Friday Fun KOOKIE! "Yea Sayers"

The title is a play on the phrase "nay sayers"...

...which denotes someone who complains, criticizes, or objects to something!

Kookie is an aspiring young actress look for her big break.

Her friend, Jose O'Hara, is an aspiring playwright looking for his big break.

In this never-reprinted tale from Dell's Kookie! #1 (1962), scripted by John Stanley and illustrated by Bill Williams, the two encourage each other's "creativity" with almost insane optimism, trying to turn each setback into an advantage!

Friday Fun DUNC AND LOO "Loo and Strongboy Stoop in 'Muscle Bound' "

Let's return to an unusually-urban humor comic series...

...with this never-reprinted short from Dell's Dunc and Loo #8 (1963)!

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 use "corner" or "street" instead of "block" when referring to addresses, so the original title confused them!)
You'll note two major differences from most teen humor tales we present here...

1) the art doesn't mimic the Archie Comics "house" art style, which became synonymous with "teen humor" in the late 1950s!

2) the series is set in a big city with apartment houses and other urban elements.

(Most "teen humor" series are set in suburbs/small towns!)

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 Fun AROUND THE BLOCK WITH DUNC AND LOO "Loo in 'TV or Not TV' "

Those under 40, used to today's high-tech communications won't relate to this situation...

...which was all-too common in the pre-internet/wi-fi/cable/satellite dish days!

You'll note two major differences from most teen humor tales we present here...

1) the art doesn't mimic the Archie Comics "house" art style, which became synonymous with "teen humor" in the late 1950s!

2) the series is set in a big city with apartment houses and other urban elements.

(Most "teen humor" series are set in suburbs/small towns!)

This never-reprinted story from Dell's Around the Block with Dunc and Loo #1 (1961) was 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 Fun THIRTEEN GOING ON EIGHTEEN "Hey Val, It's MY Turn!"

It's a hot Friday and my iMac is glitching and needs a clean-up...
...so this short and sweet beach-themed cover gag from Dell's Thirteen Going on Eighteen #7 (1963), scripted and rendered by the legendary John Stanley is all I can manage this morning!

Friday Fun KOOKIE "Bongo & Bop...Cats in the Attic"

Before Slackers!

Before Hipsters!

Before even Hippies!

There were Beatniks!

Here's a tale about a pair of them that could easily be updated and re-told today!

This never-reprinted story from Dell's Kookie #2 (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!
Sadly the title only lasted two issues...which you'll be seeing here in the weeks to come!

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