Easter Reading Room EASTER WITH MOTHER GOOSE "Fun and Games"

Besides numerous single-page, two/three page, and longer stories...

...Dell's annual Easter with Mother Goose books by Walt (Pogo) Kelly usually included a game/puzzle page centerfold!

Three of the four issues from 1946 thru 1949 had them, and none have ever been reprinted!

...but we have them for your reading (and playing) pleasure, you lucky duckies!

Enjoy!

All written and illustrated by Walt Kelly, from Dell's Four Color Comics #103 (1946), #140 (1947) and #220 (1949)!

Easter Reading Room EASTER WITH MOTHER GOOSE "Hickory and Dickory Help the Easter Bunny"

Though the rodent duo in this tale are named after the classic nursery rhyme "Hickory, Dickory, Dock"...

...the nursery rhyme featured only a single, anonymous, mouse...and there's no one named "Dock" in this story, either!

Walt (Pogo) Kelly scripted and illustrated this story from Dell's Four Color Comics #220: Easter with Mother Goose (1949), which was the mouse duo's second (and last) appearance!
The first was several months earlier, in Dell's Four Color Comics #201: Christmas with Mother Goose (1948), where they assisted (as you might have guessed) Santa Claus!
You'll see that one this Christmas...

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Friday Holiday/Fairy Tale Fun EASTER WITH MOTHER GOOSE "Mother Hubbard's Cupboard"

Walt (Pogo) Kelly loved to incoporate well-known characters...

...(in this case, from a classic nursery rhyme) into his seasonal holiday stories!

This fun, never-reprinted featurette, written and illustrated by Kelly, appeared in Dell's Four Color Comics: Easter With Mother Goose #220 (1949).

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Easter Reading Room EASTER WITH MOTHER GOOSE More Walt Kelly Short Subjects

It's a Quiet Sunday, Several Weeks Before Easter...

,,,so let's continue with Walt (Pogo) Kelly's Easter-themed one pagers!

Some, like this one and the one below, are totally-new, one-shot Kelly creations!

Of course, what would a Walt Kelly Easter post be without at least one guest appearance by a well-known fairy tale/nursery rhyme character or two?

Note: this last page is from the inside cover, which was printed b/w to save money, a standard practice until the mid-1970s.

All features from Dell's Four Color Comics: Easter with Mother Goose #220 (1949)!

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Easter Reading Room EASTER WITH MOTHER GOOSE Short Subjects

Here Are a Few One-Page Easter-Themed Pieces by Walt (Pogo) Kelly...

...who loved to insert existing fairy tale, mythological, and nursery rhyme characters into his holiday-themed tales!

Then there was the occasional brand-new character tossed into the mix...along with the characters who were the symbols of the season!

And, there was usually one gentle reminder about what the season was all about...

Features written/illustrated by Walt Kelly, from Dell's Four Color Comics: Easter with Mother Goose #140 (1947) and Dell's Four Color: Christmas with Mother Goose #172 (1947).

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Friday Fun KOOKIE "Bongo & Bop...a Breather"

We Met These Kool Kats a Couple of Years Ago...

...so it's high (in more ways than one) time we checked in on the slackers they called "beatniks" back in the 1960s...

This never-reprinted story from Dell's Kookie #1 (1962) by writer John Stanley and artist Bill Williams was part of an attempt to produce an on-going series featuring young adults in a (then) contemporary setting.

Bongo and Bop were the slackers of the ensemble, like Dobie Gillis' Maynard G Krebs amped up to 11!

Note: this was the only time their real names (George and Robert) were ever used!

Sadly the title only lasted two issues!

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Beatniks

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FLYING SAUCERS "Far Out Physical"

With all the current mishigas about UFOs/Flying Saucers...

...we thought we'd present a tale or two from the 1960s-70s comic anthologies dedicated to the topic!

You'll note that the aliens' world balloons are left blank!

Editor Don (D J) Arneson wrote all the stories in the four-issue run of Dell's Flying Saucers.
He also made sure the various artists presented a fairly-consistent "look" to the aliens.
(Note: the series ran five issues, but the fifth was a reprint of #1)
In the case of this tale from #1 (1967), Sam Glanzman brought his realistic, natural style to a story using many of the already-established elements of UFO lore.
Trivia: Both Dell and Gold Key produced anthology comics about alien visitors and their kitchenware-shaped vessels during this period.
Gold Key's UFO: Flying Saucers ran for twenty five issues, changing the title to UFO and Outer Space as of #14!

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Voyage to the Deep

TPB reprinting the complete four-issue sci-fi/fantasy 1960s series illustrated by Sam Glanzman, plus some kool features!
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Friday Fun YAK YAK "TV for All!"

Those of you who grew up with a smart phone in your hand...

...will probably not understand a single thing (either in terms of technology or pop culture) in this feature about living in a household with only one screen and a limited selection of programming!

Ironically, cross-genre programming has become something of a staple in our media-dominated world!

Dell gave MAD mainstay Jack Davis his own title, to do with as he pleased.

The series, Yak Yak (subtitled "A Pathology of Humor") only ran two issues, but they were pure Davis, who wrote, penciled, inked, and colored the whole project as well as providing painted covers for both issues!

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Merry Christmas

Santa Claus' World War II-era attempt at updating his transportation...

...doesn't quite go as planned in this wraparound cover from Dell's Santa Claus Funnies #1 (1942).

Unfortunately, the artist didn't sign it, and the experts at various comic indexing sites have been unable to offer possible illustrators.

Personally, I'm thinking Walt Kelly.

(The snarky reindeer are an obvious giveaway)

Any suggestions?

Merry Christmas to All!

Holiday Reading Roon SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES "Recitation"

Could anyone do these gentle one-pagers better than Walt (Pogo) Kelly?

Nope, as this never-reprinted piece from Dell's Four Color Comics #91 aka Santa Claus Funnies (1945) proves!

Friday Fairy Tale Fun FAIRY TALE PARADE "Emperor's New Clothes"

Besides Doing Holiday-Themed Variations of Classic Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales...

...legendary writer artist Walt (Pogo) Kelly also did straight-up retellings of those children's stories!

This PG (no nudity) retelling of Hans Christian Anderson's satirical fairy tale appeared in Dell's Fairy Tale Parade #2 (1942)!

The series ran for nine 68-page issues, and while Walt Kelly did a considerable amount of the material, he didn't do all of it!
Other contributors included humor/kids' comics veterans Gardner DuBois, Arthur Jameson, Jon Small, L Bing (whose first name is unknown), Bill Brady, Casper Emerson, and George Kerr!

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