Monkeyshines Comics #14

Nutty Squirrel, dressed in a tattered coat, proudly proclaims he’s not a common beggar—instead, he’s collecting a dollar and a half for a cup of coffee, not to drink, but to buy a coffee pot so he can make his own. When a passerby questions his unusual request, Nutty explains his plan with deadpan humor, turning his street begging into a quirky, self-sufficient scheme.

In this humorous Aesop-style tale, a hungry wolf, disguised as a pig, repeatedly breaks into Farmer Fox’s home to steal food, only to fall into his own trap when the fox sets a cleverly narrow door and fills the kitchen with supplies. The wolf, now stuck inside with a full stomach and no way out, is caught red-pawed, much to the fox’s satisfaction.

Harry the Horse is hired by a road gang foreman, but declines the job due to his superstition about Fridays—only to later find himself in a far more chaotic situation when his pet, Pete the Peke, panics at the sight of a mouse and sends Harry on a frantic, comedic chase to catch it, leading to a series of mishaps involving a toy rubber mouse, a misplaced trap, and a very sticky mess.

In a quirky 1947 slice of small-town chaos, Marmaduke tunes in to the radio and panics over a rumored food shortage, rushing to Dogface’s shop in a frantic bid to stock up—only to find the store bare, not even a lock for the door in sight.