Giggle Comics #5
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"Nezzo" is a delightfully surreal tale from 1944, where cartoonist Egghead’s deadline panic sparks an unexpected twist: his comic book characters, including Byron Bunny, step out of the page to fix the story themselves. Written, drawn, and inked by Carl Wessler, this inventive short showcases the artist’s sharp wit and playful line work in a story where imagination literally takes the wheel.
Weepy Woodchuck is a natural-born pessimist convinced that bad luck follows his every move, so when his pal Chip Chipmunk encourages him to look on the bright side, Weepy finds a five-dollar bill—only to have everything spiral into chaos when counterfeiters, criminals, and a theater full of danger come his way. What starts as a day of misfortune takes an unexpected turn, though Weepy can't help but find the cloud in the silver lining.
In "Byron Bunny," a frantic cartoonist named Egghead races to finish his comic just in time—only to fall asleep, leaving his pages open to the whims of the very characters he created. When the ink comes alive, Byron Bunny and his friends take matters into their own paws, determined to fix the story before the deadline.
Three animal servicemen—one from the Army and two from the Navy—all set their sights on a pretty gal, each convinced he's the one who'll win her heart. As the boys compete for her attention with increasingly bold come-ons, the rivalry escalates into a slapstick battle of service branch pride, with the gal caught in the middle of the chaos.
A struggling young canary desperately wants to learn to sing, but his dreams seem hopeless—until he meets an aging cat who used to be known as the King of the High "C" Arias and agrees to teach him. After taking lessons at a conservatory, the canary returns to the pet shop ready to impress a customer, but his big moment reveals a hilarious twist that nobody saw coming.
Patty Plump sets out to find the perfect birthday gift for Hortense, but his quest to save up enough money proves far more complicated than expected—he battles his own conscience, falls victim to a slick con artist, and tumbles through a series of increasingly wild mishaps. By the time he reaches a carnival game, Patty has lost nearly everything, but one last lucky break might just turn his whole day around.
Doggie Dave opens his new popcorn shop determined to escape the dangerous restaurant business—only to find trouble follows him when local gangsters demand protection money. Armed with nothing but his trusty popcorn popper and quick wit, Dave transforms his humble shop into an unexpected fortress, using caramel-coated ammunition and freshly popped corn to outwit his would-be extortionists in a hilarious battle of kernels and mayhem.
Happy eagerly signs up for the Crop Corps to become a farmer, but his city-slicker ways immediately land him in hilarious trouble with the farm animals and workers—a cow, some protective hens, and a territorial mother robin all teach him hard lessons about farm life. Through a series of slapstick mishaps and misunderstandings, Happy accidentally discovers an unexpected talent that impresses the farm owner and wins him a new role on the homestead.
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Reprinted in Giggle Comics #94 (1954)
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