Fawcett's Funny Animals #81

This 1953 Fawcett gem delivers pure slapstick delight right on its cover, where a well-dressed rabbit in a tuxedo gets a rude surprise from a very much alive lobster that has clamped onto his nose — silverware goes flying and stars burst around his head in true cartoon fashion. Chad Grothkopf's cover art crackles with energy, capturing that perfect moment of dining-table chaos with a tippled cocktail glass adding to the mayhem. With the promise of "More Pages of Stories" inside, issue #81 is a cheerful reminder of why Fawcett's funny-animal comics were such a joy in the early fifties.