Scamp, December 2, 1967

Even though it was one of the lesser known Disney comic strips, Scamp ran for an impressive 33 years, from 1955 to 1988, with the Sunday strip running almost as long, from 1956 to 1988. The character first appeared at the very end of the movie Lady and the Tramp, as the child of the titular characters. It didn’t take long before he was appearing in a Dell Comics comic book series, and a few months later a newspaper strip, both of which debuted the same year as the movie. It wasn’t until 2001 that Scamp would get his own direct-to-video movie, though given the track record of Disney direct-to-video, I imagine the comics were of a higher quality.

Here, we see Scamp’s friend Cheeps complaining about the cold, though if a bird is cold even in its nest then it probably wasn’t built properly in the first place. Though, from my understanding, that’s the gimmick behind Cheeps; he’s very bad at making nests. Maybe this year Scamp can lend some of his fur to Cheeps to line his nest with so he won’t be so cold.

A comic strip, featuring a bird and a puppy. The bird flies in and says, "G-g-gosh! I hate it when it's c-c-cold!" The puppy is sitting on the grass and responds, "How come, Cheeps?" The bird says "I'll s-s-show y-y-you!" and flies away, and the puppy runs after him. The bird lands in its nest, and says, "I c-c-chatter so much, m-m-my nest f-f-falls apart!" after which its nest falls apart.