Thursday, July 10, 2014

Krazy Kat and The Yellow Kid



I featured these two as a text-only team in one of my early anniversary issues, and the idea has rattled around in my brain ever since.  I figure that these two pioneers of the art form deserved a cover all their own.  Without them, who knows where comics would be today?

12 comments:

  1. Now THAT'S different! Very cool!!

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  2. Hey, a couple of months ago you gave us the full cover from another one of the 'back-up stories' from that same anniversary issue (#500), namely the Green Arrow/Green Hornet. Does this mean that more of these bonus stories are going to show up in their own right? The Devil Dinosaur/Hawkman cover ought to be really killer.

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  3. Well that DD/Hawkman story did have a picture with it, even if it was a tiny one. You never know though - I'm still trying to figure out a way to do Alfred Pennyworth, Agent of Shield!

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  4. Before Siegel and Shuster came: the Stone Age of comics!

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  5. @Bygrinstow: Ross might be having trouble finding Nemo.

    :lol:

    Seriously, though; this is a great depiction. Especially, since I have fond (if vague) memories of some Krazy Kat cartoons during the early 1960's!*

    *They were part of a King Features syndicated TV package--along with the animated misadventures of Beetle Bailey--broadcast on a local children's show called "Mr. Goober."

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  6. This is the first cover I have no idea who either of them are but after reading excellent work, looks a funny read if it was ever made!

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  7. Very hip, Krazy and the Kid go together well. How about Nemo in Slumberland and Koko the Clown?

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  8. @Ken: I'd prefer to see Koko the Clown and Nemo the Clownfish!

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  9. Or, failing that, Catwoman vs. Krazy Kat (for the affections of Ignatz the Rat).

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