A Little Extra Bite

Here's a little blurb about Kelly from way back, either from Time or Newsweek. One has to wonder how he would have handled our current mess if he was alive, kicking and inking now (oh, if only).

The Last Whistle Stop

Here's a sort of Kelly art oddity that's rarely seen. This full color rendering is from a Newsweek magazine cover from 1952 of lame duck President Harry Truman.

Bright Christmas Land

Things have been a little tough around here for a while, and I was dimly prepared to skip over any Kelly Christmas joy this year. But, like out of a Grinchy type story, someone comes along and saves Christmas for Whirled of Kelly. 

Just yesterday, and like a present tumbling from a sack, Richard Davidson sent over some Kelly joy that brightens our spirits. Tonight I can share a rarity that most of us have only seen in black and white — Kelly's carol of a Bright Christmas Land. And the Newsweek cover that we've sometimes seen in color is the best scan I've yet seen of it.

And tomorrow, thanks to Richard, I get to share  another colorful bit of Kelly Kandy that most of us have only seen in black and white.

Thank you Richard! Our spirits have been brightened!