Krazy Komics #18

Pure slapstick chaos reigns on this Summer 1945 issue, where a wide-eyed cartoon cat in a striped outfit stands stunned at the base of a pole as a globe explodes at the top with a resounding "CLANG!" — sending hats, shoes, and a dazed yellow figure flying through the air. A gleeful little clown character capers nearby while candy and assorted debris scatter across the ground, the whole scene radiating that gloriously unhinged energy Krazy Komics does so well. Al Jaffee handles the writing, art, and inking throughout, delivering the kind of anarchic funny-animal humor that made ten cents feel like a real bargain in 1945.