Hickory #4

Quality Comics' farm-fresh humor series delivers another charming scene in this April 1950 issue, with a glamorous young woman in a cowboy hat and green shorts holding a milk bucket and asking a thoroughly flustered, freckle-faced Hickory — dressed in blue overalls — "Which cow is homogenized?" while a pen full of wide-eyed, comically expressive cows looks on. Harry Sahle's linework brings terrific energy to the gag, balancing the breezy cartoon exaggeration of the cows with the snappy, stylish design of the leading lady. It's the kind of lighthearted, good-natured comedy that made this series a pleasant ten-cent treat in 1950.