My favorite cartoonist, Walt Kelly, died over 40 years ago, yet he left us this Pogo story, as if in a time capsule to look at now, as a moral tale for our American society.
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Showing posts with label The Pogo Poop Book. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Pogo Poop Book. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Go Away, You Frighten Your Children!
As noted by famed illustrator James Montgomery Flagg, "cartoonists make people see things!"
My favorite cartoonist, Walt Kelly, died over 40 years ago, yet he left us this Pogo story, as if in a time capsule to look at now, as a moral tale for our American society.
My favorite cartoonist, Walt Kelly, died over 40 years ago, yet he left us this Pogo story, as if in a time capsule to look at now, as a moral tale for our American society.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Our Retread Prince, Jack Acid
I would be remiss to not follow the last post on The Prince of Pompadoodle with this Pompadoodlish fairy tale. The drawing of the castle/fortress is delicious and the next to last page is tasty as well. Well, the whole tale is a buffet of delight, all about communists and fascists and nazis, oh, and chimps. If only I understood it.
Friday, November 27, 2009
Practice That Banjo!
Mouse into Elephant—page 14
This is the final page of this story. As a teenager, this story inspired me to learn wash techniques, as I think it is quite effective to soften and accent otherwise stark black and white. Kelly didn't use the technique often, yet he was indeed a master with it.
It would be so tempting to have asked Kelly the question that is the bane of all good cartoonists, "where do you get all your ideas?" His plots, dialogue, and morals were so unique to him.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
We'll Make a Million
Mouse into Elephant—page 10
Send in the elephants. Kelly was really big on elephants during this period of time, bringing them in repeatedly in Pandemonia and the Okefenokee. Kelly's elephants can do anything.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Gnot-even, a Mouse
Mouse into Elephant—page 1
All these years after my encounter and talk with Kelly, I remember how passionately he spoke of fairy tales as a bridge for the imagination. Over the years he parodied some of the standard fairy tales, but he also created them in outrageous and inventive ways. They could not be easily retold by anyone, as they were pure Kelly.
Circumstances dictate that I post the stories one page at a time, but I will try to post at least two a day. And the file names for each page will be labeled so as to facilitate collating.
This tale is from the Pogo Poop Book, a terrific assemblage of Kelly stories created in and around his Pandemonia era.
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