This kid is really in the familial way, needing to fill a void. At this point Kelly had travelled to many many college campuses for his speaking engagements and had direct conversation with disenfranchised youth. Is there anyone out there within reading distance of these posts that remembers seeing Kelly at one of his talks? There must be thousands from the 50s and 60s, between Pogo for President rallies and generally political encounters.
I saw Kelly give a talk a few years after this strip appeared, as part of a series at the Smithsonian that included Al Capp, Chester Gould, and, if I remember correctly, Alex Kotzky of "Apartment 3-G."
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