Jack Kent (1920-1985) is best known today as a children's book writer and artist, but he also produced a wonderful comic strip titled King Aroo, whose title character sort of ruled the kingdom of Myopia. His cohorts included sidekick Yupyop, the mail-carrying kangaroo Mr. Pennipost, and the forgetful Mr. Elephant. Kent incorporated some of the strip's characters (e.g., Mr. Pennipost and Mr. Elephant) in some of his children's books. The strip itself ran from 1950 to 1965, but most installments carried no information regarding the year of publication. There was one book of reprints, King Aroo, released in 1953, but it can be hard to find, and bookfinder prices range from $30 to $100. The samples shown here are not necessarily in sequence, but at least two are from 1962: