Ain't It Awful How We Talks?

More important than ever in these days: practice random kindness!

May 2, 1962

A Big Fat Kiss to the Very First Miss on the Very First Day of May

Careful! Unsolicited big fat kisses can ultimately cause you to resign from Congress, among other repercussions . . .

May 1, 1962

Longest Comic Strip in the World

And now for something completely different . . .

April 30, 1962

What This World Needs is NEW Problems

March 10, 1962

All Them Tensions

Please forgive me for falling behind on my posts. My deadlines are drowning me & I just came up for air.

Here, Kelly gives us the solution to our modern problem!

March 9, 1962

Like Takin' Dope or Drinkin' Moon Dew

Mouse has always been one of my top favorite Kelly characters

March 8, 1962

Few Men is Built for Peace

I'm still confused as to Kelly's point.

January 13, 1962

Get Stiff

Talking heads, so to speak . . .

January 12, 1962

Wouldn't Think that was Possible

Some things are not meant for human eyes to see (or evidently for cartoonists to draw).

January 11, 1962

The Wicked Truth

In one of the comments recently, Jannes made a good point (one that I hadn't yet distilled, though it was vague in my mind) (and I'm paraphrasing here) that a number of Pogo strips from this time were basically 'talking heads' with their silly conversations, but Kelly's lovely art and way with words, keeps them fun and interesting.

January 10, 1962

You is so . . . uh . . . well . . . um . . . Preserved

January 9, 1962

All Thru the House

To all my Friends-in-Kelly, 

Let Nothing You Dismay!

Merely Your Shadow

Kelly liked Groundhog day, I think, because it starred one of nature's screechers. These are just a few excerpts of his many variations on shadow play.

Let Nothing You Dismay

Christmas Day, 1969

Nobody celebrated Christmas, graphically, the way Kelly did, with total abandoned glee and musical joy. The black backgrounds always added punch on a page and had the atmosphere of deep winter. It was a pictorial gift to his fans, most every year.