Friday, October 7, 2016

Looking at Kelly and Duke

For the first post on this blog in years, what we have here is a 22-strip run of the comic strip Kelly and Duke, from March 27 to April 20, 1974. I cut them out of the Seattle Times and taped them into a scrapbook, which is why there is yellowing on them. The strip was created by Jack Moore and ran from 1972 to 1980. The original title was just Kelly, which is how I remember it; the name changed in 1974 so these strips may have been under the Kelly title. Kelly is the boy.



















































This strip was clearly a favorite of 14-year-old me, since I was cutting it out along with Pogo, Li'l Abner, Tumbleweeds, The Smith Family, and others.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_%26_Duke

3 comments:

  1. So funny I came across this. Jack Moore is my brother and I keep telling him that I'm sure Duke would have plenty to say these days!! Jan Moore Vincent/jhartwyk1@hotmail.com

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    1. That's so cool! Thanks so much for commenting. Did Jack continue in cartooning? I haven't found any information about him.

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    2. I wish Jack would do more of these again! Do you know of any place that has the full run?
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