Funny Stuff #8

Sheldon Mayer's cover for this April 1946 DC humor title captures a perfectly absurd zoo-day moment: a dapper anthropomorphic lion in a green coat and hat stands before a caged African lion's enclosure ("Felis Leo"), marveling aloud — "Think of that! A talking lion!" — while the real lion snarls back a rude greeting and a wide-eyed little giraffe looks on with a puzzled question mark. It's a clever, warm gag that shows exactly why Funny Stuff earned its name, blending gentle wordplay with the kind of cheerful cartoon charm that made DC's funny-animal lineup a delight in 1946. Inside, Martin Naydel brings more of that same lighthearted energy to "Spring Cleaning Time.