ALBERT THE ALLIGATOR LEAVES THE SWAMP FOR THE BIG CITY

Just about everybody loves the comics of Walt Kelly.

ME TOO!

There are several great sites on the web where you can find Walt Kelly's comics,

and you can add APOCOLYTE'S WORLD OF COMICS to that list!

Here's a great story from the early days of Pogo and Albert, from ANIMAL COMICS # 5, 1943, when Kelly was still molding his creation. Kelly was still refining his art style here, and with each story he drew, Pogo and Albert (and friends) became a bit cuter and more lovable, until he found that magic formula that we have come to know and love! In 1943, Bumbazine was still hanging around, Pogo looked more like a rat than a cute ol' possum, and Albert was a bit more of a nasty rascal.

I'll have a few links to some of the other wonderful Walt Kelly Pogo stories at the end of the post.

In this story, Albert decides to leave the swamp and so he heads toward the big city, but when he does he finds a little more trouble than he planned.

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If you love Kelly, you might have already seen these...if not, you must check out these links to other amazing Walt Kelly stories.

http://theblogattheendoftime.blogspot.com/2009/12/genius-of-walt-kelly-uncle-pogo-so-so.html

http://tencentdreams.blogspot.com/2009/08/walt-kellyearly-pogo.html

http://www.bigblogcomics.com/2010/01/pogo-possum-lil-green-robin-hood-and.html

http://pappysgoldenage.blogspot.com/2009/04/number-519-de-fust-time-story-of-how.html

http://pappysgoldenage.blogspot.com/2009/07/number-567-couple-of-miles-of-jollity.html

http://tencentdreams.blogspot.com/2009/09/walt-kelly-sambo-hobbes-another-great.html

http://www.bigblogcomics.com/2009/10/brownies-in-ooglies-and-cuckoo-clock.html

http://greatestape.blogspot.com/2009/06/more-churchy-la-femme-and-howland-owl.html

http://greatestape.blogspot.com/2009/04/great-supporting-players-4-churchy-la.html

http://greatestape.blogspot.com/2009/03/albert-pogos-christmas-by-walt-kelly.html

http://pappysgoldenage.blogspot.com/2008/07/number-344-walt-kellys-brownies-and.html

http://pappysgoldenage.blogspot.com/2008/11/number-419-berried-treasure-each.html

...actually Pappy's has a TON of awesome Kelly posts...just search his name ...

and of course, we cannot forget THE best blogs for nothing but Walt Kelly,

http://whirledofkelly.blogspot.com/

http://pogoinpandemonia.blogspot.com/

...there are probably many more sites and links, but you'll have to find those for yo' sef!

Thanks for stoppin' by!

I'll be sure to post more Walt Kelly here soon!

COSMO CAT - Treasure Island

Here's another cool COSMO CAT story drawn by Ellis Chambers (you see, it's E-Z for you to see the E.C. in the lower left splash, see? Ci!).

Yeeesh!

From COSMO CAT #3, 1946.
Continuing from previous post.

For much more information, please see earlier post, and Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine!

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(And for yet another fantastic COSMO CAT story from the same issue, click here for

THE BLOG AT THE END OF TIME!)

THE ORIGIN OF COSMO CAT

COSMO CAT was a Funny Animal comic first published by Fox Comics in 1946.

It was created by legendary comic book artist/publisher L. B. Cole.

The name appearing on the strips was Pat Adams, although over at Pappy's Golden Age Comic Blogzine it was revealed that Pat Adams was a fictitious name. You can go to Pappy's Blogzine and read some more Cosmo Cat here, and also here, where it is revealed that Cosmo Cats main artist was Ellis Holly Chambers, and on many stories' splash pages one can spot the initials EC.

Cosmo Cat appears perfectly suited for very young comic readers, as the writing is roughly on a first or second grade level. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen stories so simple. The art by Chambers and others features characters with bold tapered outlines, and the comics were colored in the simplest red, blue, yellow, and green of the 40's. All in all, these are sweet and appealing little treasures!

In 1945, the world as we know it changed forever with the invention of the atomic bomb.

In the real world, it caused the death and suffering of hundreds of thousands of people.

In the comic book world, however, atomic radiation gave you SUPER POWERS!

Is it any wonder then why so many people prefer comic books over reality?

Weighing in at two pages, from COSMO CAT #3, 1946,

here is the incredible ORIGIN OF COSMO CAT!

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I have posted another great COSMO CAT story from this same issue over at

THE BLOG AT THE END OF TIME! Click here now to see it!