Pop Goes the Weasel

Now, I never promised you the best of Walt Kelly, I more-or-less promised an appreciative examination of the Whirled of Kelly. This drawing from the Complete Nursery Song Book certainly isn't his best, and isn't even recognizable as his style. But for those who appreciate Kelly's Whirled, it's informative to know where he came from to get to where he got to—I think.