1940s Funny Animalphabet - Introduction

Welcome to my insane little census of Funny Animal comic characters of the 1940s.

While digging through a bunch of old 1940s comic books, the number of Funny Animal characters running around at the time rather amazed me. As is often the case, that which catches my attention winds up as posting fodder for The Voice Of ODD!. After a few days of gathering and imaging prepping, a one day series of seven posts resulted - a very incomplete, yet still overwhelming, census of Funny Animals.

As noted, however, it was very incomplete - covering only characters in what comics were easily accessible during a 3-day period. While hardly comprehensive, that was still nearly 300 characters. And that was excluding the big stars from Disney, Warner Brothers, etc..,. While that provided a nice snapshot from the era, it didn't really quell my curiosity. So, what the frell? I decided to go obsessive with it.

Rather than a blog post series, we'll make it a stand-alone feature of The Voice Of ODD!. This will allow not only more room for coverage, but also for the work to be ongoing, continually updating and expanding until it might actually be fairly complete and comprehensive.

In the meantime, it stands as testament to the incredible number of Funny Animal characters in that decade, and to the incredible amount of time i'll willing to waste on an odd whim.

Basic Structure:
Entries are organized alphabetically, as one might surmise from the title, in separate posts for each letter. Numbers are sorted as they are spelled - 1 listed under O, 2 & 3 under T, etc.,.
Each entry will feature title art for the character and basic information, currently in this format:

Writer(s) - (listed writers may not be the only or original writers, only those whom i've found credited)
Artists(s) - (listed artists may not be the only or original artists, only those whom i've found credited)
First Appearance - ( (nn) indicates No Number for the issue. U after listing indicates Unconfirmed. While highly likely, i have no outside confirmation)
Other Appearances - ( + indicates continuation into the 1950s )
Notes - (only appears when applicable)

Information should not be considered complete. Other appearances, writers and artists of which i am ignorant may often apply. Please use the blog comments to offer possible corrections and/or expansions. Each of the 28 database pages has an indicator at the bottom of the post showing when it was last updated, so you can tell if things have changed since your last visit. (see below)

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