Tom & Jerry Annual 1972

If you are familiar with the Tom & Jerry cartoons as shown on TV then you will find the annuals (the classic ones anyway) very different. For a start, the characters talk and often the story isn't "Tom trying to catch Jerry" but something often quite surreal as they have adventures both together and against each other... all with dialogue thats all quite hip (or was in say the 1950s).

Some of the stories in this annual for example include Tom as a hairdresser (trying to cut a lion's hair) or trying to take a photo of an elusive snow rabbit. There are also a few comic strips starring Spike and Tyke, a pair of bulldogs.

What i like most about these stories are the ones that take place in Tom's house, especially behind the walls where Jerry lives with his friend Tuffy. The one where Tom forces Jerry and Tuffy do some home improvements for him is a highlight.