Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Joke Comics and gag cartoons


I know a man with a wooden leg named Smith
What's the name of his other leg?

These type of gags and routines from Vaudeville, like Mighty Casey at the bat, were featured in Bell's Joke Comics.


John O'Henly had pages of these in the first 3 issues of Joke Comics as well as three other Bell titles.
Besides creating Mike & Spike, which was renamed Spike & Mike when Ross Saakel took over the feature, O'Henly's work before enlisting in the Service will be found in:

Dime Comics v1 #1 Feb. 1942, Dime Comics #3, #4, #6.


Active Comics #1 February 1942, Active Comics #2, 3, 4, 6.

and when Hillborough Studios and Triumph-Adventure Comics folded Adrian Dingle brought the title over to Bell O'Henly work was in:


Triumph Comics #7 #10.