A couple of funny animal stories to liven up the start of your working week can be found at Pappy’s. Animator Otto Feur’s long-running DODO AND THE FROG are up first but for me the real treat here is the great Shelly Mayer’s lesser known DIZZY DOG!

http://pappysgoldenage.blogspot.com/2009/10/number-605-tricksters-dcs-funny-animal.html

THE BRONZE AGE OF BLOGS actually goes back a little further today to wax nostalgic about Harvey’s little devil kid, HOT STUFF, he of the “asbestos nappy.” Pete Doree reflects on why some characters are more memorable than any of the stories you ever read with them in it and shares a vintage outing of the character he refers to as “the Wolverine of Harvey Comics.”

http://bronzeageofblogs.blogspot.com/2009/10/hot-stuff-little-devil.html

John Severin can do the most detailed and beautiful serious comics art you’ve ever seen and then he can turn right around and apply that same approach to caricature, parody and satire as he did for years as the best thing about CRACKED, the longest-running MAD imitation. HAIRY GREEN EYEBALL II shares some of the latter work today including a STAR TREK PARODY.

http://hairygreeneyeball2.blogspot.com/2009/10/talking-blob-again.html

THE FIRST SUPER VILLAIN is a site that examines Adolf Hitler’s appearances as just that in early comics from various companies. Broken down into various chapters related to various superheroes, the whole piece is heavily illustrated with cover and interior art examples. Interesting and educational!

http://comicism4.tripod.com/index.html