Episode 174: Kookie #1&2 by John Stanley and Bill Williams
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Kookie (Dell, 1962) can be read in it's entirety over here.
Does your neighbors' 4am bongo-playing bore to you sleep?
How can you respect a coffee shop that only spells "espresso" one way?
Have you ever failed to nap but succeeded financially at a career in portraiture due to a case of mistaken identity?
Who in the entire world wouldn't love this comic?
This fun-hall mirror misconception of beatnik culture led by titular square Kookie is the result of Dell throwing anything to the wall that stuck to compete with the loss of its' 25-year relationship with Western Publishing and Western's new imprint, Gold Key. Kookie was here for a good time, not a long time, but succeeded in forming a lasting impression on Bill Griffith, as seen in this Zippy strip from 2016, more on that from Arnold Zwicky's blog:
Don't you want to read some more about John Stanley right about now? You can enjoy Frank Young's terrific blog archives over here, scanned issues of John Stanley fanzine, The Stanley Steamer over here.