(June 1937)

Chesler / Dynamic, 1937 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Chesler Publications, Inc.
Editing
Joe Hardie
Color
color
Dimensions
8 3/8" x 11 3/8"
Paper Stock
glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding
saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
was ongoing series

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Little Nemo in Slumberland / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob McCay [as Winsor McCay, Jr.]
Inks
Bob McCay [as Winsor McCay, Jr.]
Colors
Bob McCay
Letters
?
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The cover is by Winsor McCay, Jr., son of the creator of Little Nemo in Slumberland. You can tell it is not his father's work because the female characters are not drawn the same. Winsor McCay Jr. is also known as Bob McCay (his real name was Robert Winsor McCay).

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

Mirth-Parade / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Rafael Astarita; Fred Guardineer; Jim Chambers; Fred Schwab
Pencils
Rafael Astarita; Fred Guardineer; Jim Chambers; Fred Schwab
Inks
Rafael Astarita; Fred Guardineer; Jim Chambers; Fred Schwab
Colors
?
Letters
Rafael Astarita; Fred Guardineer; Jim Chambers; Fred Schwab
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Do you promise to love and obey?
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Four cartoons.

The Brown Derby (Table of Contents: 2)

Shinanigans / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dick Ryan
Pencils
Dick Ryan
Inks
Dick Ryan
Colors
?
Letters
Dick Ryan
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Reprints

[Laughing Hyena] (Table of Contents: 3)

Impy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bob McCay [as Winsor McCay, Jr.]
Pencils
Bob McCay [as Winsor McCay, Jr.]
Inks
Bob McCay [as Winsor McCay, Jr.]
Colors
Bob McCay
Letters
Bob McCay [as Winsor McCay, Jr.]
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Riggin' Bill / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fred Schwab
Inks
Fred Schwab
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The sea was calm that summer day...
Genre
humor
Characters
Riggin Bill

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

I'm the Guy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fred Schwab
Inks
Fred Schwab
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Liars one and all of them
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Polly Tix the parrot
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This is a "sequel" to the previous Riggin' Bill story: a newspaper headline refers to the "wild wimmin" in that strip.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Professor McScrewy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Professor, what side is a cow milked on?
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Jungle Town Show-Boat / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Ryan
Pencils
Dick Ryan
Inks
Dick Ryan
Colors
?
Letters
Dick Ryan
First Line of Dialogue or Text
To-night only!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Topsy Turvy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
As they traveled around there they noticed...
Genre
fantasy-supernatural

[Baldy's Hair Tonic] (Table of Contents: 9)

Jack Potts / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fred Schwab
Inks
Fred Schwab
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

The title logo on this strip refers to it as "Jack Pott" (singular).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Bows an' Arrows / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dick Ryan
Pencils
Dick Ryan
Inks
Dick Ryan
Colors
?
Letters
Dick Ryan
First Line of Dialogue or Text
--And remember, good folks...
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

King Kole's Kourt / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fred Schwab
Inks
Fred Schwab
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ya gotta economize or I'll throw the key...
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Prince / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fred Schwab
Inks
Fred Schwab
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi ya princess, ol' gal?
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Third Class Male / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fred Schwab
Inks
Fred Schwab
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey Eddie--address this to Jones and Jones, Cincinnatti
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Bib and Tucker / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Romer
Pencils
Romer
Inks
Romer
Colors
?
Letters
Romer
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I can only stay a little while...
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Round Table Adventures / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Rafael Astarita
Pencils
Rafael Astarita
Inks
Rafael Astarita
Colors
?
Letters
Rafael Astarita
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The gallant little jester lad...
Genre
adventure; historical

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Nutty Fagin / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Reverse engines, two men adrift!
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Court of Inhuman Relations / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dick Ryan
Pencils
Dick Ryan
Inks
Dick Ryan
Colors
?
Letters
Dick Ryan
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Quiet!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Voice of the People / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Fred Guardineer [FBG]
Pencils
Fred Guardineer [FBG]
Inks
Fred Guardineer [FBG]
Colors
?
Letters
Fred Guardineer
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear sir, you guaranteed that your clothes couldn't be worn out.
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Li'l Arthur / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fred Schwab
Inks
Fred Schwab
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Shtop it!
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Ima Sphinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fred Guardineer ?
Inks
Fred Guardineer ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I don't like to talk...
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Bear Facts / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dick Ryan
Pencils
Dick Ryan
Inks
Dick Ryan
Colors
?
Letters
Dick Ryan
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Now remember, Tommy, you are a Boy Scout...
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals

Martin Chuzzlewit (Table of Contents: 22)

Sketches From Dickens / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Karl Kiefer
Pencils
Karl Kiefer
Inks
Karl Kiefer
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
drama

The Mad Martian (Table of Contents: 23)

Dan Hastings / text story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Ken Fitch
Pencils
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Inks
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
science fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

Dan Hastings / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Ken Fitch
Pencils
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Inks
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Such wanton destruction!
Genre
science fiction

[Napoleon Bonaparte] (Table of Contents: 25)

Words That Ring Through the Mists of Time / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
H. C. Kiefer
Pencils
A. D. Kiefer
Inks
A. D. Kiefer
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
historical

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

Brain Teasers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
What book does this represent?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

Officer Clancy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fred Schwab
Inks
Fred Schwab
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Slightly used four sale real cheap
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

Goobyland / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Charles Biro ?
Inks
Charles Biro ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
In Gooby Land the little folks just never grow at all
Genre
humor; children; fantasy-supernatural

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

Penny Aunty / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
John Lindermayer
Pencils
John Lindermayer
Inks
John Lindermayer
Colors
?
Letters
John Lindermayer
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'd better bring some hay into the barn
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

