As proven by the overwhelming response from our readers on Bill Blackbeard’s cartoon textile, the power of crowd-sourcing on the comics blogosphere is something we are more than happy to harness. Falling wonderfully in line with our old favorite The Short Circus (which was identified by one of the creators himself), the solitary page below had us both intrigued and in stitches when we stumbled across it in the International Museum of Cartoon Art Collection.
Page 2 of the story ”Maybe I Just Have Big Bones” from ”Plop!” Vol. 4 # 22, July/August, 1976. From the International Museum of Cartoon Art Collection, The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum (click to enlarge)
This spectacularly grotesque page from issue number 22 of DC Comics’ Plop! volume 4 is the second of a two-page story entitled Maybe I Just Have Big Bones?, and unfortunately nearly the only piece in the issue that is unsigned. Plop!, which ran in the mid 1970s for 24 issues and featured horror and humor similar to that seen in MAD Magazine, was especially known for its Basil Wolverton and Wally Wood covers on the first 19 issues.
Edited by Joe Orlando, Plop! No. 22 contained work from Sergio Aragones, Dave Manak, John Albano, Don Edwing, and many more. The Grand Comics Database guesses Bill Draut as the artist for our mystery page, which may be correct.
If any of our readers can confirm this or take a guess, feel free to write in, or just enjoy the page!
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