Here's another rare gem from the Dell Comics "Bugs Bunny's Christmas Funnies" annual series. This particular story comes from "Bugs Bunny's Christmas Funnies" # 2, 1951. It's based pretty faithfully on Chuck Jones' 1949 3 Bears short "Bear Feat",in which Paw and Junyer Bear see an ad in the paper for a trick bear act, only to find out too late that it was a really OLD newspaper!
For reference, here's the original cartoon this story is based on. You'll notice that a couple of the gags are slightly different, and the ending is changed. Suicide attempts must not have been considered good material for comic books intended as stocking-stuffers for the kiddies in 1951!
I wonder if it had to do with the sensibilities of the person writing the comic book version then. Either that, or it was because it was in a Christmas publication.
Odd, as El Quacko jumps out a window shouting "Goodby cruel world!" at the end of Carl Barks' 'Dangerous Disguise' from the same year.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if it had to do with the sensibilities of the person writing the comic book version then. Either that, or it was because it was in a Christmas publication.
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