Them Ears is Blindin'!

Who knows why someone thought Rackety Coon Chile was a white kid, but 1952 is still my favorite Kelly year.

April 13, 1952

Jump an' Throstle with Joy

This is another Easter Sunday strip that has avoided being posted until now. It's silly and sweet. I do believe that Lulu Red-Ride-An'-Hood is really Li'l Awry who played a big part in the dailies around this time of 1965 —wow— fifty years ago!

Celebrating Creativity

This is a reminder that this Sunday, August 25, is Walt Kelly's 100th Birthday, and our new zine, Delineated Life, will be rolling out its tribute issue, entirely dedicated to Kelly.

I say that so confidently and calmly, even though I only have a couple of days left to pull it all together and get it up online as I'm way working on other deadlines. Oy.

Pictorial Arts Journal is the papa publication of Delineated Life, so it's proudly presenting this promotional 'poster' to remind you to check in on Sunday.

The Ergo of Tintinabulation

Happy Today to you folks!

October 5, 1969

Chumley Hit a Wangaroo

It may not be an Easter strip, but at least we've got a bunny in here with some special art.

Happy Easter, y'all.

April 12, 1970

Take a closer look at the labor of love that Kelly put into his work:

Merry Christmas, Chillun!

It'll Scare the Hick Outta Him

This post is respectfully dedicated to the Governor of Colorado,

John (Hick) Hickenlooper.

Happy Sunday, Kelly Sunday!

ARNK

The horse keep on runnin' A-way, and Grundoon keep on sleepin'.

You folk out there keep on readin'?

Arrant Nonsense!

Remember, this 3-tier format has the extra panel that the tabloid format doesn't. In this case, where Albert will borry a comb.

NBXT? GNZ? SNKT! SKM

Well, I'm reposting this, since Blogger lost it first time 'round, but blog darn it, now I need to repeat my stupid little comment. Alright, here goes:

Shhhh, call J. Edgar Hoover, Kelly's puttin' in spy codes again.

Naw, that's not how I phrased it, blog darn it.

Cook Them Trolls!

This is a really pretty strip, harkening back to Kelly's love of fairy tales. And it's funny too!

Even the color oddities aren't too distracting. I think by now you can start to see that this wasn't color-blindness at work as much as color-forgetfulness.

Color notes:

Owl is starting to come back to normal, but the values of his colors are off.

Churchy is no longer two-toned, but now the same color as owl.

For once, the yellow is rather effective, contrasting well with the other colors.

The shoe house is now a different color from the last Sunday (and art-wise, the opening shot is the only one that shows it nearly surrounded by water).

That opening shot is such a winner, evoking a sense of distance, let's zoom in on it a bit:

Oh Glory Be

Here's a beauty of a Sunday strip.

Color notes:

Starting to come back to normalcy.

Howland Owl still has these weird white muttonchops and brown beak. He now has green glasses.

Churchy still has a two-tone head, and in the 3rd panel his legs are jaundiced.

Ol' Lady Rabbit brown color is a slightly harsh tone of brown, not quite harmonizing with her red apron.

But that last panel is a beaut, don'tcha think?