Sunday Leftover Day.
Since I was out yesterday in free tomorrow, I am moving up this weeks posts one day. As it is Easter, why not start with a nice bit of Walt Kelly from Dell Four Color's Easter With Mother Goose by Waly Kelly?
Showing posts with label Walt Kelly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Walt Kelly. Show all posts
Sunday, April 17, 2022
Monday, May 04, 2020
TM 30-307
Monday Liberation Extra.
Although Walt Kelly's health would not let him serve in the army in WWII, he did do some work for the Foreign Language Unit, illustration pocket manuals along with other cartoonists such as Hank Ketcham (who later created Dennis the Menace) and Ham Fisher (Joe Palooka). Each of them only did one set of drawings, which were used in several of the booklets - which were given to soldiers operating all over the world. Walt Kelly's very funny set also was used in the Dutch guide, which happens to be where I was born. This week, on May 5th, we celebrate our Libertion from the German occupation, which was ended in a large part by the effort of those American soldiers (along with Brits, expats and a lot of Canadiens). As part of those celebrations, here a all of Walt Kelly's pages form that guide. For the Dutch among my readers, the phonetc spelling is a funny bonus. For the rest of you, I will just say: "HEP pluhZEEuhr!"
Although Walt Kelly's health would not let him serve in the army in WWII, he did do some work for the Foreign Language Unit, illustration pocket manuals along with other cartoonists such as Hank Ketcham (who later created Dennis the Menace) and Ham Fisher (Joe Palooka). Each of them only did one set of drawings, which were used in several of the booklets - which were given to soldiers operating all over the world. Walt Kelly's very funny set also was used in the Dutch guide, which happens to be where I was born. This week, on May 5th, we celebrate our Libertion from the German occupation, which was ended in a large part by the effort of those American soldiers (along with Brits, expats and a lot of Canadiens). As part of those celebrations, here a all of Walt Kelly's pages form that guide. For the Dutch among my readers, the phonetc spelling is a funny bonus. For the rest of you, I will just say: "HEP pluhZEEuhr!"
Friday, December 20, 2019
Star Performance
Saturday Leftover Day.
When I was in New York in 2014 I did some on site microfiche research (which now sadly has been removed from their central location, I understand). I especially looked at their files of the New York Star, a one year only continuation of the liberal PM paper. The Star had the benefit of having Walk Kelly on staff, who used this period not only to start the first newspaper strip first of Pogo (later repeated and redrawn for National distribution) but also did several political cartoons a week. Unfortunately the microfiche files of that paper were heavily scratched and the photocopies got from that unusuable. Last weeks, I have been taking time off to repair those and I am quite pleased with the results. Still not really publishable clean, but I think they work online - and they are alomist never seen. The best I ever saw were sample collections. I hope to finish what I have one day, but here is a start.
When I was in New York in 2014 I did some on site microfiche research (which now sadly has been removed from their central location, I understand). I especially looked at their files of the New York Star, a one year only continuation of the liberal PM paper. The Star had the benefit of having Walk Kelly on staff, who used this period not only to start the first newspaper strip first of Pogo (later repeated and redrawn for National distribution) but also did several political cartoons a week. Unfortunately the microfiche files of that paper were heavily scratched and the photocopies got from that unusuable. Last weeks, I have been taking time off to repair those and I am quite pleased with the results. Still not really publishable clean, but I think they work online - and they are alomist never seen. The best I ever saw were sample collections. I hope to finish what I have one day, but here is a start.
Sunday, December 24, 2017
One Day It's Christmas
Monday Christmas Day.
It's Christmas Day and I realize I can't count. This should be my One Day Before Christmas Post, but here we are. Luckily, I prepared two lots, one for today and one for tomorrow. Christmas gags aren't as common as one would think, but I did manage to find a couple of favorites. The Walt Kelly cartoon is on eof the better prints I got from his short run on the New Yor Star as political cartoonist (which is where he did his first newspaper version of Pogo as well).
It's Christmas Day and I realize I can't count. This should be my One Day Before Christmas Post, but here we are. Luckily, I prepared two lots, one for today and one for tomorrow. Christmas gags aren't as common as one would think, but I did manage to find a couple of favorites. The Walt Kelly cartoon is on eof the better prints I got from his short run on the New Yor Star as political cartoonist (which is where he did his first newspaper version of Pogo as well).
Saturday, August 26, 2017
We Have Met A Genius And He Always Was
Saturday Leftover Day.
In honor of Walt Kelly's birthday, here is a double page from the New York Starm a socialist newspaper which appeared only very shortly in the late forties. Walt Kelly was on staff and not only did he premiere the first version of Pogo there (before it restarted as a syndicated strip a littl ebit later) but he also drew political cartoons and otehr stuff. The scans I have come from a set of very badly scratched microfiche scans at the New York Public Library (which I got when they still had those files open every day (as I understand it, they have now moved to a different location).
But this one came out farly unscathed.
In honor of Walt Kelly's birthday, here is a double page from the New York Starm a socialist newspaper which appeared only very shortly in the late forties. Walt Kelly was on staff and not only did he premiere the first version of Pogo there (before it restarted as a syndicated strip a littl ebit later) but he also drew political cartoons and otehr stuff. The scans I have come from a set of very badly scratched microfiche scans at the New York Public Library (which I got when they still had those files open every day (as I understand it, they have now moved to a different location).
But this one came out farly unscathed.
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
TM™
Monday cartoon day.
This one took a lot of scanning, but I think it was worth it. In WWII several cartoonists were approached to help illustrate the various language guides that were produced for the military. Among them were Walt Kelly, Hank Ketcham and Ham Fisher (or whatever assistant he hired to do it). There weren't that many others, even. There was one by a serious illustrator I can't place and maybe someone else I am forgetting now. Anyway, I got a few of these guides and pretty soon I discovered that these four of five illustrators were repeated all over the booklets. Walt Kelly was used for the Dutch Guide, which i have copied in full. First of all because it is my home language and second of all because it is actually a pretty good guide. Hank Ketcham was represented in three far east guides, from which I have taken scans to show all illustrations. As you can see, the illustrations were shuffled around wherever they fit with a joke or an explanation. One more thing to note is how close to Hank Ketcham's later style this 1944/45 version is. Many of the cartoons he did at that time were completely different.
This one took a lot of scanning, but I think it was worth it. In WWII several cartoonists were approached to help illustrate the various language guides that were produced for the military. Among them were Walt Kelly, Hank Ketcham and Ham Fisher (or whatever assistant he hired to do it). There weren't that many others, even. There was one by a serious illustrator I can't place and maybe someone else I am forgetting now. Anyway, I got a few of these guides and pretty soon I discovered that these four of five illustrators were repeated all over the booklets. Walt Kelly was used for the Dutch Guide, which i have copied in full. First of all because it is my home language and second of all because it is actually a pretty good guide. Hank Ketcham was represented in three far east guides, from which I have taken scans to show all illustrations. As you can see, the illustrations were shuffled around wherever they fit with a joke or an explanation. One more thing to note is how close to Hank Ketcham's later style this 1944/45 version is. Many of the cartoons he did at that time were completely different.
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