Sunday, August 10, 2014

All Set for Xmas, Mister Bug

I really am starting to run low on my stash of Pogo tear sheets, though I feel it's been a good long run. I did find another short arc that I'm starting here. The final punchline on this Sunday is predictable, but that's just 'cause we know Albert so well.

I almost decided to pass over this week's post because the clean-up edits were so intimidatingly extensive. But I know how all 3 or 4 of you look forward to the Kelly Sundays. Time is short, so I weaseled out on fixing some of the mis-registration, but at least I made it fairly presentable.

 October 27, 1968

Because some of you like to see what a fiasco some of these tear sheets are prior to editing, I'm including the 'before' scan here. The registration is more awry than usual. The pressmen really didn't give a hoot about comics at this point in time. 


I still have some cool bonus material that I just haven't had time to package, but I'll get it up as soon as I can!

8 comments:

  1. Poor Choo Choo! That looks as painful as...Christmas.

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  2. Thom,

    I'm again as always agreeably surprised about the amount of dedication you bring to this blog and -off course- about the enhancement you achieve!
    BUT: as I expressed my opinion on an earlier occasion: I'd rather have an un-reworked scan than no posting at all.
    Thank you, Friend in Kelly / LLK!

    Hun

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  3. Yeah, I recall registration getting a lot worse than that before I gave up on the funny papers!

    (sorry if this is a double post)

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  4. Thank you for your hard work. I look forward to Sundays and appreciate all the hard work you do.

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  5. I appreciate the hard work you put in to make beautiful scans of Pogo. I especially enjoy all the extra Kelly artwork that you post. Thank you for all the funnies!
    Gregg Hammond

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  6. Even an ill-registered Sunday Kelly still counts as Christmas in August (which suddenly reminds me of Preston Sturges’ Christmas in July). I for one will be more than happy to wait patiently for the bonus materials. Thom, your blog gave me my first look at Kelly’s great, haunting “With Apologies to a Year Gone By” (which I subsequently saw in the Deck Us All collection). The kinds of words that helps one gets through the daze.

    By the way, I don’t know if it’s been mentioned on this blog yet, but the Kelly gang has captured the cover of Michael Barrier’s forthcoming Funnybooks: The Improbable Glories of the Best American Comic Books (due December 31, 2014). The cover may be seen on amazon.com. Three-quarter view of Churchy!! (But both his eyes are closed.)

    Defrog the Goobermint

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  7. Yay, thanks for the expressions of appreciation, you all. It certainly keeps me motivated to keep on keeping on!

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  8. Any comic with Albert in it is a gift in of itself, and lookie there! He's in every single panel too.

    I hope I'm giving you some back traffic from my comic endeavors, but it's really hard to tell from my end.

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