Felix Friday Fiesta – Fantastic Fun!

Have you ever seen a more beautiful drawing?

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A few weeks ago, the wonderful new book, "Felix: The Great Comic Book Tails" was released, and I posted a great Felix comic by Otto Messmer, “Felix in Public Elations,” to honor the occasion.That one was from 1953’s Felix the Cat #48

But today, thanks to Craig Yoe,
I get to share a full 16-page story
(and my personal favorite!) from the new book.
This one’s called, “Felix Pulls Through” Long before his “Bag of Tricks,”  Felix had a magic carpet that transported his to adventures across the world, across space and time, and over the boundaries of fantasy and wild imagination!

These vintage comic stories read like breakneck-paced fever dreams of a master cartoonist cutting loose and having fun!

I love that Otto Messmer was totally unconcerned with continuity or plot or story-arcs or anything else that stand in the way of his brand of pure cartoon joy.

This post is just one of many across the comics-blogosphere celebrating the release of the new Felix the Cat book!

Click HERE to find the book on Amazon.com

Check out these other Felix-loving comic blogs
for MANY more vintage Felix comics:


http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/
http://ramapithblog.blogspot.com/
http://fourcolorshadows.blogspot.com
http://www.comicbookbin.com/Beth_Davies-Stofka.html
http://comicrazys.com/
http://andeverythingelsetoo.blogspot.com/
http://theITCHblog.com

Be sure to click on the illustration below to enjoy it in its full-sized cartoony glory!

Felix on the Unemployment Line -– Vintage comics by Otto Messmer

A couple days ago I showed off some photos of the awesome new Felix Book…

Here are some Felix the Cat comic book scans from this same era  -- ones that don’t appear in the book! Story and art by the great Otto Messmer!

From Felix the Cat #48 – Toby Press Dec 1953


...and look...there's MORE! Mykal has just posted a classic Otto Messmer Felix comic on his "Big Blog of Kids' Comics!" Click on the images below to go visit or just hop over to: http://www.bigblogcomics.com/2010/08/felix-cat-in-cat-weather-profit.html

 http://www.bigblogcomics.com/2010/08/felix-cat-in-cat-weather-profit.html

New Book: Otto Messmer’s Felix the Cat 1950’s Comic Book Stories

Another treat for vintage comics fans: Craig Yoe has just put out a gorgeous new collection of Otto Messmer’s Felix the Cat comics from the fifties!



Over 200 pages of comics and commentary from one of the greatest and most influential cartoonists ever: Otto Messmer. The stories are fun and surreal and very silly and cartoony -- a really fresh change of pace from the complicated comics of today. Otto Messmer's style changed a lot throughout his long career, and toward the end of his comic-book days he really embraced a beautiful kind of simplicity. This stuff is just great!

Check out the endpapers in this book:

I love the eye-catching design of the whole book. I just wish Otto Messmer’s name appeared on the cover.

Even the back cover looks cool!

Click HERE for more info:
http://amzn.to/d7o840 FELIX BOOK

Check back in a few days for some
Felix comic scans from this same era…
…ones that don’t appear in the book!

Felix the Cat is LOST in Mexico – more 1930 Classics by Otto Messmer

  Felix the Cat’s Adventures in Mexico take a weird turn. Our hero seems to forget all about Cocky Rooster, and now all he can think about is scamming a free meal! 1930 strips by Otto Messmer as reprinted in Dell Four Color #77
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Links to earlier Felix episodes:
Part ONE || Part TWO
Part THREE

…and have you seen this wonderful tribute to Otto Messmer? John K says it all HERE:
”Otto Messmer is probably the biggest influence on American animation there ever was.”
http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2010/04/messmers-pure-cartoony-style.html

Cockfight! Felix and Rooster Go South of the Border

Well back to Otto Messmer Land! In this chapter of a 1938 Felix The Cat adventure, Felix and his new pal Cocky Rooster head down to Mexico to compete in a cockfight!

From Dell Four Color #77, which reprinted a bunch of 1938 Felix the Cat comic strips by Otto Messmer. Didja miss PART ONE? just click HERE -------------- Click HERE for Part TWO

Come back soon for more of this Felix the Cat epic,
and more delightful cartoony goodness
from the pen of the masterful Otto Messmer!