It's Sheldon Mayer Weekend at The Big Blog!

Good morning, Kids! Happy Saturday (my favorite day of the week)! It’s going to be a Sheldon Mayer weekend with stories featuring his funny animal creations, Dizzy Dog, Doodles Duck, Skinny Fox, and Bo Bunny!

The great Sheldon Mayer stands tall among the greats in the annals of kid’s comics. There is a wonderful, grown-up daffiness in Mr. Mayer’s writing and cartooning, the one complementing the other perfectly; and his panels just burst with life.

Today’s story (Comic Cavalcade No. 58 – August-September 1953) features Bo Bunny and Skinny Fox (with a guest appearance from Gus Goose) and is a wonderful example of the mature zaniness I always associate with Mr. Mayer. I love this story! Bo and Skinny were pals through thick and thin (mostly thick)!

Wasn't that great?

Stay tuned, kids! Tomorrow we will have two more stories from Mr. Mayer! I will see you all again very soon. Until then, I hope you are all warm, safe, and happy! --Your friend, Mykal

COMIC CAVALCADE No. 55, Feb. - March 1953

Throughout the 1930s and 40s, Comic Cavalcade was a super hero comic, featuring Golden Age stories about the Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, and the Flash. By the late 1940s, however, the market for super heroes had crashed and burned (if you can believe it) and the anthology title became strictly a funny animals comic. This cover is by Jim Davis, artist for headliners, Fox and the Crow. Download THIS POST!

There is something of the train wreck in Jim Davis' often violent, often cruel Fox and the Crow stories. It's not right, I know, but I just can't turn away. The poor fox gets thumped and swindled every darn time. Well, at least Davis' art is easy on the eyes.

Sheldon Mayer was DC's big gun during this era, reigning supreme in the world of kids' comics. His stories always had such a ton of energy, all of it good. Mayer is certainly a hall-of-famer, being inducted into both the Jack Kirby and Will Eisner Halls of Fame (1996 and 2000 respectively). Both these next stories are pure Mayer: fun, alive, and warm.

What a gorgeous Daisy ad from the same issue. This is the model Ralphie wanted in Jean Shepard's A Christmas Story. Just don't shoot your eye out, kid.