Showing posts with label Mel Crawford. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mel Crawford. Show all posts

Friday, December 15, 2023

Friday Holiday Fun LITTLEST SNOWMAN RESCUES CHRISTMAS Conclusion

...he had traveled to the Ice Wall near the North Pole...
...to find out why the Spirit of Christmas, who had always awakened by this time each year, had not yet emerged!
Sadly, The Littlest Snowman and his story of sacrifice for love is all but forgotten today...

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Saturday, December 9, 2023

Space Hero Saturdays SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES "Christmas Eve Space Trip"

Is Kris Kringle a Space Hero?

Read this never-reprinted story from Dell's Four Color Comics: Santa Claus Funnies #1274 (1962), and judge for yourself!
Illustrated by Mel Crawford and scripted by an unknown writer, this "was it a dream or not?" tale was typical of the material in the annual Santa Claus Funnies anthology the editors at Dell inserted into the Four Color Comics schedule from 1944 to this final issue in 1962.

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Friday, December 8, 2023

Friday Holiday Fun LITTLEST SNOWMAN RESCUES CHRISTMAS Part 2

 We Have Already Seen...

...actually, the title character is the one person we haven't seen yet!
But. now that sufficient snow has fallen, the Young Boy who previously-created the Littlest Snowman can now "do his thing" (as we said back then)...
To Be Concluded
Next Friday!
But. before that, here's a map showing you where we're leaving you at the end of this post...

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Friday, December 1, 2023

Friday Holiday Fun LITTLEST SNOWMAN RESCUES CHRISTMAS Part 1

No, he ain't Frosty the Snowman...
But this little guy was almost as popular in the 1950s, though, sadly, largely forgotten today!
To Be Continued...
Next Friday!
Written by the character's creator Charles Tazewell and illustrated by Mel Crawford, this never-reprinted tale from Dell's Four Color Comics #864 (1957) is an original tale, not an adaptation of a previously-published prose tale!
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Monday, December 2, 2019

Monday Madness WIZARD OF OZ Conclusion

...oops, they only said (and sang) that in the Judy Garland movie!
And this definitely ain't the 1939 flick!

However, the Wicked Witch of the West is, in fact, dead!
Using the witch's magic hat, Dorothy commands the flying monkeys to carry herself and her friends back to the Wizard's Palace in the Emerald City...
While not a perfect retelling of the novel, it's a helluva lot closer to the source than any of the various movies/tv shows/cartoons from 1908 to the present!
This never-reprinted book adaptation from Dell Junior Treasury #5 (1956) was scripted by Gaylord DuBois and illustrated by Mel Crawford.
Oddly, it's not listed in the Wikipedia article about various adaptations of the novel!
The Classics Illustrated Junior version (which is totally-different) is listed!

Heck, there have even been several anime versions...

Wow!
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