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 Friday, September 28, 2007
And Then There's Oswald
Posted by maggie

Credited to Walter Lantz, Oswald was initially created by Walt Disney.

That was beside the point in Four Color Comics #102, Oswald the Rabbit (copyright 1946 by Walter Lantz Productions). Again, it's an entire comic book by Walt Kelly -- and someone else. The map on the inside of the front cover is solid Kelly, but "Oswald Rabbit and the Great Egg Hunt" (which takes the entire issue) is by Kelly -- and someone else. Or maybe Kelly working at breakneck speed in the inking -- but it doesn't quite look like even sketchy Kelly.

The zany script is Kelly at his wildest, and it's easy to imagine young readers asking their parents to explain some of the gags. This is a never-yet-reprinted treasure.







9/28/2007 8:26:30 AM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)  #  Comments [1]