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?
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12 comments:

  1. John SmallJuly 10, 2014 at 9:18 AM

    Now THAT'S different! Very cool!!

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  2. pblfsdaJuly 10, 2014 at 1:15 PM

    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. RossJuly 10, 2014 at 1:30 PM

    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. GarnetJuly 10, 2014 at 3:11 PM

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

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  5. bygrinstowJuly 10, 2014 at 4:09 PM

    What? No Nemo?

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  6. mindful webworkerJuly 10, 2014 at 6:05 PM

    That was really fun. Nicely done.

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  7. SteveJuly 11, 2014 at 1:09 PM

    I would SO buy this!!!

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  8. AnonymousJuly 11, 2014 at 1:30 PM

    @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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  9. LEEE777July 12, 2014 at 9:11 PM

    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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  10. Ken RoskosJuly 18, 2014 at 4:03 PM

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

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  11. CarycomicJune 24, 2023 at 11:27 PM

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

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  12. CarycomicJune 24, 2023 at 11:28 PM

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

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