Great Ketcham’s Ghost! Meet Tom, Dick and Harriet 1970’s Teen Comics

Check out this fun, breezy teen comic from 1976: “Tom, Dick and Harriet” from the very first issue of Gold Key Spotlight.
Written by Mark Evanier and drawn by Lee Holley -- one of the great “ghost” artists from Hank Ketcham’s Dennis the Menace studio.

According to Evanier’s website,

“Lee Holley is a terrific cartoonist who worked for Hank Ketcham and Chuck Jones, and later drew a successful newspaper strip called Ponytail.  Everyone felt he drew the cutest girls you could imagine, so Gold Key asked me to create a "teen" comic he could illustrate.  They came up with the name of the comic (which I didn't like) but it was otherwise all "mine" (and Lee's) for the first two of its three appearances in this Showcase-type comic.  I was told the first issue sold well and for about a month there, they were ready to launch it as a regular title, complete with spin-offs and such.  I still don't know what happened, since I left the company before that could occur...”

For more on Lee Holley and Ponytail comics, click on the cover below…

 
…and in case you miss those old 1970’s ads…

Ponytail by Lee Holley – Superbly Drawn Teen Comics from the Sixties

Meet Ponytail from cartoonist Lee Holley!

After a long career of drawing cartoons for Warner Brothers, ghosting newspaper comic strips, and drawing the Dennis The Menace Sunday page, Lee Holley got his own comic strip in 1960. It was about a teen girl named Ponytail, and it’s drawn in a fun and breezy cartoony style that just dances and sings all across the newsprint. A couple of years later, Ponytail starred in new stories published in Dell comic books. This little story is from Ponytail #6 from 1962.

Here’s the inside-front-cover gag:

There’s a lot of great information about Lee Holley on the web – including this VERY in-depth interview:

http://cagle.msnbc.com/hogan/interviews/holley/home.asp

Take a look at some of these links for more insight
into the career of cartoonist Lee Holley:

http://lambiek.net/artists/h/holley_lee.htm

http://www.toonopedia.com/ponytail.htm

UPDATE! Pat from the Silver Age Comics blog has just shared his thoughts on Ponytail and Lee Holley, featuring lots of juicy comic art from Dell's Ponytail #1!
Click on the cover for more on Ponytail #1
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More Ponytail comics here:

Ponytail in "Little League Lament"

Ponytail in "Sticky Situation"

MORE Ponytail Classic Teen Comics By Lee Holley

Here’s 2 more stories from Lee Holley’s Ponytail comic book!

As usual, every page is filled with simple and ultra-appealing artwork!

Click on any page to open up a HUGE comic book scan

If you missed the previous post about Lee Holley and Ponytail, make sure to check it out HERE. There’s a lot of links in that post about Lee Holley and his teenage comic creation!

Wanna see more Ponytail comics?
Lemme know in the comments below!
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UPDATE! Pat from the Silver Age Comics blog has just posted a nice long article on Lee Holley and his Ponytail comics, featuring lots of juicy comic art from the very first issue!

Click on the cover for more on Ponytail #1

Ponytail Part 3 - Even More Vintage Teen Comics by Lee Holley

 

Click on any page for a HUGE
full-sized Lee Holley Ponytail Comic Book scan!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the third in a series of Ponytail comics scans form 1962.
For the first two posts on Lee Holley and his teen comic,
just click on the links below:

Ponytail post #1 Ponytail post #2 Take a look at some of these links for more insight into the career of cartoonist Lee Holley:

http://lambiek.net/artists/h/holley_lee.htm
http://www.toonopedia.com/ponytail.htm

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UPDATE! Pat from the Silver Age Comics blog has just posted a nice long article on Lee Holley and his Ponytail comics, featuring lots of juicy comic art from the very first issue!

 

Click on the cover for more on Ponytail #1

 

There’s a lot of great information about Lee Holley on the web – including this VERY in-depth interview:

http://cagle.msnbc.com/hogan/interviews/holley/home.asp