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HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/How-the-Grinch-Stole-Christmas/Full?id=192135#1

The original Dr. Seuss book (1957), published almost 10 years before the 1966 annual television special. I saw a hardcopy in a store a year or two pre-Covid, it was selling for 35 or 40 dollars.
Great to see the original version.
Interesting to know that the "Dr. Seuss" author was neither an actual doctor, and that despite a lifetime of writing children's books, he never had any children.

The animated special was directed by Fritz Freleng, who also did many of the Bugs Bunny and Road Runner cartoons, and shares the same intelligent and sophisticated comedic timing. And was voiced by Boris Karloff.