Tom & Jerry Comics
#192
(July 1960)
Dell,
1949 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1960-05-19
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell
- Editing
- Chase Craig (editor); Del Connell (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1960 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[Mailed Mice]
Tom and Jerry / cover / 1 page
in 
A Dog's Life
Tom and Jerry / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Phil De Lara
- Inks
- Phil De Lara
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Rome Siemon
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hold still while I put your leash on for the day!
- Feature Logo
Tom and Jerry [Western Interior Logo 1 Single Line of Letters]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tom; Jerry; Tuffy; pet licensing warden; organ grinder; monkey; dogcatcher
- Synopsis
- It's bad news for Tom - and good news for Jerry and Tuffy - with the news that all cats must now be licensed.
- Reprints
-
in Tom and Jerry (Western, 1962 series) #335 (July 1981) -
in Expressinho (Edições Jornal Expresso, 1994 series) #5 (27 de Agosto de 1994)
-
- Keywords
- cat; disguise; meta humor; mice; panic; pet license
Indexer Notes
GOOD BIT questioning the meta existence of Tom and, by extension, Jerry and Tuffy:
The newspaper reads: "All cats must have licenses today. Cat owners must purchase tags or their pets will be picked up. Fee $5.00. License men will search all homes for cats today." That "home-searching thing" sounds like a bad case of municipal overreach, but it leads to the following meta-like exchange:
TOM: "Where'll I get FIVE BUCKS?"
JERRY: "And where will you get an OWNER? Heh, heh!"
TOM: "That's RIGHT! I don't even BELONG to anyone!"
TUFFY: "Who'd HAVE you?"
Barking Up the Wrong Tree
Big Spike and Little Tyke / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spike; Tyke
- Keywords
- dogs
Baiting Blackie
Bertie Bird / text story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Bertie Bird
- Keywords
- birds
The Terrible Trio Trap
Wuff the Prairie Dog / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Wuff the Prairie Dog; Sammy Squirrel
- Keywords
- desert setting
The Vegetarians
Mouse Musketeers / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mouse Musketeers [Jerry; Tuffy]; M'sieur Poosycat [Tom]; King
- Keywords
- medieval setting
Unk's Junk
Barney Bear with Fuzzy and Wuzzy / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Barney Bear; Fuzzy; Wuzzy
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Mailed Mice]
Tom and Jerry -
1.
A Dog's Life
Tom and Jerry -
2.
Barking Up the Wrong Tree
Big Spike and Little Tyke -
3.
Baiting Blackie
Bertie Bird -
4.
The Terrible Trio Trap
Wuff the Prairie Dog -
5.
The Vegetarians
Mouse Musketeers -
6.
Unk's Junk
Barney Bear with Fuzzy and Wuzzy
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steve Coates
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Joe Torcivia
- Jim Van Dore
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