Friday, May 4, 2018

FRANKIE'S FRIDAY FUNNIES: 'THE LITTLE MONSTERS' NO. 1


THE LITTLE MONSTERS
 Vol. 1 No. 1
November 1964
K.K. Publications, Inc./Golden Press/Western Publishing Company
Editor: Unknown
Writer: Carl Fallberg?
Artist: Joe Messerli?
Cover: Joe Messerli?
Pages: 36
Cover Price: 12 cents

Gold Key's title, THE LITTLE MONSTERS was a cartoon comic that spoofed the 60s monster craze in a style reminiscent of Chas Addams' sardonic characters. The adventures of 'Orrible Orvie and Awful Annie first appearance was in the back pages of THE THREE STOOGES #17 (May, 1964), the cover date making their debut just before the first air date of THE ADDAMS FAMILY TV show.

The stories are light-hearted and fun to read and the title run was successful enough to last 44 issues, until February 1978.





































3 comments:

Dr. Theda said...

Great post !! remember this creepy family from early childhood... (still have a comic or two) ... even had the coloring book as a kid... Great post, good Sir..

John said...

Didn't know there was a coloring book -- thanks, Doc!

Dr. Theda said...

We had forgotten how much we liked this creepy Family as a kid... thanks for posting, good Sir...