Scan of Boody Rogers' comic Dudley, the Teen-Age Sensation

Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine has kindly scanned a 1949 issue of a story from Boody Rogers' short live Dudley comic book. I'm still waiting for someone (Fantagraphics? Dark Horse?) to publish a fat anthology of Boody Rogers' feverishly surreal work.

Boody Rogers tried his hand at an Archie-style strip with Dudley. It lasted three issues, which shows his readers probably preferred his funny take on super-heroes with Sparky Watts, or Babe, Darling of the Hills, his bizarre version of Li'l Abner. This is story number one from Dudley #1, Nov.-Dec. 1949

Dudley, the Teen-Age Sensation

UPDATE: Fantagraphics has pulled through! A Boody Rogers book is in the works! Here's the cover.

Previously on Boing Boing:
• Boody Rogers' profoundly absurd comics
• Boody Rogers' weird and wonderful Babe comic book

[#1 posted by anthony , August 15, 2008 3:04 PM]

This sort of representation of the South is enough to turn my wig sideways.

[#2 posted by Wesley , August 15, 2008 3:49 PM]

Fantagraphics is coming out with a Boody Rogers collection next year:

http://www.amazon.com/Boody-Craig-Yoe/dp/1560979615/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218840547&sr=1-1

[#3 posted by jtegnell , August 15, 2008 4:39 PM]

Stylistically this guy's taken more than a bit of influence from Al Capp's Li'l Abner.

[#4 posted by ottomatik , August 15, 2008 4:42 PM]

Anthony@1: Rogers is from Texas.

http://www.chancefiveash.com/boodyrogers.htm

[#5 posted by anthony , August 15, 2008 5:22 PM]

That tears it.

[#6 posted by minTphresh , August 15, 2008 8:28 PM]

whiner!

[#7 posted by anthony , August 15, 2008 8:57 PM]

Sir, if I do not have friends at least I have my bandages to keep me warm this winter.

[#8 posted by Moon , August 15, 2008 9:04 PM]

These were the comic books that you gave to your little brother.

[#9 posted by anthony , August 15, 2008 9:09 PM]

I wonder if this stuff influenced the maker of 'Cowboy Henk'?

[#10 posted by Search Engines , August 17, 2008 4:59 AM]

You can see the 'personality' in those drawings.

Today everything is digital with no artist style or personality showing through.

You can certainly spot the 'Archie' characters influence in Dudley.