- Letters
- typeset
- Keywords
- contest; War Stamps
A list of contest winners receiving 25-cent War Stamps, and those receiving 10-cent War Stamps. Black and white (with some red lettering) on inside front cover.
- Script
- John Stanley
- Pencils
- Dan Gormley
- Inks
- Dan Gormley
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- N. F. #85-443
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Come on, Charlie! It's time for lunch!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Andy Panda; Charlie Chicken; "The Boiglar", mouse; doctor
- Synopsis
- Andy and Charlie are baffled by late night robberies of their pantry, finding taunting notes signed "The Boiglar".
- Keywords
- burglar; food; frustration; mystery; pantry; robberies; taunting notes; unwelcome surprise
Copyright 1944 by Walter Lantz Productions.
- Script
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils
- George Kerr
- Inks
- George Kerr
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- George Kerr
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Raggedy Ann! Raggedy Andy! Come and help us - our house is ruined.
- Genre
- children; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy; Sunny Bunny; Mummy Bunny; two Bunny children; Lightning (wagon-pulling slug); Rocket (wagon-pulling slug); Grampie Hoppy Toad; Grinny Bear; Snoopwiggy
- Synopsis
- When the Bunny Family's underground home is flooded out by a storm, the Raggedys and Grampie Hoppy Toad fix up an old discarded doll house for them to live in. Pranksters Grinny Bear and Snoopwiggy do their best to ruin things, but get theirs in the end.
- Keywords
- children's fantasy; flood; new home; pranks; rag dolls; toys
Copyright 1944 by Johnny Gruelle Co.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Veve Risto
- Inks
- Veve Risto
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Veve Risto
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dum de dum. My heart is light an' airy, 'cause I'm goin' t'see m'Carrie!!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Homer Pigeon; Carrie Pigeon; Blackie Catbird; members of Blackie's gang
- Synopsis
- Blackie Catbird will foreclose the on the mortgage on Carrie's tree-house in 24 hours because, unbeknownst to Carrie and Homer, there is a large cache of money hidden in the tree upon which Carrie's house is built.
- Keywords
- foreclosure; hidden money; mortgage; tree-house
Copyright 1944 by Walter Lantz Productions.
- Script
- Walt Kelly ?
- Pencils
- Walt Kelly
- Inks
- Walt Kelly
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It was a wonderful bright spring day.
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Brownies [Bungle Brownie, Granny Brownie, Professor Whiskerwite]; Mr. Field Mouse
- Synopsis
- A collision with Bungle Brownie gets Mr. Field Mouse stuck in a flower box, where a confused Granny Brownie continually dumps buckets of water on the immobilized mouse, believing she is fighting a fire.
- Keywords
- best of intentions; dousing; fire; flower box; last appearance of component feature; wrong impression
Copyright 1944 by K.K. Publications, Inc.
Last appearance of The Brownies in New Funnies.
- Script
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Marooned on the coast of Africa, Oswald and Toby have been kidnapped by a gorilla.
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Oswald the Rabbit; Toby Bear; gorilla; mama elephant; baby elephant
- Synopsis
- Oswald and Toby escape from a gorilla's trap, and reunite a mother elephant with her baby.
- Keywords
- elephant; escape; gorilla; jungle setting; marooned; sea or island setting; trap
Copyright 1944 by Walter Lantz Productions
Part 4 of a continuity begun in New Funnies #82, running thru #87.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee, Bonny. This is the life! Plenty to eat, all those pretty flowers, and so many good friends!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Billy Bee; Bonny Bee; Buzzer (a city housefly); Jeeper Creeper (a city cockroach); Nurse Betsy Bee; worker-bees at the honey-works; "big creatures of the city" (humans)
- Synopsis
- A big city housefly and cockroach visit the country and are shown hospitality by Billy and Bonny Bee and Nurse Betty. They reciprocate with an invitation for the bees to visit The Big City, which Billy accepts. From the fly and roach, Billy learns to navigate city life and the ups-and-downs of sharing a huge living space with the "big creatures" (humans). He writes to Bonny asking her to join him, as we close Chapter One.
- Keywords
- bees; city life; cockroach; country life; housefly
Copyright 1944 by R.S. Callender.
- Script
- Otto Messmer
- Pencils
- Otto Messmer
- Inks
- Otto Messmer
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Otto Messmer
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Felix is protecting the inventor of the remote control rocket from foreign spies!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Felix the Cat; Professor Oratory (scientist and inventor); Peepo the spy; King Sapoleon of Brigandia; soldiers and guards of Brigandia; king's chef; friendly investor
- Synopsis
- Felix guards Professor Oratory and his secret rocket plans. Peepo the spy disguises himself as the professor and steals the plans for King Sapoleon of Brigandia. But, will Felix counter with a "secret plan" of his own?
- Reprints
- From Felix the Cat dailies (King Features Syndicate) 1932 dates undetermined. Final installment of a multi-issue running continuity.
- Keywords
- disguise; hostile nation; inventor; last appearance of component feature; newspaper strip reprint; rocket; secret plans; spy
Copyright 1932, King Features Syndicate, Inc. Story is credited to "Pat Sullivan".
Last appearance of Felix the Cat in New Funnies.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Eight Ball's working like a mule! I wouldn't be that big a fool!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Li'l Eight Ball; a Woodchuck boy; Oswald the Rabbit; Andy Panda
- Synopsis
- Li'l Eight Ball and friends advocate on behalf of the wartime paper drives.
- Keywords
- paper drives; patriotism; PSA; World War II
All of the character dialogue and captions are written in rhyme.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And den de fourth tiger he stepped up to Li'l Black Sambo an' said, "You is jus' de right size fo' my dinner... unless you hand over dat umbrella!"
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Li'l Eight Ball; the Woodchuck boys; Colonel Southern; Pappy Woodchuck; Mammy; other tiger hunters; schoolteacher
- Synopsis
- The mischievous Woodchuck boys try to scare Li'l Eight Ball by posing as the tigers from the story "Little Black Sambo". They are stopped by many different folks, including Eight Ball's mother and the Woodchucks' father.
- Keywords
- best-laid-plans; children's book; hunting; kids-at-mischief; racial stereotypes; school; tigers; wrong impression
Copyright 1944 by Walter Lantz Productions.
- Script
- John Stanley
- Pencils
- John Stanley
- Inks
- John Stanley
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- John Stanley
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What a noosance I am!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Woody Woodpecker; sewer worker
- Synopsis
- Woody annoys a sewer worker and floods the street.
- Keywords
- flood; manhole; pipes; sewer; water; wreaking havoc
Woody is drawn in his earliest design, and is the "agent of chaos" that he was in the beginning. A "Walter Lantz" signature appears in the final panel. Color on inside back cover.
- Script
- ?
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- ?
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- ?
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- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Given away with each new subscription to New Funnies
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Andy Panda; painting of Charlie Chicken
- Keywords
- comic book house ads; mail subscriptions
Ad offering mail subscriptions to New Funnies at $1.00 for one year, or $1.75 for two years, with a free 8" x 10 1/2" picture of Andy Panda as a premium. Color ad on back cover.
The ad says: "Follow the adventures of these famous characters through the whole year: Andy Panda, Raggedy Ann and Andy, Felix, Li'l Eight Ball, Oswald, Billy and Bonny Bee". Though the is the last issue of New Funnies to feature Felix the Cat, he is, nevertheless, mentioned in the ad.