Hollywood Funny Folks #53

The cover of this May-June 1953 DC funny-animal gem delivers a perfectly timed sight gag: a blue cartoon cat cheerfully presents a mousetrap to a very alarmed, very large moose, while a startled rabbit tumbles backward in the background — all punctuated by the deadpan speech bubble, "C'mon, Nutsy! That's a mouse trap, not a moose trap!" Win Mortimer's bright, energetic linework and Ira Schnapp's bold lettering give the whole scene that warm, bouncy charm that made Hollywood Funny Folks such a reliable ten-cent treat. At a dime a copy, this was exactly the kind of cheerful, perfectly crafted comic that could turn any afternoon into a good one.