Pokey Forgets to Remember / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dick Ryan
Pencils
Dick Ryan
Inks
Dick Ryan
Colors
?
Letters
Dick Ryan
First Line of Dialogue or Text
See the countryside from the top of Peek-a-Boo Mountain
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31)

Joe Dokes / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fred Schwab
Inks
Fred Schwab
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Surprise!
Genre
humor
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32)

Jingle Jangle / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The bulldog took a healthy bite
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

Joe M'Gee / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fred Schwab
Inks
Fred Schwab
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ah-choo!
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 34)

Ad-Ventures / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Rafael Astarita ?
Inks
Rafael Astarita ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The show began and everyone
Genre
humor

[Down With Capital] (Table of Contents: 35)

Joe Ticket / comic story / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Bottom 1/4 of page is an ad for Butterfingers candy bars.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 36)

Animal Crackers / cartoon / 0.66 page (report information)

Script
Dick Ryan
Pencils
Dick Ryan
Inks
Dick Ryan
Colors
?
Letters
Dick Ryan
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Fire dept.?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals

Indexer Notes

2 one-panel gag cartoons. This strip is printed vertically down the left-hand side of the page. The right-hand 1/3 of the page consists of 4 small ads for mail-order items.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 37)

Cheerio Minstrels / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Steamboat comin round the bend
Genre
humor
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 38)

Wilbur / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fred Schwab
Inks
Fred Schwab
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Why the nerve of them!
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 39)

When Mother Was a Girl / cartoon / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fred Guardineer ?
Inks
Fred Guardineer ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The idea of a girl going out with only three petticoats...
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

This cartoon appears in the middle third of the page. There is an ad for Butterfingers candy above it and one for Baby Ruth candy below it.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 40)

Tell Me? Mr. Wise Guy! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
When I ask this I know you'd like...
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 41)

When Father Was a Boy / cartoon / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fred Guardineer ?
Inks
Fred Guardineer ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Get a horse, mister!
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

This cartoon appears in the middle third of the page. Butterfingers ad above, Baby Ruth ad below.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 42)

Bug-Ville / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dick Ryan
Pencils
Dick Ryan
Inks
Dick Ryan
Colors
?
Letters
Dick Ryan
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sure 'nough midway huh
Genre
humor
Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Little Nemo in Slumberland
  2. 1. ["Do you promise to love and obey?"]
    Mirth-Parade
  3. 2. The Brown Derby
    Shinanigans
  4. 3. [Laughing Hyena]
    Impy
  5. 4. ["The sea was calm that summer day..."]
    Riggin' Bill
  6. 5. ["Liars one and all of them"]
    I'm the Guy
  7. 6. ["Professor, what side is a cow milked on?"]
    Professor McScrewy
  8. 7. ["To-night only!"]
    Jungle Town Show-Boat
  9. 8. ["As they traveled around there they noticed..."]
    Topsy Turvy
  10. 9. [Baldy's Hair Tonic]
    Jack Potts
  11. 10. ["--And remember, good folks..."]
    Bows an' Arrows
  12. 11. ["Ya gotta economize or I'll throw the key..."]
    King Kole's Kourt
  13. 12. ["Hi ya princess, ol' gal?"]
    Prince
  14. 13. ["Hey Eddie--address this to Jones and Jones, Cincinnatti"]
    Third Class Male
  15. 14. ["I can only stay a little while..."]
    Bib and Tucker
  16. 15. ["The gallant little jester lad..."]
    Round Table Adventures
  17. 16. ["Reverse engines, two men adrift!"]
    Nutty Fagin
  18. 17. ["Quiet!"]
    Court of Inhuman Relations
  19. 18. ["Dear sir, you guaranteed that your clothes couldn't be worn out."]
    Voice of the People
  20. 19. ["Shtop it!"]
    Li'l Arthur
  21. 20. ["I don't like to talk..."]
    Ima Sphinx
  22. 21. ["Now remember, Tommy, you are a Boy Scout..."]
    Bear Facts
  23. 22. Martin Chuzzlewit
    Sketches From Dickens
  24. 23. The Mad Martian
    Dan Hastings
  25. 24. ["Such wanton destruction!"]
    Dan Hastings
  26. 25. [Napoleon Bonaparte]
    Words That Ring Through the Mists of Time
  27. 26. ["What book does this represent?"]
    Brain Teasers
  28. 27. ["Slightly used four sale real cheap"]
    Officer Clancy
  29. 28. ["In Gooby Land the little folks just never grow at all"]
    Goobyland
  30. 29. ["I'd better bring some hay into the barn"]
    Penny Aunty
  31. 30. ["See the countryside from the top of Peek-a-Boo Mountain"]
    Pokey Forgets to Remember
  32. 31. ["Surprise!"]
    Joe Dokes
  33. 32. ["The bulldog took a healthy bite"]
    Jingle Jangle
  34. 33. ["Ah-choo!"]
    Joe M'Gee
  35. 34. ["The show began and everyone"]
    Ad-Ventures
  36. 35. [Down With Capital]
    Joe Ticket
  37. 36. ["Fire dept.?"]
    Animal Crackers
  38. 37. ["Steamboat comin round the bend"]
    Cheerio Minstrels
  39. 38. ["Why the nerve of them!"]
    Wilbur
  40. 39. ["The idea of a girl going out with only three petticoats..."]
    When Mother Was a Girl
  41. 40. ["When I ask this I know you'd like..."]
    Tell Me? Mr. Wise Guy!
  42. 41. ["Get a horse, mister!"]
    When Father Was a Boy
  43. 42. ["Sure 'nough midway huh"]
    Bug-Ville
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