Andy Panda was the cartoon panda of the Walter Lantz cartoons.
Untitled The Funnies #61
Page 3. The yellow star-shaped flower turns red on this page.
Andy Panda
Untitled The Funnies #62
Page 3, Panel 1. Marion says, "Take this chewing gum it'l give you something to do."
It'll not it'l.
Page 8, Panel 5. Buzin says, "To bad we didn't get that talking panda".
Too not to.
Andy Panda
Untitled The Funnies #63
The synopsis identifies the crooked animal trapper as Bazen, but last issue his name was Buzin.
Page 6, Panel 6. Andy calls the crooked animal trapper "Bizen".
Well, one can hardly blame him for being confused. ;-)
Page 8. Now the animal trapper is called Bazin.
Editor? We don' need no stinkin' editors!
Walter Lantz characters
Golden Comics Digest #44
This volume is a collection of stories linked by everyone going on a hayride and telling their story.
First up was Woody Woodpecker and he told his story normally.
Next was Chilly Willy, who had started shivering because his story involved cold, so the others created a hay igloo for him to be in to tell his story.
Then Andy Panda and Charlie Chicken start to tell their story and Woody reminds them they have to "assume a certain pose".
When Buzz Buzzard & Wally Walrus, Windy & Breezy, and Homer Pigeon are telling their stories they all reference having to find a pose to tell their stories in.
Finally when Oswald the Rabbit starts to tell his story, his sons Floyd & Lloyd suggest the idea of every storyteller "assumes some unusual or difficult position whiles he talks" because Chilly Willy told his story from under a pile of hay.
So it would seem that the Oswald Rabbit story was supposed to follow the Chilly Willy story. (Additionally the intro to Homer Pigeon's story stated that the hayride was almost at the destination.)
Hmmm... most of the stories in this collection were from Dell Giant #24, but not the Oswald story.
NANJAO. I was kind of surprised that Floyd & Lloyd were actually Oswald's sons. Usually when the main character has young children as supporting players it's usually either nephews*, nieces**, or just some neighborhood kid who hangs around***.
*Mickey Mouse/Mortie & Ferdie; Donald Duck/Huey, Dewey & Louie; Woody Woodpecker/Knothead
** Daisy Duck/April, May & June; Woody Woodpecker/Splinter
*** Dagwood Bumstead/Elmo; Flyin' Jenny/Cyril
Golden Comics Digest #20
Presumably the first seven stories in this collection came from some Dell Giant or special as they all start in a classroom with a teacher and students. In some instances the teacher is actually telling the story to the kids, which makes me wonder about the quality of education these kids are getting.
Probably just another burned out teacher who has given up on actually teaching the kids anything and is just killing time and trying to find ways to keep the kids quiet. ;-)
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The Table of Contents is slightly different from the actual story titles.
The Woody Woodpecker story is listed as "Perilous Voyage" when the story has "The Perilous Voyage".
An activity page is listed as "Rhyme Matcher" when it's actually "Rhyme-Matcher".
"Floyd and Lloyd "Picture Puzzle"" when it's actually "Floyd and Lloyd's "Picture Puzzles".
The Knothead and Splinter story is listed as "A-B-C's" when it's actually "A-Bee-C's"
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The first seven stories and the last Woody Woodpecker story are listed as being BY Walter Lantz rather than the usual practice of putting the studio name before the feature name.
Buzz Buzzard
The Wonderful Homework Machine Original publication unknown Reprinted in Golden Comics Digest #20
Page 4, Panels 2 & 3. The dialogue reads like it's one discussion with Buzz and a kid.
Buzz: Fine! Now what is your problem?
Kid: Here are some arithmetic problems I have to do for tomorrow!
Buzz: A cinch! I'll put 'em in the machine! Come back for 'em on your way to school tomorrow!
Kid: Okay!
Thing is, two different kids are shown in each panel. Admittedly an anti-nit is that this is something Buzz says multiple times, but the fact that it feels like one conversation makes me think the artist should have drawn the same kid in each panel.
Knothead and Splinter
A-Bee-C's Original publication unknown Reprinted in Golden Comics Digest #20
Every year the kids at Eager Beaver's camp win prizes for the most unusual things found in the woods. Knothead and Splinter have found a weird looking toadstool, but throw it away when they see Waldo Walrus with a giant toadstool. Then some bees buzz by them and they decide to get some wild honey for the contest.
How exactly is wild honey unusual???
Chilly Willy
South Pole Hot Springs Original publication unknown Reprinted in Golden Comics Digest #20
The teacher explains that many creatures make their home at the south pole and the panel shows a polar bear amongst the penguins.
Must have emigrated from the north polar region. ;-)
Captain Squid wrote a note on "Friday 13th Jan. 1613".
Under the Gregorian calendar the 13th of January fell on a Sunday that year.
Under the Julian calendar the 13th of January fell on a Wednesday that year.