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 Monday, November 03, 2008
The Revamped Barnaby by Crockett Johnson
Posted by maggie

Another basement find was a scrapbook which we may actually have put together ourselves. It contains the version of his Barnaby strip that Crockett Johnson (penname of David Leisk (1906-1975) put together as a revival of the strip he'd created, written, and drawn from 1940 to 1946. The official Crockett Johnson website says the revival was written by Johnson and drawn by Warren Sattler. It also says the revival didn't last long.

Here are the opening two strips, followed by the sequence that began Nov. 1, 1960, continuing to the strip that ran 48 years ago today ...

While Barnaby could see Mr. O'Malley, events never put his Fairy Godfather within view of Barnaby's parents. Concerned over his fantasies, they finally sought help. They took Barnaby to an expert, who set up a test for the little boy:



11/3/2008 1:54:48 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)  #  Comments [3]