Holiday Reading Room CHRISTMAS WITH MOTHER GOOSE "Little Boy Blue and Little Girl Green"

Here's an early example of a "mash-up"...

...putting existing nursery rhyme characters into Christmas to create new tales!

Written and illustrated by Walt (Pogo) Kelly, this never-reprinted tale from the final Christmas with Mother Goose anthology (Dell's Four Color #253 [1949]) adds new characters that didn't exist in the nursery rhyme.

THE Timely Christmas Gift: Korean War Collectibles!

With Kim Jong Un doing whatever psycho things he does when he gets bored or desperate (including screwing with the Internet), rumors of war (at least a cyber-war) with North Korea are once more circulating thru the Free World.

So, we at Atomic Kommie Comics™ thought now is the time to re-present art showing how pop culture (in particular, comic books), portrayed the Korean Police Action to the American public during the original hostilities back in the 1950s!

We're offering these rarely-seen classics of pop art to a modern audience on a number of kool kollectibles including t-shirts, mugs, playing cards, and a 12-month calendar, all featuring a dozen classic 1950s comic covers, digitally-restored and remastered directly from the actual kick-Commie-butt books!

For those who wish to relive those days, or those who hope the end result this time will be the same as last time, this is the Christmas present for them!

Let Kim Jong Un BEWARE!

We did it before and we can do it AGAIN!

Holiday Reading Room RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER "The Reindeer Who Saved Christmas!"

We Have Already Seen...

...that's as concise a synopsis as you'll ever read, so on to the story with all requisite speed...

(Regrettably, the copy we're using doesn't have a final page.)

Written by Robert L May and illustrated by Denver Gillen, this beloved tale was actually an advertising promotion designed to lure customers into doing Christmas shopping!

True!

You can read about it (and see the original 1940s cartoon based on the tale) HERE!

Holiday Reading Room RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER "The Plot (and Fog) Thickens..."

When Last We Left Santa Claus and Rudolph...

...Rudolph lived a sad existence, shunned by his peers because he was "different".

But, on Christmas Eve, when Santa Claus, hindered by severe fog, making him hours behind schedule, delivers gifts to Rudolph's home, he literally sees the solution to his problem...

Tomorrow:

The Reindeer Who Saved Christmas...

Written by Robert L May and illustrated by Denver Gillen, this beloved tale was actually an advertising promotion designed to lure customers into doing Christmas shopping!

True!

You can read about it HERE!

Reading Room RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER "Who He Is and How He Came to Be"

Much as Disney's versions of classic fairy tales have become the "accepted" ones...

...the 1964 stop-motion animated TV special of Rudolph is the one everyone knows.

But, this is the real story...

Tomorrow:

The Plot (and the fog) Thickens...

Written by Robert L May and illustrated by Denver Gillen, this beloved tale was actually an advertising promotion designed to lure customers into doing Christmas shopping!

True!

You can read about it HERE! (The site is gone, but the text has been archived at the legendary Wayback Machine!)