Krazy Komics #23

The August 1946 issue of Krazy Komics delivers a wonderfully absurd scene straight from the funny animal playbook — a wide-eyed, soaking-wet pig recoils in alarm from the bathtub while a cool-capped penguin peers over the rim, and the reason for all the panic is unmistakable: a shark fin cutting through the bathwater. Al Jaffee brings his trademark comic energy to every line, from the pig's striped scarf and dropped boot to the penguin's jaunty green sleeping cap, making this one of the most charmingly chaotic covers in the run. At a dime a copy, it's a delightful snapshot of 1940s funny-animal comics at their most inventive.