Post your Pogos / Walt Kelly Books! 5 5

[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

17 hours ago, mlansdown said:

Another fun Walt Kelly cover:

 

That cover makes me laugh!

[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

It was a bonanza of Kelly goodness at the end of last year as I picked up four great Kelly books in the Our Gang series. Besides Kelly we have Barks and John Stanley work. Issue #4 is a particularly nice 64 page thick (plus covers!) Golden Age beauty that feels amazing in hand. I haven't had a chance to read yet but thought I would share the cover and some of the back covers. Issue #20 has a back cover by Barks that is pretty fun and issue #4 is a cool montage with the kid actors from the series.

 

[mlansdown]

Both of these books arrived today.  Too much Walt Kelly in my collection?  Not possible!

[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

On 1/2/2020 at 7:00 PM, mlansdown said:

Both of these books arrived today.  Too much Walt Kelly in my collection?  Not possible!

I was surprised when I picked up a reprint series of Kelly’s Our Gang work that the stories continued issue to issue. Probably not a well known fact.

[mlansdown]

This Animal Comics #2 with a cool wraparound cover landed in my mailbox yesterday.  2nd appearance of Pogo Possum by (you guessed it) Walt Kelly!

 

[OtherEric]

I love that this thread has been getting some love recently.  No new Kelly pickups for me recently, sadly.

[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

11 hours ago, OtherEric said:

I love that this thread has been getting some love recently.  No new Kelly pickups for me recently, sadly.

You certainly need to remedy that!!

[OtherEric]

2 hours ago, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said:

You certainly need to remedy that!!

I really do, Kelly is one of my two all-time favorite comic creators.  But I've gotten a LOT of Kelly over the years, so my want list is narrowing... although Kelly did an amazing amount of work in comics.

I've also been on an EC kick for the past year and a half or so.  And I've got all the work Kelly did for EC already.

For those of you not aware, that's NOT zero:

[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

2 hours ago, OtherEric said:

I really do, Kelly is one of my two all-time favorite comic creators.  But I've gotten a LOT of Kelly over the years, so my want list is narrowing... although Kelly did an amazing amount of work in comics.

I've also been on an EC kick for the past year and a half or so.  And I've got all the work Kelly did for EC already.

For those of you not aware, that's NOT zero:

Didn't know he did that! Great Mingo cover on that MAD too! If your Kelly comic buying has dried up I'd recommend reading this book if you haven't done so yet.

[mlansdown]

I added another Pogo to my collection, courtesy of the last Hakes auction.  Whenever I buy a new book, I prop it against a bookshelf near my desk for a few days, and every time I look at this cover, I smile.  I've been collecting comic books for 40+ years, and the silly things still make me smile. 

I love this hobby.

[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

1 hour ago, mlansdown said:

I added another Pogo to my collection, courtesy of the last Hakes auction.  Whenever I buy a new book, I prop it against a bookshelf near my desk for a few days, and every time I look at this cover, I smile.  I've been collecting comic books for 40+ years, and the silly things still make me smile. 

I love this hobby.

Beauty thanks for posting!

[Robot Man]

[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

On Sundays I try to devote an hour or so to reading something from my collection that I have never read. Today a nice Kelly is on the docket; Animal Comics 17. It has a particularly interesting cover that in some way reminds me of the psychdelic posters that would arrive 20 years later. Between the purple border and that crazy looking tree you have to wonder what's Albert smoking?! John Stanley delivers on the back cover too! Remember Dell Comics are good comics!

[OtherEric]

3 hours ago, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said:

On Sundays I try to devote an hour or so to reading something from my collection that I have never read. Today a nice Kelly is on the docket; Animal Comics 17. It has a particularly interesting cover that in some way reminds me of the psychdelic posters that would arrive 20 years later. Between the purple border and that crazy looking tree you have to wonder what's Albert smoking?! John Stanley delivers on the back cover too! Remember Dell Comics are good comics!

I think the back cover is Kelly, not Stanley; but I could be wrong.

This issue is short- only 36 pages including the cover- but other than the text story and Uncle Wiggly it's pretty much all Kelly.  Enjoy!

[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

13 hours ago, OtherEric said:

I think the back cover is Kelly, not Stanley; but I could be wrong.

This issue is short- only 36 pages including the cover- but other than the text story and Uncle Wiggly it's pretty much all Kelly.  Enjoy!

I see where GCD credits most of the issue to Kelly other than Uncle Wiggly but I certainly don't think so on the back cover. I'll need to look at the other stories to see if they have his flair. And yes it is a thin book!!

Edited July 27, 2020 by 50YrsCollctngCmcs

[AJD]

I'll eat my hat if that back cover is Walt Kelly!  

[Ghastly542454]

My only Kelly but it’s a beauty!!!

[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

On 7/28/2020 at 9:45 AM, Ghastly542454 said:

My only Kelly but it’s a beauty!!!

That’s a great one. Kelly put some amazing effort into this series! Each one a work of art!

[Electricmastro]

Walt Kelly’s fight scene from The Adventures of Peter Wheat #3 (June, 1948):

[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

13 hours ago, Electricmastro said:

Walt Kelly’s fight scene from The Adventures of Peter Wheat #3 (June, 1948):

Nice, these are give aways right? You don't see them too often.