"Jeff Resolves to Stay in His Head!"

That little blue guy (whoever he is) confronts Jeffy about the insufferable working conditions inside Jeffy's head.

Jeffy feels the water is just fine.

Talk to you soon.

"Inside Jeffy's Head it Gets Crowded!"

The little blue guy (who-ever or what-ever he is) is trying to go AWOL from Jeffy's head, but finds it as hard as Jeffy to escape Jeff's thoughts.

Had enough of a grown man calling himself "Jeffy"?...then read on...

SPOILER ALERT:  The next section is artsy=techno gobbledygook.  Please avoid is you are just into the comics for comics sake (and who would ever need more?) and come on back tomorrow for more!

I'm trying a few new ways of drawing this story.  I'm doing the artwork at 11x14 and scanning it on a different device...it seems to pixelate quite a bit and I'm not sure if it's as evident to the reader as it is to me.  Also scanning the lettering at the same size, but when I crop and paste, it changes the size, so I'm not sure if it has a good consistency in font size.

I may just be "All up in my head" about it though...just trying different things.

Talk to you soon.

"Back to the Inside of Jeff Overturf's Head"...part 8 or so...!

Back to the continuing story of Jeffy "Inside Jeff Overturf's Head"!  to see what's happened up till now (you mean you haven't been hanging on every word?) click here!

When last we left Jeffy, he was wallowing in his own consciousness and letting his life slip by.

What is commonly called, "Being all up inside one's head!"...

Seems Jeffy's not alone up there.

Talk to you soon!

"Shermlock Shomes!" - Will Elder - Mad Monday!

Mad Monday, Kiddoes, and on to Mad THE COMIC BOOK #16 cover dated October 1954.

Will Elder pulls double duty in this issue and his first task is his and Harvey Kurtzman's take on Sherlock Holmes, "Shermlock Shomes"...OK, so the parody titles weren't always as inspired as the art...sue 'em!

This ain't yer daddy's Sherlock, but then again neither is the Robert Downey, Jr. movie.

Dig in!

Talk to you soon!

Sunday Funnies - June 4, 1955 - part 2

Good morning and happy Sunday Funnies to you all!  This week is part 2 of a 4 part posting of the Chicago Daily News SATURDAY Sunday supplement from June 4, 1955.  16 pages of 4 color deliciousness brought a day early back in the day.

Here in pages 5-8 we learn that the age of mediocrity had finally eclipsed the golden age of newspaper comics.  The 1950's may have brought great lights like "Peanuts" and "Pogo", but for the most part it was a reflection of a lot of the homogenization of America.  Still brought to you at full tabloid size though, the Sunday funnies still had the respect of their publishers, who still understood what sold papers!

Fist off is NOT an example of what I was just talking about.  "Mopsy" by Gladys Parker was a slickly designed and easy-on-the-eyes strip with the fun bonus of some fashion paper dolls for the kids...

...and I have to imagine, the delight of seeing a pretty cartoon character in her underwear wasn't exactly unappealing to Junior or old Dad either.

Rex Morgan, M.D., a staple of newspapers for a few decades in the same soap opera vein as Mary Worth or Judge Parker or the Girls in Apartment 3G...I suppose Mom needed the funnies, too.

Here the water-mark drops.  I'm not sure if the artist of "Little Debbie" (who's signature in the first panel is unknown to me) was trying to make the strip look like "Dondi" or not, but in retrospect I can see where the artist of "Li'l Jinx" in Archie comics got their inspiration.  Anyone know if it's the same person or not?  The frustration with humor comics of my childhood, is the publishers never listed credits and I'm never sure.

Here's another strip I know little about.  The creative team of Al Fagaly and Harry Shorten are even unfamiliar to me, but this is a really well-laid out and well-timed strip.  The boss's attitude and mentality aren't very far removed (actually right on the money) from some of the higher ups in the corporation I work for to this day!  

Maybe I spoke to soon.  Them 1950's may not have as many recognizable features for me as papers from the 40's, 30's or 20's...but they do hold their own and make for good Sunday morning reading!

More next week!

Talk to you soon!