Frisky Fables
#v2#9 [12]
(December 1946)
Novelty / Premium / Curtis,
1945 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Novelty Press Division of the Premium Service Co., Inc.
- Editing
- Robert D. Wheeler
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Frisky Fables Foolishness--and Sense
letters page / 1 page
- Characters
- Neddy
Indexer Notes
The top 3/4ths of the page is a hand-lettered and illustrated Thanksgiving message to readers. The bottom quarter of the page is a typeset "Dear Parents" message from "The Editors," asking parents and children to write in and comment on the comic book.
Inside front cover, black and white.
[no title indexed]
Neddy / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Neddy Bear...you and Squire Squirrel must be back in an hour for your turkey dinner!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Neddy; Squire Squirrel; Mommy Bear; Pilgrims; Indians
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Tick, Tack, and Toe / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jason Comic Art [as JCA] (signed)
- Inks
- Jason Comic Art [as JCA] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When Tick, Tack, and Toe go after a pesty parrot, they soon discover that it takes more than a cracker to crack down on their fine-feathered friend!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Tick; Tack; Toe; Polly Parrot
- Reprints
-
in Frisky Animals on Parade (Farrell, 1957 series) #3 (February 1958)
-
[no title indexed]
Diggy the Derrick / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Every afternoon, after his work at Mr. Doodle's construction yard was through, Diggy would hurry down to Mr. Turnbull's dairy farm...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Diggy the Derrick; Mr. Doodle
[no title indexed]
Spunky / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If gold is where you find it, there's only one way to get it...Look for it!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Bear and lion characters are consistent with those in Hudson’s signed art from Barnyard Comics #2 and Circus Comics #1 (1944-1945).
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Conceited--why he works a cross word puzzle with a pen!!
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Four one-panel joke cartoons.
The Twisty Trunk
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Reprints
- in Mighty Bear (Star Publications, 1954 series) #14 (March 1954)
-
[no title indexed]
Icicle Ike / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look! Ice Cube...I've got some "bait"...I'm going fishing!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Icicle Ike; Ice Cube
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Bill and Koo / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jason Comic Art [as JCA] (signed)
- Inks
- Jason Comic Art [as JCA] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now, look at the birdie, Koo!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Bill; Koo
[no title indexed]
Sniffy / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That's a pretty neat trick--but not on me!!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Sniffy; Beppo
[no title indexed]
Myrtle and Jocko / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ha! You are in my power!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Myrtle; Jocko
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Every time we give you an inch, you think you're a ruler!!!
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Three one-panel joke cartoons.
Drawing Fun
activity / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
A drawing of a rabbit in a numbered grid; two blank numbered grids are provided so readers can "Duplicate the rabbit's picture, actual size and four times its size."
[no title indexed]
Sniffy / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That's th' last time I'll dig so deep for a bone!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Sniffy
- Synopsis
- Sniffy the dog digs a deep hole to find a bone, discovers irate Chinese man at the bottom.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Honk!"]
Neddy Bear -
1.
Frisky Fables Foolishness--and Sense
-
2.
["Neddy Bear...you and Squire Squirrel must be back in an hour for your turkey dinner!"]
Neddy -
3.
["When Tick, Tack, and Toe go after a pesty parrot, they soon discover that it takes more than a cracker to crack down on their fine-feathered friend!"]
Tick, Tack, and Toe -
4.
["Every afternoon, after his work at Mr. Doodle's construction yard was through, Diggy would hurry down to Mr. Turnbull's dairy farm..."]
Diggy the Derrick -
5.
["If gold is where you find it, there's only one way to get it...Look for it!"]
Spunky -
6.
["Conceited--why he works a cross word puzzle with a pen!!"]
-
7.
The Twisty Trunk
-
8.
["Look! Ice Cube...I've got some "bait"...I'm going fishing!"]
Icicle Ike -
9.
["Now, look at the birdie, Koo!"]
Bill and Koo -
10.
["That's a pretty neat trick--but not on me!!"]
Sniffy -
11.
["Ha! You are in my power!"]
Myrtle and Jocko -
12.
["Every time we give you an inch, you think you're a ruler!!!"]
-
13.
Drawing Fun
-
14.
["That's th' last time I'll dig so deep for a bone!"]
Sniffy
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