I’m pretty sure I’d have the same reaction.

Phantasm says:

July 27, 2010 at 1:52 AM

I can’t even conceive of a context where it makes sense that what is apparently the tortoise and the hare story features a tortoise with a nose ring suggesting that he and the hare “eat each other”. I would give anything for a peek inside the minds of old comic book writers to see their creative processes.

Also the tortoise looks like a crow.
GQ says:

July 27, 2010 at 4:23 AM

The Origin of Furries.
damanoid says:

July 27, 2010 at 7:12 AM

That settles it, somehow I gotta track me down a copy of Zoo Funnies #2 (December 1945).
Jon H says:

July 27, 2010 at 7:51 AM

Tortoise with a ring in its beak? Was that ever a ‘thing’?
Mitchell Craig says:

July 27, 2010 at 9:00 AM

Looks like R. Crumb’s infant subconscious.
Your Obedient Serpent says:

July 28, 2010 at 10:10 AM

Note to GQ: no, even the furries I know are WTFing over this one.