Fascinating. I spent quite a bit of time in Columbus 2003-2006 and never knew this. Had I realized it was available, I would have spent less time in bars and more on campus.
It lives on in memory. Sunday mornings in the 1950s my dad would go out and return with a box of cinnamon rolls from a local bakery and the Sunday papers. As a kid I was first to read the funnies, while parents perused the other sections. Days long gone by...
And such a big deal that on Sunday they were in color. I never could quite follow where Prince Valiant was going, but I poured over the drawings.
In doing background on this I learned that the "Hi and Lois" cartoon by Mort Walker was connected to Beetle Bailey--Lois was Beetle's sister.
This post was very nostalgic background but I try not to overload the substack. Some items were stolen (Dick Tracy, Prince Valiant) when Mort Walker's collection was in Florida.
This is an outstanding collection. I visited there once briefly, to see an exhibit. I would love to dip into the Walt Kelly collection. I have been a Pogo fan from my earliest days. My father used to read me "Uncle Pogo So-So Stories" and other Pogo books when I was 5 or so. Yes, that explains a lot.
Fascinating. I spent quite a bit of time in Columbus 2003-2006 and never knew this. Had I realized it was available, I would have spent less time in bars and more on campus.
Remembering the importance to funnies in the papers..but I don't think that fondness exists much anymore.
It lives on in memory. Sunday mornings in the 1950s my dad would go out and return with a box of cinnamon rolls from a local bakery and the Sunday papers. As a kid I was first to read the funnies, while parents perused the other sections. Days long gone by...
And such a big deal that on Sunday they were in color. I never could quite follow where Prince Valiant was going, but I poured over the drawings.
In doing background on this I learned that the "Hi and Lois" cartoon by Mort Walker was connected to Beetle Bailey--Lois was Beetle's sister.
This post was very nostalgic background but I try not to overload the substack. Some items were stolen (Dick Tracy, Prince Valiant) when Mort Walker's collection was in Florida.
This is an outstanding collection. I visited there once briefly, to see an exhibit. I would love to dip into the Walt Kelly collection. I have been a Pogo fan from my earliest days. My father used to read me "Uncle Pogo So-So Stories" and other Pogo books when I was 5 or so. Yes, that explains a lot.
The okefenokee swamp is up for a world heritage designation.
It was kind of sad reading about how Mort Walker had to move his collection before OSU took it. Items stolen in transit.
Yes, your POGO toddlerhood may have made you the ironist you are.