<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 7/13/2003 10:16:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ddmarkstein@cox.net writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Once again, you are putting words into other people's mouths. It is the<BR>
general public in America, and not the DISNEY-READING general public, that<BR>
knows the work of Walt Kelly. I will also wager that he is better known to<BR>
the general public in Europe, than Barks is to the general public in<BR>
America. ALL OVER THE WORLD, Walt Kelly is respected by those who know<BR>
comics, and his name is at least recognized by many who don't.<BR>
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Frankly, that is a safe wager (or even a suckers bet)<BR>
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Walt Kelly was a celebrity cartoonist in the 1950s-1960s, where his books were best sellers (not his comic books , but his books) -- If i hadnt loaned out my book on bestsellers - i would check and see if they actually made the New York Times bestsellers list as my memory indicates.,..<BR>
He is regularly quoted in the newspapers even today <BR>
(and is in Barlett's book of quotations, which is the standard refrence book on famous sayings)<BR>
For someone to state that kelly is little known just shows extreme lack of comics knowledge.<BR>
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steven rowe</FONT></HTML>