Dotty Dripple Comics #22

Harvey Comics' "America's Laugh-A-Second Family" is in fine chaotic form on this February 1952 issue, as a jack-in-the-box clown springs out of its freshly delivered crate and sends a startled man flying backwards while a girl and a woman cheer with delight — and even the family dog scrambles clear of the mayhem. Buford Tune's cover art captures that perfectly timed domestic disaster with loose, energetic linework that earns the "Laugh Riot" badge Harvey proudly stamped on the cover. At just a dime, this issue of Dotty Dripple Comics featuring Li'l Taffy promises exactly the kind of cheerful, good-natured humor that made this series a household staple.