Peter Porkchops #16

Peter Porkchops takes the director's chair in this charming 1952 DC comedy issue, where our pint-sized pig hero — seated behind a movie camera with his name on the director's chair — shouts "Hit Wolfie harder! I want to make this scene realistic!" as a burly cowboy villain obliges by clobbering the hapless Wolfie on a desert film set. Otto Feuer's lively linework captures the gag with terrific energy, squeezing every bit of slapstick out of the Hollywood-shoot setup. A delightful ten-cent slice of mid-century funny-animal comics at its most entertainingly absurd.