Funny Book
#1
(December 1942)
Parents' Magazine Press,
1942 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-10-16
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- The Parents' Magazine Press Division of The Parents' Institute Inc.
- Editing
- Elliott A. Caplin; Ralph O. Ellsworth (art director); Frances Ullman (fiction editor)
Issue Notes
Indexed from scanned copy at http://digitalcomicmuseum.com
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 4.
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 4.
[no title indexed]
Buggsy Bug / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Chad Grothkopf [as Chad] (signed)
- Inks
- Chad Grothkopf [as Chad] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You wouldn't think that one little bug could get into so much trouble...
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
[no title indexed]
Alec the Funny Bunny / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Alec and his bunny friends lived in a victory garden...
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
The Magic Soap Bubble
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- children; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Bobby Baxter III; P.Q. Quince
- Reprints
Su Lin Comes to America
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Characters
- Ruth Harkness; Su Lin
- Synopsis
- How Ruth Harkness brought the panda bear Su Lin to the USA.
- Reprints
-
from True Comics (Parents' Magazine Press, 1941 series) #12 (May 1942)
-
- Keywords
- panda bears
Davey Gets a Haircut
text story / 4 pages
- Script
- Elizabeth Decker
- Pencils
- Edd Ashe (illustrations, signed)
- Inks
- Edd Ashe (illustrations, signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- children
Alice in Wonderland
comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Lewis Carroll (original story); ? (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Chad Grothkopf
- Inks
- Chad Grothkopf
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- children; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Alice; White Rabbit; Caterpillar; Duchess; Cheshire Cat; March Hare; Mad Hatter; Queen of Hearts; Mock Turtle; Gryphon; King of Hearts
- Synopsis
- Alice follows the White Rabbit into Wonderland, changing sizes several times as she meets the Caterpillar, Cheshire Cat and Mad Hatter, then plays croquet with the Queen of Hearts, is placed on trial and finally wakes up to find her trip to Wonderland was all a dream.
- Keywords
- croquet; Drink Me bottle; flamingos; hedgehogs; Wonderland
Indexer Notes
Chad Grothkopf credit per Ger Apeldoorn at http://allthingsger.blogspot.com/2017/01/down-rabbit-hole-once-more.html
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
Presenting Funny Book Folks for You to Color
-
2.
["You wouldn't think that one little bug could get into so much trouble..."]
Buggsy Bug -
3.
Soldier Dog
-
4.
Looney Leo, the Cut-Out Lion
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5.
["Alec and his bunny friends lived in a victory garden..."]
Alec the Funny Bunny -
6.
Under the Red Roof
-
7.
Kicker, the Cut-Out Kangaroo
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8.
The Magic Soap Bubble
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9.
Something's Wrong Here!
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10.
Su Lin Comes to America
-
11.
Penny Polo
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12.
Puffer the Great
Puffer -
13.
Davey Gets a Haircut
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14.
Mary Jane Has a Birthday
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15.
Alice in Wonderland
This issue was modified by, among others
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Daniel Martinez
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