Boys' and Girls' March of Comics #245 [Lazy Bones]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Stone Age Egg (Table of Contents: 2)

Bugs Bunny / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Don R. Christensen

Pencils

Fred Abranz

Inks

Fred Abranz

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Quit gwiping! It's your own fault for always sneaking aboard my archeological expeditions!

Feature Logo

Bugs Bunny [Western Logo 2 Horseshoe-Like Letters]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd; striped dragon; the Clan Murrigawnigarrilawniger

Synopsis

On an arctic expedition, Bugs and Elmer find a huge frozen striped egg. While transporting the egg back home, it falls out of Elmer's plane and into the sea, where it drifts toward land and is claimed by two members of the Clan Murrigawnigarrilawniger. Bugs tricks them into returning it but, before our heroes can leave, the egg (now free of the arctic cold) hatches into a striped dragon.

Keywords

arctic; dragon; egg; far-off land

Indexer Notes

Three tiers per page. This story has rectangular dialogue balloons, in accordance with the “Early Gold Key style” that was in effect at this time at Western Publishing.

When creating what is certainly a contender for the longest non-hyphenated surname ever to appear in comics with "Murrigawnigarrilawniger", writer Don R. Christensen appears to have thrown in everything but the proverbial kitchen sink - including the three letters "arr". Don would often refer to himself in writing as "Don Arr Christensen" (or just "Don Arr") to differentiate himself from whom he said were two other "Don Christensens" who also worked in animation. (Per 1990s conversation with Joe Torcivia)

Bugs the Easter Bunny (Table of Contents: 3)

Bugs Bunny / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Let Bugs be your Easter Bunny this year.

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Bugs Bunny

Synopsis

How to make a Bugs Bunny Easter egg holder.

Keywords

arts and crafts

Bugs Bunny's Easter Egg Hunt (Table of Contents: 4)

Bugs Bunny / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

To play Bugs Bunny's Easter Egg Hunt Game, you will need a large flat button, with the sides numbered "1" and "2" and smaller, different colored buttons for "men".

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Bugs Bunny

Synopsis

Advance your button ("man") through a trail of Easter eggs, following different instructions along the way, until you reach the "Happy Easter" egg at the end of the trail.

Keywords

board game

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[Easter Egg-Heads] (Table of Contents: 6)

Bugs Bunny / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Fred Abranz

Inks

Fred Abranz

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Bugs Bunny; Elmer Fudd

Synopsis

Heads of Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd on Easter eggs.

Keywords

Easter eggs

Indexer Notes

Illustration shares back cover space with logo and ad copy for whichever firm is distributing the issue as a giveaway premium. Illustration comprises top third of page, lower two thirds can be blank if no named sponsor.