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1934 "The Tortoise and the Hare from the Walt Disney Silly Symphony." Good Housekeeping, Oct., 1934. Page 37, with five cartoon panels detailing the race. 8 1/8" x 11½". $12.50 from Byron Grush, Cerrillos, NM, through Ebay, Sept., '00.

The conception here is just as it is in the early Disney book presentations of TH in 1935. Rhyming verse quatrains here follow the story, with Disney's usual inclusion of Miss Cottontail's Boarding School, interested snails, and a last minute thrust of his head by the tortoise to win. Excellent condition.

 

1978 "A Getting-Away-With-It Fable." Crawdaddy Magazine, p. 30. 1978. Illustration by George Jartos. $9.99 from John Huber, Livonia, MI, through eBay, May, '08.

This grasshopper signs a recording deal and cuts an album of Cajun songs "that the ants really dug and the grasshopper went platinum and moved to L.A. while the ants sat around in holes eating some really disgusting things." Good fun!

 

1980? Laugh Parade by Bill Hoest. "Aesop… Are you telling me another fable?" Unknown source and publication.

An attractive mother dressed in ancient style stands before some obviously Greek buildings and asks a downcast little fellow this question.

 

1983 Big George. TH cartoon. "What do I get if I win?" asks a man at a starting line between tortoise and hare. Signed "Vip" and dated 5-12. Appeared in the Omaha World-Herald of Thursday, May 12, 1983. Copyright 1983 Field Enterprises, Inc.

Does that bunny have a black eye? I am not sure that I get the joke here….

 

1988? Cartoon xerox. A tortoise and hare eat a Chinese meal together. The artist's signature seems to be that of Matt Herberg. Unknown publication and source.

Opening his fortune cookie, the hare says "Slow and steady wins the race What's yours say?"

1990?  Speed Bump cartoon by Dave Coverly.  "Aesop's Brother, Asap."  Taken off the web. 

Good exploitation of a pun and the common knowledge that Aesop was in the ancient Western world.  Well done!

1990? Cartoon xerox. A lion plays a guitar while a mouse sits at the base of a nearby tree. W. Steig. Unknown publication and source.

This cartoon represents a very peaceful scene. I have no idea how the cartoon relates to the fable!

2015 Tundra comic.  “The Boy Who Texted ‘Wolf.’”  Photocopy.  Tundra Comics.  Unknown source.

The close-up of the phone screen shows a new message following the “Gotcha” messages.  The first panel shows a wolf among the sheep.