Pipsqueak #34

From Archie's charming humor line comes this 1959 gem — issue #34 of The Adventures of Pipsqueak, with a cover gag that sets the tone perfectly: a wide-eyed, chubby kid peers into a bathtub that's overflowing onto the tiled floor, already occupied by the little bear Pipsqueak and a shaggy dog who've clearly claimed it as their own. Walt Lardner's loose, expressive linework gives the whole scene a wonderfully slapstick energy, and at just a dime, this was pure Saturday-afternoon fun for young readers in '59. "Show Biz" promises the kind of cheerful domestic chaos that made this series such an easygoing delight.