tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post7757577456126426679..comments2024-03-29T05:13:13.015-04:00Comments on Mayerson on Animation: Prehysterical PogoMark Mayersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00065971589878678848noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-72598208876123534092009-09-01T16:02:01.261-04:002009-09-01T16:02:01.261-04:00I urge anyone wanting Kelly material to go onto eB...I urge anyone wanting Kelly material to go onto eBay and pick up some of the old paperbacks, which collect runs of the strip with the addition of extra panels...you can find most of 'em for very cheap, often around $5. "Pandemonia" is one the rarer ones but even that's available. The early stuff is really fun - you can't go wrong with "Pogo", "I Go Pogo", "Incompleat Pogo", "Potluck Pogo", or "The Pogo Papers" whic collect dailies, and any of the books with "Sunday" or "Sundae" in the title collect, well, you know.Greghttp://flung.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-39049109653575106552009-06-27T16:38:25.566-04:002009-06-27T16:38:25.566-04:00Sorry if Walt Kelly sounds new or unfamiliar for m...Sorry if Walt Kelly sounds new or unfamiliar for me. Peoples here from Canada should learn about his universe but i can recognise his works in Pinnochio and Dumbo.Martin Juneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00193943985570930659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-90326799986370113212009-06-24T14:45:39.198-04:002009-06-24T14:45:39.198-04:00Kelly's storyboard drawings were even more imp...Kelly's storyboard drawings were even more impressive than his comic strips. his unproduced television show EVERY DAY HAS HIS DOG is gorgeously done, and you can also see artwork from WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY online--he was one of the most amazing cartoonists who ever lived, he was outstanding as an actor, a first rate animator, and also excelled at writing, journalism and many other skills related, or unrelated, to cartooning. I wonder when a good biography of this man will be written?.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03559138404570089435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-77089541511023275672009-06-23T15:15:09.593-04:002009-06-23T15:15:09.593-04:00This makes we want to try and find old Kelly repri...This makes we want to try and find old Kelly reprints. It is some of the most beautiful comic strip artwork I've ever seen.Eric Noblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05872046921674512158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-66115063905039853362009-06-21T23:09:26.547-04:002009-06-21T23:09:26.547-04:00With Kelly, one always got a lot of visual mileage...<i>With Kelly, one always got a lot of visual mileage for the money, yet always staged in a clear and uncluttered manner.</i><br /><br />Agreement. As much as I love Jim Tyer (a maker of 'animated' comics if there ever was one), a problem I have with a lot of his comic book work is that it's cluttered to the point that the layout is just plain weak. He tries to fit too much funny stuff without hierarchy of any kind, and it just comes off as a screaming mess. Kelly, on the other hand, fits just as many ideas into one panel, but elegantly.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00650873808188186058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-37356073002070864732009-06-21T21:13:59.926-04:002009-06-21T21:13:59.926-04:00One thing I always loved about Pogo is the sense o...One thing I always loved about <b>Pogo</b> is the sense of animation to it, not only in the expressions and body language of the main characters in dialogue, but also of what's happening around them as they speak. Often, there will be some secondary bit of business going on in the panels, usually featuring some minor character like Grundoon exploring something in his innocent curiosity, or some incidental, frogs, mice or bugs carrying on about something. With Kelly, one always got a lot of visual mileage for the money, yet always staged in a clear and uncluttered manner.Pete Emsliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451607722482352366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-131710713582657732009-06-21T19:59:27.832-04:002009-06-21T19:59:27.832-04:00I liked the point he made about Pogo's "n...I liked the point he made about Pogo's "nothingness" being similar to Seinfeld's. I never thought of it before, but I agree with him.<br /><br />Of all the 'comedy' strips ever made, Walt Kelly's Pogo is by far my favorite. The art isn't a put-on and the humor isn't whiny like in Peanuts, nor are the characters so stupid that you can't identify with anyone like in Li'l Abner. This serial has made me want to pull out all of my Kelly scan CDs again. Thanks, Mark!Thadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443425643665474645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-22840352047942846532009-06-21T17:18:27.221-04:002009-06-21T17:18:27.221-04:00>>Kelly is not to everyone's taste.
I f...>><i>Kelly is not to everyone's taste.</i><br /><br />I find that hard to believe, but I guess there must be some people in this world who don't appreciate Kelly's beautiful, slick drawings, and incisive, caustic wit. So be it.J. J. Hunseckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04067327948394872768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-44568331798428585052009-06-21T17:11:19.205-04:002009-06-21T17:11:19.205-04:00As much as I grew up loving good cartoon animation...As much as I grew up loving good cartoon animation, it was good cartoon illustration that ultimately steered me down my career path. And Walt Kelly's <b>Pogo</b> gets the nod as the biggest influence on me. I love the dimensional solidity of his drawings, further enhanced with that calligraphic brush inking that "sculpts" his art into final form. I have only seen a smattering of his Prehysterical strips, so I'll be very keen to see more of this work at the site you've mentioned. Much thanks for making me aware of this, Mark!Pete Emsliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451607722482352366noreply@blogger.com