Coo Coo Comics #41, 3 of 3

The last of this issue of Coo Coo Comics #41 from September 1948. The first two parts are here and here.

This two-pager is by Al Hubbard

art by Bob Wickersham

drawn by Gil Turner

Two one-pagers by Harris Steinbrook. This first one was probably named after Hubie Karp, author of the previous strips.

Coo-Coo Comics #41, 2 of 3

The second part of Better Comics' Coo-Coo Comics #41 from September 1948. he first part was posted last week.

According to the Grand Comics Database this story is by Ed Dunn.

This story is by Jack Bradbury. His style can usually be recognized by the notches in the panels.

Coo-Coo Comics #41, 1 of 3

Now back to more funny animal cartoons. Another issue of Coo Coo Comics from Nedor/Standard/Pines/Better in September 1948. Publishers often used multiple names in their masthead in order to qualify for second-class mailing status (media mail of the time), This one says “Animated Cartoons, Inc.”

The GCD credits this to Vincent Fago (neé Fagaly), editor of the funny animal books for this publishing group.

This was usually the lead feature in Coo Coo Comics, it even had a solo book for a time, drawn by animator Milton Stein.

Frank Frazetta is usually credited as a sci-fi/fantasy artist, and that's almost exclusively what he did the last half of his life, but before that he was a commercial illustrator, once considered as a MAD regular, but when he started drawing the Conan paperbacks it became almost his exclusive domain. Before being an illustrator he was mostly a comics artist and here's an example of that work.

Coo Coo Comics #23, 3 of 3

Here is the final part of Standard Comics' Coo Coo Comics #23 from March 1946. The other two parts are here and here.

Carl Wessler

Don R. Christensen

Gil Turner