Sunday, May 18, 2014

Howdy Doodit?

Friday Comic Book Day.

My friend and regular visitor Stephen DeStephano has recently shared some of Howdy Doodys newspaper strips by Chad Grothkopf on Facebook. I like those as well, in fact there are some to be seen here if you use the label (and check out Grothkopf Alice in Wonderland from the forties). But I also like the Dell comic book version of this famous television character. It had a long life and I have collected about all of them. There seem to be a few different artists, some more wonkey than the others. It has a great storyboard/slapstick feel and I am sure Stephen (himself a designer on the recent Mickey Mouse shorts) will enjoy these a lot.

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3 comments:

sdestefano said...

I'm a designer on the new series of Mickey Mouse shorts, Ger, but I appreciate the shout out!

6:16 AM
rnigma said...

"Howdy Doody" was the first comic book based on a TV show. (And his newspaper strip may have also been the first TV-based one.) Dell and later Gold Key would of course glut the market with TV adaptations, well into the '70s.

The Ninja Turtles' favorite exclamation, "Cowabunga!" originated on "Howdy Doody."

1:28 PM
Rich Clabaugh said...

I'm a huge fan of artist Dan Gormley, Who did some great Andy Panda comics, some of this looks like his stuff. He uses that squiggly black shadow shape for sure.

4:16 AM

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