This is one heckuva piece (scanned from the original art)...
...from EC's MAD Magazine #68 (1962), featuring most of the major comic strip characters of the day, most of whom are (sob) no longer being published in new material, only reprints!
Here's the complete list: Mr. Dithers; Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell;
Moonbeam McSwine; Dick Tracy; Hi Flagston; Lois Flagston; Joe Palooka;
Steve Roper; Smitty; Archie Andrews; Ponytail; Tarzan; Minnie Mouse;
Donald Duck; Gran'ma; Pigpen; Smokey Stover; Lucy Van Pelt; Sweetpea;
Schroeder; Popeye; Simon Templar: the Saint; Daddy Warbucks; Little Orphan Annie;
Sandy; Moon Mullins; Charlie Brown; Blondie Bumstead; Dagwood Bumstead:
Hans Katzenjammer; Fritz Katzenjammer; Steve Canyon; Terry Lee; The
Little King; Henry; Ferd'nand; Fearless Fosdick; Li'l Abner; Prince
Valiant; Diana Palmer; The Phantom; Mandrake the Magician; Lothar;
Nancy; Jeff; Alley Oop; Felix the Cat; Mary Worth; B.C.; The Lone
Ranger; Summer Smith Olsen; Snoopy; Albert Alligator; Pogo Possum;
Junior Tracy; Mr. Magoo; Miss Peach; Mark Trail; Rip Kirby; Dondi;
Gravel Gertie.
BTW, we all know the illustrator, the legendary Wally Wood, but writer Gary Belkin is all but unknown to most comics fans...but not comedy fans!
He was an Emmy-winning writer for such shows as Carol Burnett Show, Tonight Show (Johnny Carson), Car 54, Where Are You?, Blondie (1968 series based on the comic strip), Ceasar's Hour (Sid Ceasar), and Sesame Street!
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