Trying to stay in sync here with the festivities, I thought I’d post some nice classic comics from Thanksgiving Day 1948. "Ha Ha Comics" were published from October 1943 to January 1955 by the American Comics Group, a small publisher that existed from 1943 to 1967 and carried a whole lot of comics by the famous Ken Hultgren (1915 – 1968). Ken worked for Disney from 1935, doing model sheets and layouts on “Snow White”, “Bambi” and “Sleeping Beauty”. For Western, Hultgren worked on Mickey Mouse comics and did the very first “Panchito” story, based on the character from “The Three Caballeros”, Disney’s animated feature from 1944. Being part of Sangor Studio’s, Ken created a lot of comics based on Warner’s and MGM’s cartoons. His comic stories include classics from the 1940’s such as “Robespierre and “Izzy & Dizzy”.
After Sangor closed in 1949, Hultgren reunited with Disney. First as an animator, then working on the Mickey Mouse dailies in the 1950’s. He also worked as an animator for UPA on Mr. Magoo, for Jack Kinney on “Popeye” and Filmation's “The Archie Show”. Being a master at drawing (funny) animals, Hultgren published his how-to book “The Art of Animal Drawing” in 1951. "Ha Ha Comics" #60 was published at the end of 1948 and contained seven comic stories of which I’m posting four, including a “Lizzy and Dizzy” story and the very funny “Doc E.Z. Duzzit.” Have a great weekend! Click to enlarge the pages!
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