Terry-Toons Comics #34

Terry-Toons Comics #34 from July 1945 delivers a cheerful slice of animated mischief — on the cover, a masked, guitar-strumming cat floats contentedly in a small boat serenading "the oo-old apple tree," while a duck in a cap hauls away at a rope attached to a saw busily cutting through that very same tree. The contrast between the oblivious musician and the industrious (or perhaps mischievous) duck gives the scene an irresistible comic tension. At a dime a copy, this is breezy, good-natured fun from the mid-1940s Terry-Toons lineup.