New Funnies #81

A warm slice of 1943 all-ages comics fun, this November issue of Dell's New Funnies brings together a delightful lineup — Raggedy Andy, Li'l Eight Ball, Raggedy Ann, Oswald, and Felix the Cat are all spotlighted along the left side. The cover, penciled and inked by Dan Gormley, puts a gleeful black-and-white cartoon pup front and center, perched on a stool and clutching a rope tied around a barrel filled with floating apples — while a feisty little rooster eyes the whole setup with undisguised suspicion. It's a cheerful, warmly colored scene that captures exactly the kind of lighthearted, kid-friendly energy that made New Funnies a staple of the wartime newsstand.