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Showing posts with label holiday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holiday. Show all posts
Thursday, July 4, 2024

A Safety Tip from The Fighting Yank for the 4th of July...

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Here's the word, kids, from  The Fighting Yank  himself... Art by Mort Meskin ...from the final issue of his 1940s series,  Standard'...
Sunday, March 31, 2024

Happy Easter to You and Your Family!

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Sunday, March 10, 2024

Easter Reading Room EASTER WITH MOTHER GOOSE "Little Bunny"

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Walt ( Pogo ) Kelly went into full-on "cute" mode with his holiday stories... ...including this never-reprinted one from  Dell'...
Monday, February 19, 2024

Monday Holiday Madness PRESIDENTS' DAY...the Holiday that Combines TWO Presidents' Birthdays!

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Before they combined Lincoln's and Washington's birthdays into a "floating" holiday... ...Washington's Birthday was al...
Sunday, September 24, 2023

G, PG, and PG-13-Rated Halloween "Horrors"

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The leaves are turning orange and brown, and our somewhat-warped thoughts naturally turn to... HALLOWEEN ...the koolest holiday of all! We a...
Tuesday, July 4, 2023

Holiday Reading Room: EVERY DAY IS A HOLLY DAY: "Independence Day"

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From 1956, here's a never-reprinted tale from a unique comic... ...produced to promote, of all things, sugar! Why is the  Brevity, Inc  ...
Sunday, April 9, 2023

Holiday Reading Room EASTER WITH MOTHER GOOSE "Easter Sunday"

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Our final Walt ( Pogo ) Kelly post for Easter... ...is a never-reprinted piece from  Four Color Comics:  Easter with Mother Goose  #220 (194...
Sunday, April 2, 2023

Gorgeous Goodies for Your Easter Basket!

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Back in the 1940s and '50s, comic book companies produced a prodigious number of holiday-themed annuals and one-shots! For example, a mu...
Sunday, March 26, 2023

Easter Egg-citement with Walt Kelly!

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April Fools Day is this coming Saturday... ...but we don't believe in waiting to play an April Fools Day trick on you! This centerfold ...
Sunday, March 12, 2023

Easter Reading Room EASTER WITH MOTHER GOOSE "Easter Bunny and the Dwarf"

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To be clear, "dwarf" is not  politically incorrect ... ...so just sit back and enjoy the never-reprinted tale from Dell's Fou...
Sunday, March 5, 2023

Easter Reading Room EASTER WITH MOTHER GOOSE "Chicken Little"

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It's a classic tale with a holiday twist... ...as told by the legendary Walt ( Pogo ) Kelly in  Dell's  Four Color Comics  #140 (194...
Sunday, February 26, 2023

Easter Reading Room EASTER WITH MOTHER GOOSE

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Here's a short story featuring a plethora of fairy tale characters... ...as presented by a (then) future superstar of the comic strip or...
Thursday, December 15, 2022

Holiday Reading Room CHRISTMAS CARNIVAL "Santa's Red Red Nose"

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What happens if  Kris Kringle  gets sick on Christmas Eve? This tale from  St John's  Christmas Carnival  (1952) 100-page one-shot gives...
Monday, December 12, 2022

Monday Madness CHRISTMAS WITH MOTHER GOOSE "3 Blind Mice and a Christmas Deed"

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Sometimes Walt ( Pogo ) Kelly combined several nursery rhyme or fairy tale characters... ...into something totally- new , like this never-r...