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| Detail of Pogo by Walt Kelly, March 17, 1970 |
The excerpt above is a single panel from a weekday strip, and I just adore the level of detail — no benday halftones or Photoshop cut and paste here! They just don't make 'em like this any more.
Friday, April 24, 2020
Sarcophagus MacAbre
In case nobody caught it, I just thought I ought to point out the subtle tribute to Walt Kelly's Pogo in Wednesday's cartoon. The scripted font in the dialogue balloon and the name of the mortuary — although I altered the spelling to look more Scottish and less French — were references to his character Sarcophagus MacAbre.
Kelly introduced Sarcophagus into the strip fairly early on as a confederate of such nefarious rapscallions as Seminole Sam, Wiley Catt, and Molester Mole. Variously referred to as a buzzard or vulture, Sarcophagus was the resident undertaker, ever ready to welcome a new customer. Kelly often (but not always) wrote his dialogue in a bold script encased in a thick black border reminiscent of a Victorian funeral notice.
The excerpt above is a single panel from a weekday strip, and I just adore the level of detail — no benday halftones or Photoshop cut and paste here! They just don't make 'em like this any more.
The excerpt above is a single panel from a weekday strip, and I just adore the level of detail — no benday halftones or Photoshop cut and paste here! They just don't make 'em like this any more.
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