Looney Tunes #223
In "The Bankrupt Buccaneer," Yosemite Sam, down to his last dime after years of pirating, faces hunger and eviction—so much so that he’s reduced to stealing carrots from Elmer Fudd’s patch. With no job offers and a stubborn refusal to wear anything but nautical garb, Sam’s fortunes take a turn when two smugglers offer him work in a "maritime research" project, complete with a sailor suit and a mysterious partner: Bugs Bunny. Written by Don R. Christensen and illustrated by Fred Abranz, this 1960 Dell comic features a cover by Tony Strobl and John Liggera, capturing the misadventure in classic Looney Tunes style.
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Yosemite Sam is bankrupt, having finally spent all he'd accumulated while pirating. He can't buy food (resorting to stealing carrots from Elmer Fudd's carrot patch) or pay his rent. As an ex-pirate, no one will employ him, and he won't agree to wear any clothing not sea related. A pair of eavesdropping smugglers tell him he can wear a sailor outfit and they will hire him and Bugs as part of a "maritime research" project, which is really a scheme to distract the Coast Guard. Once on the "job", a suspicious Bugs surreptitiously spies on their unusually accommodating employers to learn the truth.
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