DRCO 32- Popular Comics (1936) #8 [T Story]

Story title: "Scribbly Makes an Impression!!!" 

Cover Date: September 1936

By: Sheldon Mayer

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I hope you like Scribbly because we'll be stuck with him for a while! 17 entries to be precise! If you don't like him though, don't worry too much. None of these entries are longer than a page, and some are even shorter (you'll see). Just get to it.

So, we get a bit of exposition as everyone and their mother is talking about one Ving Parker.

Or, well, maybe just three people. Anyway, if you remember the previous Scribbly strip, Ving Parker was already mentioned as Scribbly's inspiration for cartooning.

Also, Ving Parker's cartoons are published in the least expected place:

Look at that, it's a DC and Marvel crossover! On a story that wasn't exactly published by DC... And before Spider-Man and the Daily Bugle even existed... Whatever, it's an amusing coincidence!

Later, the boy cartoonist is doing his boy cartoonist thing (on a fence!), and one of his friends asks if he can draw him, which he does, right before going to play baseball with some other friends.

And do you know who's in the neighborhood to see all of this? Ving Parker of course! He sees Scribbly's scribble and likes it, so the other boy tells him where to find the artist.

By the way, I think this is a fantasy we all had at some point growing up. You know, that the person you admire will be casually strolling by your neighborhood and notice something you did. Maybe it was just me, but it sounds like it should be fairly common lol.

Anyway, Ving Paker then steps right in the middle of the ball game and...

To be fair, it was probably Ving's fault for walking into an ongoing game, but for Scribbly ti will be hard to get over the fact that it was he who "socked" the artist.

Then the boys scramble (which is likely another fond childhood memory of many), and later Scribbly's latest model finds him and breaks the news to him: the man he hit was Ving Parker. You know, telling him that is just cruelty at this point... Not that I wouldn't though.

He walks away, sulking. But apparently, there's a surprise waiting for him.

We'll have to find out next time though.

As always, let me remind you you can read every Dell-era Scribbly story here. And this particular one has a scan on its DCRO page. Now, let's see the ratings.

Quality/Enjoyment: 3/5

Once again, the joke wasn't very funny, but for me, Scribbly isn't really about the jokes. There is some continuity now, with Ving Parker being mentioned last time and appearing in this one. And I bet Scribbly will actually meet him next time! If the "series" turns out to be an easygoing walk through the boy's career as a cartoonist, then count me in.

Historical/Cultural/Narrative Significance: 1/5

And that's the end of this entry. You know what comes next so I'll just say thanks for reading and have a nice rest of your day!