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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Guide to an American Subculture

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Friday Fun KOOKIE "Playmate"

John Stanley & Bill Williams' Short-Lived Strip About 1960s Urban Eccentrics...

...featured not only the 18 to 25 "young adult" crowd, but older, equally-eccentric characters!




John Stanley (script/layouts) and Bill Williams (pencils/inks) did three humor series for Dell in the early 1960s, Kookie, Around the Block with Dunc & Loo (later shortened to just Dunc and Loo) and Thirteen Going on Eighteen.

While the first 9 issues of the last (29-issue) series have been reprinted in a superb collection (see below), neither Kookie (2 issues) nor AtBwD&L/DaL (8 issues) has ever been reprinted...which is a great loss to pop culture as far as I'm concerned!
Note: Though Stanley did the layouts on the stories, the painted covers to Kookie were entirely Bill Williams' work!

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Thirteen Going on Eighteen

by John Stanley (& Bill Williams)
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Friday Fun DUNC AND LOO "Loo in 'Hot Potato' "

Remember When Not All "Teen Humor" Comics Looked Like Archie?

This never-reprinted story from Dell's Dunc and Loo #8 (1963), featuring title slacker Loo is a kool example!

Scallions, also called "green onions" or "spring onions", are immature, not fully-grown onions!
Usually, they're used as a minor flavor element in cooked dishes and salads.
I've never heard of a "scallion sandwich"!
Trivia: The book was originally-titled Around the Block with Dunc and Loo, but was shortened to just Dunc and Loo as of #4.
(Apparently suburban and rural readers used "corner" or "street" instead of "block" when referring to addresses, so the original title confused them!)

Written by John Stanley and illustrated by Bill Williams (the series' co-creators).

It was one of three "teen humor" series created for Dell by Stanley, including Kookie and Thirteen (Going on Eighteen) for Dell.

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Thirteen Going on Eighteen

by John Stanley

Friday Holiday Fun OSWALD THE RABBIT "Prehistoric Egg" Conclusion

We Have Already Seen...

...actually, we haven't see this yet...but we're about to, as Doc Weskit is called upon by a couple of Amazons to help stop a civil war!

All together now...

IT WAS JUST A DREAM!

Written by John Stanley, illustrated by Dan Gormley, it didn't make a whole lot of sense!

But, you can't deny it was fun!

Easter Reading Room OSWALD THE RABBIT "Prehistoric Egg" Part 3

When Last We Left Oswald, Toby, and Doc Weskit...

...they had just been brought before the Queen of the Lost City of Oakie Doakie!

How can Doc help against robots and tanks?

I offer one word...

Dinosaur

...as we shall see Friday!

And you thought this tale couldn't get any weirder!

Easter Reading Room OSWALD THE RABBIT "Prehistoric Egg" Part 2

We Have Already Seen...

...itererant buddies Oswald and Toby inadvertantly end up being recruited into participating in Dr Weskit's search for the lost city of Oakie Doakie.
Traveling there by rocket, they prepare to explore the island...












To Be Continued
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