The change of cover style was perhaps the first, and most certainly the most obvious, change made by Robert Graff when he became editor in late 1995.It's not the Hip Fab Fun cover! Instead the whole cover is used, filled with an image of a singed and smoking Yosemite Sam. The barrells of Sam's pistols are peeled back, his hair is charred and sticking straight out, both his hat and the title Looney Tunes have been blasted full of holes, and his pants have fallen to reveal his ironic wearing of Bugs Bunny boxer shorts. Sam's comments, "That does it! No more Texas chili!"
The change of cover style was perhaps the first, and most certainly the most obvious, change made by Robert Graff when he became editor in late 1995.
Artist Elmer Fudd unveils his latest work, Les Carrots only to find it has been eaten by Bugs Bunny. Elmer chases Bugs, who leaves a portrait of a banana on the floor for him to slip on. Fudd tries using a carrot as bait, unaware of Bugs hiding by posing as one of a series of statues. A sneeze blows the rabbit's paint cover, right onto a waiting canvas, and the chase resumes.
Bugs and Elmer run so fast that they cause items from some paintings to end up in the next paintings over. After giving Fudd a quick scare, Bugs appears as rich art patron looking to commission a work. Fudd sees an opportunity to make money and is easily taken in, giving in to Bugs' excessive suggestions. After taking some time to evaluate the result, Bugs gives it a poor review. Fudd is incensed, telling him he doesn't know art and pointing out the critics looking at an item in his gallery and commenting on very appreciatively. They go to look at the admired work, which turns out to be the cover of Looney Tunes.
Page 1: While the cover of this issue, and all issues since, is no longer the Hip Fab Fun cover, the comic Bugs reads still has that form. This is readily explained as the story took longer to make than it took to change the cover design. Thus, the old style cover shows up in the first issue with the new cover style. Page 7: The moving of items from one painting to the next produces results that if are not exactly like, at least imply René Magritte's painting The Son of Man and the paintings of Salvador Dali, the most well-known of which is probably The Persistence of Memory. Page 8: Fudd's scream pose is, as shown, the same as which appears in Edvard Munch's painting, The Scream. Page 9: The name Bugs uses, J. P. Gettafella, combines the names of J.P. Morgan and John D. Rockefeller (or some Rockefeller, anyway) to imply vast wealth. The name also suggests what Bugs is doing to Fudd: Getting him. Page 10: Bugs' calling Fudd "Grizzley" might be a reference to Admiral Dewey's saying, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley," just before the battle of Manila started in the Spanish-American war. That line was used, correctly, in Super Rabbit (Jones, 1943) and with the name changed to Grizzley in Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (Jones, 1953). (EC) Page 14: It's rather ironic that in the first issue without the Hip Fab Fun cover, the first story shows that design of cover being praised as a great work of art. It is fitting, however, for the "That's All, Folks!" message to appear on it. The cover shown isn't quite like the covers actually used, however. See the nit below.
Page 14: The cover shown has a few problems. Unlike all the Hip Fab Fun covers of the previous issues, the main image extands outside of its section and there are no characters shown in the stars. Also, the carrot has not been colored, leaving it an improbable white.Sylvester explains to Junior that bird hunting is more than going after the birds themselves as he starts after a nest full of eggs. Not understanding Junior's warning, he gets attacked by birds and falls from the tree that holds the nest. The pair of cats walks in the city, passing a pet store specializing in birds. This attracts Sylvester's attention.
When the clerk's attention is elsewhere, they sneak into the store and hide in a trunk until the clerk leaves for lunch. Sylvester leads the way to the back room where the big birds are kept, and tries to take on a huge Mexican Condor with a mean streak. The bird escapes, leaving Sylvester with cuts and bruises.
Going back to smaller prey, Sylvester grabs a colorful parrot only to discover that it can be painfully loud - and so can all the other parrots in the shop. Junior points out that there is no foliage in the store as Sylvester tries to camouflage himself with a grey bodysuit and splotches of green paint. The elder cat pours some birdseed on the floor and lets the birds out of their cages. Sylvester slips on the birdseed, falling in it. The seeds stick to the fresh paint and Sylvester runs as the birds try eat him, or at least what he's wearing.
Higgins makes good use of the paper bag that appears in many Sylvester and Sylvester junior stories. For once, Sylvester actually tries to do something with it, and then does something about it. Page 18: That's an odd arrangement in the second panel, having a keyboard next to, rather then in front of, a monitor. Page 18: No Condor, a protected species, would be found in any legitimate bird or pet store. Page 20: An open can of paint would not be left around in a place with birds. The solvents in paint are not at all good for a birds sensitive respiration. Sylvester's and Junior's footpads are left uncolored in many panels thoughout the story.Wile E. Coyote's latest Road Runner chase ends when it is interrupted by the delivery of an Acme Road Runner Practice Kit. The coyote sets about building the kit, which has a metal Road Runner on a metal track. Finishing the construction, Wile E. switches the kit on and the metal bird zips down the track. He tries catching the bird as it goes by but falls on the electrified track instead.
Trying to switch the kit off doesn't work. The control tells Wile E. he must catch the bird. A dig through his scrap pile produces a bicycle. That, and a magnet lets the coyote almost catch up with the metal bird. Wile E. goes flying over the handlebars when the magnet gets stuck to the track in front of him. He lands on the metal Road Runner, thus catching it. Wile E. isn't pleased, as an explosion results from his efforts, leaving him dazed atop the scrap pile. The coyote then resumes his chasing of the Road Runner, only now he tries to catch up by riding a tricycle.
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