Special Colored
Comic Section
Medford Mail Tribune
MEDFORD MAIL THIBUNTE. MEDFORD. OREGON
Second Section
Four Pages
THE NEBBS .
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1937
The Family Reunion
By SOL HESS-
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r OH MV BARY 1 "NN IlLT WE-'E MIGHTY Vl fAND YOU DIDN'T WRITE) ' AW, THAT WASN'T
vni f cuufr nDn ' ; 'kll PROUD OF OUR. f ( AND TECl' US ABOUT y ( BAD AND t CAN WALK
it -I'll' .'UTTLE MAN At ) YOUR INJURY - 1 y .A PRETTY NEAP? AS GOOD
G IN! I HlL ' V-r-n-S WOULD HAVE S - As NW NOW
IN E I ?&P& -yf VVH BEEM FRANTIC X
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-AND - WELL ,YOU SEE KING ZEP AND I
BECAME GOOD FRIENDS- EVERy DAY I
WOULD BRING HIM PEANUTS AND RAISINS
AND THINGS AND HE'D WRAP HIS BIG
JRUNK AROUND ME AND HUG ME
J
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HE NEVER WANTED ME TO LEAVE HIM - WELL, OF COURSE
WHEN GOT LAID UP I COULDN'T MAKE My REGULAR
VIsrTS - THE BULL MEN - THEV TAKE CARE OF THE
ELEPHANTS- SAID HE BEGAN TO GET IRRITABLE AND
MEAN UNTIL ONE DAY HE JUST BROKE LOOSE
AND STARTED TEARING THE TOWN TO PIECES
tmfv fii iefw that up runiifiwr omfthinc wad
HAPPENED TO ME AND SO HE WAS GOING TO GET
EVEN WITH THE WORLD - WHEN MR. BLARNUM
SUGGESTED THAT MAYBE I COULD SUBDUE HIM-I
WASN'T A BIT AFRAID - YOU SEE ZEP AND I HAD
BECOME SUCH GOOD PALS I JUST KNEW HE
WOULDN'T
WHEN HE SAW ME HE
SO HAPPY HE FORGOT ALL
ABOUT HIS RAMPAGE AND
CARRIED ME BACK TO THE
LOT ON TOP HIS HEAD
WEIL, HES GONE OUT TO PLAV BUT I'M
AFRAID ORDINARY CHILD'S PLAY WONT
INTEREST HIM AW MORE - THAT'S THE
TROUBLE - ALL MIS WORLDLY EXPERIENCE
(5 MAKING HIM TOO SOPHISTICATED -
HE CANT ENJOY THE SIMPLE THING5 A
-V LITTLE BOY SHOULD
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HEY, LOOK WHAT BUCK L J HO" MO -HO"-NOW (CpM
FROG I CAN I KEEP HIM V YOU WERE SAYING fc) (:)
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ONE PET YOU DIDN'T."
BRING HOME WITH
YOU - youVE BROUGHT
EVERy OTHER KIND
OF ANIMAL
SEEMED
r
y EVERy OTHER KIND V
FRED G I TH ENS, JR., DECATUR, ILL SUBMITS THIS DIZZ
PtACC ABOUT 8 OH 0 MATCHES (SMALL WOOOEN) ON .,
TABLE AND THE BOX ALONGSIDE - CAN YOU MOVE" ?:
THE MATCHES FROM TO WITHOUT TOUCHING THEM?
JUST PLACE
END OF BOX'.
COVER ON
THE MATCHES-
PUT YOUR MOUTH
TO THE TOP END
(7
AND WHEN YOU
DRAW IN-VOUB
BREATH "THE
MATCHES CUNG
TO IT AND THEN
YOU DROP. THEM
AT . :
SIMP O'DILL
Unbelievable
By SOL HESS
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I HAD THE MOST UNUSUAL
EXPERIENCE ON THE WAY OVER
-TWO THUGS ACCOSTED E -
SHOVIN6 GUNS INTO MY
RIBS
WELL, THEY ORDERED ME TO )
lWALK TO THE CORNER WHERE
THEY MAD A CAR WAITING J
-qOIMG TO GIVE ME A RIDE
IMAGINE MY EMBARRASSMENT J
ri.P1 I I'M MPWFO AT A I lOC,C
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HOW TO EXTPiCATE MYSELF FROM
A PREDICAMENT - I NOTICED
AN OPEN MAN-HOLE RIGHT IN
OUR PATH - INSTEAD OF
STEPPING OVER IT I STEPPED
RIGHT INTO IT
SAY I GOTTA GET GOIN' - I'VE
GOT A MILLION DOLLAR DEAL
ON WITH MR. MORGAN BILT
SEEMP, YOU KNOW DATJ
( FELLER VERY WELL ?
) YOU BELIEVE WHAT J
HE SAYS ? ,
WELL,WHEN HE'S TELLING TH' TRUTH
YOU CAN BELIEVE EVERY WORD
HE TELLS YOU- BUT DOGGONED
IF YOU CAN BELIEVE HALF
K THE LIES HE TELLS
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----(5:
AT THE SAME TIME GRABBING
EACH ONES WRIST -THEIR HEADS
CAME TOGETHER WITH A BANG - THERE
I REMAINED SUSPENDED INI THE
MAN-HOLE FOR PERHAPS AN HOUR
OR SO UNTIL POLICE CAME AND
REUEVED ME OF MY PRISONERS
IV
BELIEVE HALF TH -(
WHAT YOU TALK IN' ?
( I TEENK YOU CRAZ!