Stories will be changing and improving.
Indexer Notes
Cartoon art in masthead and an illustration on the right-hand side of the page.
[no title indexed]
table of contents / 1 page
Indexer Notes
A line drawing of a man and a woman is seen behind the printed table of contents.
Also includes answers to "Who's Zoo" puzzle and publisher's indicia at bottom of page.
[no title indexed]
Laughing At Life / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Paul Gustavson (signed as GP [interlocking letters])
- Pencils
- Paul Gustavson (signed as GP [interlocking letters])
- Inks
- Paul Gustavson (signed as GP [interlocking letters])
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Paul Gustavson (signed as GP [interlocking letters])
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Waddaya mean, follow in your footsteps...
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
3 one-panel gag cartoons.
Signed in last panel with a little monogram symbol.
All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
Ann Shirley
Hollywood / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ann is that delightful young lady...
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Ann Shirley
[no title indexed]
Brain Teasers / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What Irish saint is here?
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Signed in panel 3.
Four panels barely concealing the names of famous persons and one magazine.
[no title indexed]
Jack Strand / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Frank Frollo (signed)
- Pencils
- Frank Frollo (signed)
- Inks
- Frank Frollo (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In a ruse to escape with Diana...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Jack Strand; Diana
- Synopsis
- Jack and Diana escape from the realm of the under-Earth people, but are followed and the under-Earthers menace the town of Rankin.
Indexer Notes
Frollo signs in the final panel.
[no title indexed]
Sweet Revenge / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Blue Ribbon dog show now going on
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
Indexer Notes
Ryan signs n the final panel.
[no title indexed]
Wilbur / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Holy socks!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Wilbur; Looe the laundryman
[no title indexed]
Third Class Male / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bill collectors?
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
Phony Crimes / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Paul Gustavson (signed as Gus)
- Pencils
- Paul Gustavson (signed as Gus)
- Inks
- Paul Gustavson (signed as Gus)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Paul Gustavson (signed as Gus)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Stick around Joe, it may be a case.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mr. Gold Bags
Indexer Notes
All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
[no title indexed]
Insurance Ike / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Jack Cole (signed as Cole)
- Pencils
- Jack Cole (signed as Cole)
- Inks
- Jack Cole (signed as Cole)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Quick! - I wanna get thum inthurance...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Ike
Indexer Notes
Signed, as 'Cole', in the last panel.
[no title indexed]
Dusty / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Nix!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Dusty; Mammy
Indexer Notes
Signed in the first panel with a little cartoon that looks like a wolf's head.
[no title indexed]
Rough House Annie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I want two of these please--
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Rough House Annie
Sir Isaac Newton
He Who Serves Progress Serves the World / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Previous indexer credited writing and art to Jack Cole, but I doubt it is.
[no title indexed]
Who's Zoo / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hooptippumas
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
Indexer Notes
A two page spread.
Get Your Man
text story / 8 pages
- Script
- Harold S. Martin
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer (credited) (signed as FBG) (spot illustrations)
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer (credited) (signed as FBG) (spot illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mounted Patrolman Paul Glennon...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Mounted Patrolman Paul Glennon; Sergeant Randall; Captain Blake; Luis Ortiba
Indexer Notes
A poster on the wall in one illustration has : "Read Star Comics".
[no title indexed]
Joe Dokes / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They said they'll take us aboard if we show them our passport!
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There is no ease for the whole mouth while one tooth is aching!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
Indexer Notes
Six unrelated gag panels illustrating platitudes.
[no title indexed]
Detective Schultz / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now lemme see.
- Genre
- humor; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Detective Schultz; Riordan
- Synopsis
- Schultz is possibly the most incompetant detective on the force.
[no title indexed]
Good Mornin' Judge / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bob Wood (signed); Bob Wood (signed)
- Pencils
- Bob Wood (signed); Bob Wood (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Wood (signed); Bob Wood (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You are charged with arguing with your wife!
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Six otherwise unrelated gag panels featuring defendants brought before a judge.
[no title indexed]
His Highness / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Claire S. Moe (signed)
- Pencils
- Claire S. Moe (signed)
- Inks
- Claire S. Moe (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, your highness, how do you like the new captain of the guards?
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- King Louis; Chancellor Eric Hagert; Captain Kris Lopez; Jon Ritzomann
- Synopsis
- The Kingdom of Kaspiana comes under attack from a foreign government formenting revolt. One act of terrorism involves blowing up a train carrying the young king, and as he lays wounded in bed, Chancellor Hagert vows to find the people responsible.
[no title indexed]
Are You Handicapped? / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jean Henry Fabre's family was desperately poor.
- Genre
- biography
[no title indexed]
Backstage Mystery / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Irving Settel (credited)
- Pencils
- Irving Settel (credited)
- Inks
- Irving Settel (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'll see you after the matinee, Dick!
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Alice; Dick; Raglin; Maloney
- Synopsis
- Stage actress Alice is shot by her understudy, for the chance of a big break.
The Picket
Joe Ticket / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We'll show them!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Joe Picket
[no title indexed]
Nothing But the Truth / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Paul Gustavson (signed as GP [interlocking letters])
- Pencils
- Paul Gustavson (signed as GP [interlocking letters])
- Inks
- Paul Gustavson (signed as GP [interlocking letters])
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Paul Gustavson (signed as GP [interlocking letters])
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And furthermore, if you vote for me, you're crazy!
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Four one-panel gag cartoons in which the protagonist speaks the truth
All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Another month - and not a peep from the parole board!"]
-
1.
Hello Boys and Girls
-
2.
Highfalutin'!
Between Ourselves -
3.
[no title indexed]
-
4.
["Waddaya mean, follow in your footsteps..."]
Laughing At Life -
5.
Ann Shirley
Hollywood -
6.
["What Irish saint is here?"]
Brain Teasers -
7.
["In a ruse to escape with Diana..."]
Jack Strand -
8.
["Blue Ribbon dog show now going on"]
Sweet Revenge -
9.
Lou Gehrig
Sporting Facts -
10.
At the Barber Shop
Dinky Pup -
11.
["Holy socks!"]
Wilbur -
12.
Abraham Lincoln
-
13.
["Bill collectors?"]
Third Class Male -
14.
["Stick around Joe, it may be a case."]
Phony Crimes -
15.
["Quick! - I wanna get thum inthurance..."]
Insurance Ike -
16.
["Nix!"]
Dusty -
17.
["I want two of these please--"]
Rough House Annie -
18.
Sir Isaac Newton
He Who Serves Progress Serves the World -
19.
["Hooptippumas"]
Who's Zoo -
20.
Get Your Man
-
21.
["They said they'll take us aboard if we show them our passport!"]
Joe Dokes -
22.
["There is no ease for the whole mouth while one tooth is aching!"]
-
23.
["Now lemme see."]
Detective Schultz -
24.
["You are charged with arguing with your wife!"]
Good Mornin' Judge -
25.
["Well, your highness, how do you like the new captain of the guards?"]
His Highness -
26.
["Jean Henry Fabre's family was desperately poor."]
Are You Handicapped? -
27.
["I'll see you after the matinee, Dick!"]
Backstage Mystery -
28.
The Picket
Joe Ticket -
29.
["And furthermore, if you vote for me, you're crazy!"]
Nothing But the Truth -
30.
Ages of Animals and Birds
This issue was modified by, among others
- Henry Andrews
- Keith Chandler
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Michael Hoskin
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- David Wilt
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