Gerald McBoing Boing and the Nearsighted Mr. Magoo
Dell · 1952–1953 · 5 issues
Publication history Gerald McBoing Boing and the Nearsighted Mr. Magoo (1952) · this series The Nearsighted Mr. Magoo and Gerald McBoing Boing (1953) #6→
About the series
Based on the popular animated shorts, this Dell Comics series from the early 1950s paired two of UPA’s most distinctive characters. Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, wrote the stories, bringing his signature whimsy to Gerald’s sound-effect-filled world and Mr. Magoo’s hilariously myopic misadventures. With art by Mel Crawford and P. D. Eastman, the five-issue run is a charming artifact of a brief moment when animation and comics crossed paths in delightfully offbeat ways.