Issue | #37 |
Published | 1944 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 52 |
Editing | ? |
Notes | Indicia title is "BRINGING UP FATHER, No. 37." Code number is B U F O.S. (no numbers). Copyright 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942 by King Features Syndicate, Inc. |
Characters | Jiggs; Maggie |
Genre | humor |
Characters | Jiggs; Maggie; Nora |
Synopsis | Jiggs and Maggie try to get away from a boring couple, but meet them again at the movies. A misplaced street number leads to Jiggs' furniture being taken away. Jiggs buys a present for his Aunt Susie. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Notes | Three Sundays strung together under one logo. Story starts on inside front cover in black, red, and white. |
Reprinted | from Bringing Up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strips from ? |
Characters | Jiggs |
Synopsis | Jiggs uses construction equipment to sneak out of the house. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing Up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937 |
Characters | Jiggs |
Synopsis | Jiggs sneaks into the house after staying out late. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing Up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938 |
Characters | Jiggs; Dugan; Mooney; McNeilly |
Synopsis | Jiggs and his pals get a poker game together in a construction office hoisted high in the air by a crane. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing Up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from ? |
Characters | Jiggs; Maggie |
Synopsis | The men at a party go out to the garden, where Jiggs has started a dice game. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing Up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940 |
Characters | Jiggs; Maggie; Hortense |
Synopsis | Jiggs' doctor prescribes a trip to the mountains, but Maggie goes instead. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing Up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939 |
Characters | Jiggs; Maggie |
Synopsis | After spending much effort opening and unpacking a barrel, Jiggs discovers it was delivered to him by mistake. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing Up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939 |
Characters | Jiggs; Maggie |
Synopsis | Jiggs and Maggie to a quiet cottage in the country, which is quickly overrun by relatives. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing Up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939 |
Characters | Jiggs; Maggie |
Synopsis | Jiggs sets the gossips talking when he's seen talking to a tramp--Maggie's brother. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938 |
Characters | Jiggs; Maggie |
Synopsis | Maggie calls several couples to come for dinner but no one is home. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940 |
Characters | Jiggs; Maggie |
Synopsis | Maggie has a musicale and the next day Jiggs asks his doctor to recommend a trip to seashore so he won't have to see those people again. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from ? |
Characters | Jiggs; Maggie; Nora |
Synopsis | Jiggs waits two hours for his wife and daughter to get ready to go out, only to find that they had left over two hours earlier. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939 |
Characters | Jiggs; Maggie; Nora |
Synopsis | Jiggs wrecks the house trying to get a photo of his dog. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939 |
Characters | Jiggs; Maggie; Nora |
Synopsis | Maggie's cousin escapes from jail. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940 |
Characters | Jiggs; Nora |
Synopsis | Jiggs has a construction crane remove an unwanted piano player from his house--piano and all. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940 |
Characters | Jiggs; Ferocious (dog) |
Synopsis | Jiggs tries to give his dog a bone. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing Up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941 |
Characters | Jiggs |
Synopsis | Jiggs' mansion is so large that he can't find his wife in it. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing Up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940 |
Characters | Jiggs; Maggie |
Synopsis | Jiggs tries to get out of going to a penthouse party by leaving the house by a rope from an airplane. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing Up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941 |
Characters | Jiggs |
Synopsis | Jiggs pretends he's sick, but ends up with a house full of well-wishers. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing Up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940 |
Characters | Jiggs; Maggie |
Synopsis | Jiggs and Maggie keep missing connections while Maggie is going to have her hair done. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing Up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941 |
Characters | Jiggs; Maggie; Nora |
Synopsis | Jiggs is robbed while he's locked out of the house. Jiggs falls asleep and misses dinner. Jiggs plays poker while his wife plays bridge. Maggie's brother is collecting rubber for the war effort. Jiggs overloads his closet. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Notes | Five Sundays strung together under one logo. |
Reprinted | from Bringing Up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strips from 1941 ? |
Characters | Jiggs; Maggie |
Synopsis | A rumor about Maggie's father makes the rounds. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing Up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941 |
Characters | Jiggs; Maggie |
Synopsis | Maggie is annoyed by the neighbor's record playing. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing Up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941 |
Characters | Maggie; Nora |
Synopsis | Waiting until the last minute, Maggie orders a list of items for a party |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing Up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941 |
Characters | Jiggs; Maggie |
Synopsis | Maggie wants to make sure Jiggs is properly dressed to meet a sophisticate. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing Up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941 |
Characters | Jiggs; Maggie; Nora |
Synopsis | Maggie is upset her name is not in the society column. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Notes | The last panel has some gibberish in a word balloon that includes the phrase "Zeke de freak," likely a reference to McManus assistant Zeke Zekley. |
Reprinted | from Bringing Up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941 |
Characters | Jiggs |
Synopsis | Jiggs tries to ditch a tough-looking character that's following him. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing Up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941 ? |
Characters | Jiggs; Maggie |
Synopsis | Maggie sends Jiggs to return a book, which turns into a round-robin of returning borrowed items. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing Up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941 |
Characters | Jiggs; Maggie; Nora |
Synopsis | Jiggs keeps getting disturbed while trying to take a nap. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing Up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941 |
Characters | Jiggs; Maggie |
Synopsis | Jiggs trades a vase for a moose head. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing Up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941 |
Characters | Jiggs; Maggie |
Synopsis | After a real estate agent describes a country home in glorious detail, Jiggs decides to go see it in person. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing Up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941 |
Characters | Jiggs; Maggie; Nora |
Synopsis | Jiggs pretends to be sick to get out of going to the opera. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing Up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941 |
Characters | Jiggs; Maggie; Nora |
Synopsis | Maggie packs an absurdly large amount of luggage for a trailer trip. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing Up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941 ? |
Characters | Jiggs; Maggie |
Synopsis | Jiggs sends back a badly-typed business letter and each person passes the blame down to someone of lower status. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing Up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1942 |
Characters | Jiggs; Maggie; Nora |
Synopsis | Jiggs has to take care of Mrs. Razem's daughter. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing Up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941 |
Characters | Jiggs |
Synopsis | Jiggs tries to get someone to complain about Maggie's singing. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing Up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938 |
Characters | Jiggs; Maggie; Nora |
Synopsis | Maggie has Jiggs' den redecorated with a nautical theme. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing Up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941 ? |
Characters | Jiggs; Maggie |
Synopsis | Maggie has an interior decorator completely change their house. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing Up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from ? |
Characters | Jiggs; Maggie; Nora |
Synopsis | Jiggs tries to keep Maggie from seeing a newspaper article about a fight at Dinty Moore's. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing Up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940 |
Characters | Jiggs; Maggie; Nora; Ella-Bella |
Synopsis | Jiggs invites three noblemen for dinner, who turn out to be the ex-husbands of their maid. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing Up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940 |
Characters | Jiggs; Maggie |
Synopsis | Jiggs and his friend go fishing and hook a submarine. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Reprinted | from Bringing Up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939 |
Characters | Jiggs; Maggie; Nora |
Synopsis | Nora dresses a little girl as the devil and she frightens everyone in the household. Maggie tells Jiggs to clean up the lot next door. Jiggs loses his top hat to the wind and picks up someone else's. Jiggs tries to browbeat Maggie's little dog. |
Genre | humor |
Script | George McManus |
Pencils | George McManus |
Inks | George McManus |
Notes | Four Sundays strung together under one logo. Includes inside back cover in black, red, and white and back cover. |
Reprinted | from Bringing Up Father (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strips from 1940 ? |