Before Daffy Duck became sidekick and foil for Bugs in the Warner Bros. cartoons, he was a force of intense chaos and pure insanity. These two stories from Four Color No. 536, March 1954 at the least allow the duck a starring role sans bunny. But first, let’s enjoy a swell cover by Tony Strobl.
Script for this first story, Daffy Meets Crusoe, was supplied by Don R. Christensen (GCD); and he makes a grand attempt to keep Daffy’s original lunacy in place. Art is by Phil De Lara; who worked in Chuck Jones’ animation unit at Warner until drafted in WWII. De Lara worked for Western Publishing for years, doing excellent work on Warner characters put on pulp paper.
In New House, we find the duck as belligerent bully; a little quacker with a huge ego – another Daffy persona. As always, De Lara makes viewing a pleasure.
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And lastly but not leastly, a Dell B&W inside front cover by De Lara. I love these pages!
