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This will finish up the Fox and the Crow stories from Real Screen Comics No. 38, May 1951. Jim Davis offered any aspiring cartoonist an education in every panel. You can practically feel his characters move and live, jumping right off the page into tactile life. Not for nothing, the script for this title was uniformly brilliant. Judging from the time frame, the words here were most likely provided by Hubie Karp. All scans are from my own comic

This ad is from the same issue. I cannot adequately put into words my love for this ad. When I was young, my father always took our family to the annual “Boat Show.” Then as now, boats produce tears of boredom. But a Shoe Show? Now you’re talking! This was the year they unveiled The Skipper!

Here are two very typical Fox and the Crow stories. Fauntleroy Fox as a well-to-do dandy in red bow tie – a true innocent in the ways of the world. His next door neighbor, Crawford Crow, was a cigar-chomping, street-wise conman who lived to bilk trusting Fauntleroy out of his money.

Artist Jim Davis was primarily an animator who had worked for the top studios (Warner’s and Disney) and moonlighted in Funny Animal comics. Fox and the Crow has become his legacy work. Perhaps it was his animation training, but I love how Davis can infuse a panel with motion effortlessly. Least we forget, Fox and the Crow owed much to writer Hubie Karp, who was the story man behind these samples. This is from Real Screen Comics No. 38, May, 1951. All scans are from my own comic. Just click the image for the big picture.