Mutt & Jeff #35

The tall, exasperated Mutt confronts the short, round-faced Jeff, who stands in his red polka-dot pajamas before a mirror with his eyes closed, insisting he wants to see how he looks when he's asleep — a little striped cat observing the scene at his feet. Bud Fisher's beloved comic-strip duo is in fine absurdist form in this 1948 DC offering, with cover art by Sheldon Mayer perfectly capturing the duo's timeless odd-couple chemistry. At 52 pages for just ten cents, it's a generous helping of the gentle, cheerful humor that made Mutt & Jeff a staple of American funny pages.