Enough to Make a Man Run Away

1966 and '67 was a remarkable period of work for Kelly, with not 'just' Pandemonia, but a high water mark for his artistry throughout, with beautiful rendering and surplus of details. In the 1966 strip directly below you'll see that he didn't need to show Rackety Coon playing ball or the bird and candlestick perched above Mister 'Coon. But doing that adds to the charm of our viewing!

And it's fun to pull up a strip, below, from 10 years before, that supplied a similar gripe of Mister 'Coon.  I think most of us married mens have felt like this at one time or t'other (only for a moment, dear).

July 6, 1957

Corpse and Robbers

By popular demand (well, nine of you—but there were so many 'please please pleases' that counted for more), I give you Muckey Spleen's The Bloody Drip. Some of you may have seen this a millyum times (as I have), and still it's enjoyable. So, turn the lights low, cozy up to your computer and enjoy this publication of The New National Treasury of World Culture: