Magazine Cover Comics: Don't Tell Auntie

 

So far we've only covered one other R.F. James magazine cover series here, Let's Run Away, way back in 2010. At the time I remarked on how similar his style was to Russell Patterson's, but I tempered that with the observation that James had a thing-for doll-like white faces for his girls. Finally we have another of his series, Don't Tell Auntie, and yes, those cadaver-esque doll faces seem to be a consistent feature of his work. 

Don't Tell Auntie concerns a pair of bratty sisters who try to convince their very rich and strait-laced  aunt that they should inherit her considerable dough. But the young debs have little willpower when it comes to parties, men, smoking, drinking, and just about any other vice you care to name, and thus constantly get in dutch with the dowager. Lots of silly shenanigans ensue in this 16-episode series, but you needn't wonder what happens in the end because the concluding episode is right here above. 

Don't Tell Auntie ran from March 13 to May 29 1932 in the Hearst magazine cover series that was in the midst of switching from the Newspaper Feature Service to King Features.