Illustrative Portraiture

This is a fairly rare example of Kelly's illustrative portraiture, this of friend John Lardner. I wonder how many more examples might exist.

Good Cheer! Good Cheer!

Well, most of us Pogophiles have seen this selection of Pogo in black and white, published here and there, as well as an early post on this blog. But I, personally, have not seen the colorized version presented here, thoughtfully sent over by Friend-in-Kelly Richard Davidson. 

This, as you see, was printed in the Daily News Magazine in 1987, well past Kelly's passing, but still a legitimate bauble in the Kelly treasure trove of Christmas ephemera.

It's fun to see Kelly's photo looking all curmudgeonly, and the writing in the introduction is nicely done by Jay Maeder.

Kelly's art is equally enjoyed (at least by me) in its lush black and white AND its lush colorized versions. So, this is a lovely stocking stuffer for Christmas Eve.

Open the door, Richard!

NO!

I have had a loose Pogo image for a long long time, without knowing where it was from or its context. That's the first image below with the big 'NO!', and the little Nubbet Nibble.

Suddenly, the image is reunited with the rest of its material, and I'm treated to Kelly art I have never seen 'til now, perhaps some of you as well, thanks to Samuel, who sent over a link to not only Kelly art, but Kelly's voice singing and reciting the words to this book, in a blustery PT Bridgeport baritone. If you'd like to hear Kelly himself, go to Kiddie Records Weekly, by clicking here.

In the meantime, gaze at this delightful art, drawn at the height of Kelly's late style, post Pogo in Pandemonia.

A big whirled of thanks to Samuel for the heads up!!! And thank you to the website for posting this and other interesting material.

Walt Kelly — NO! — 1969

A Slew of Kelly Critters

Our friend, OtherEric, has sent over some Kelly images to share with us, bless his heart. This is an isolated image from John O'Reilly's The Glob, the book that Kelly illustrated with a pre-hysterical slant, showing off a slew of Kelly's critters.

Walt Kelly — The Glob — 1952

Women Wearing Pants

Quite an early Walt Kelly illustration . . .

I don't have the date for this one or the source