The Lost Adventures of “Calloway the Castaway” Episode 22
I don’t recall how this episode of “Calloway the Castaway” went over with the average reader of our hometown weekly newspaper back in 1979. Writing out heavy dialect in dialogue was more frequent in books and comics back then, but now it’s kind of frowned upon. My older brother was a big fan of Pogo by Walt Kelly, and Walt Kelly’s characters spoke in different dialects, so reading it was kind of a chore for some people.
Anyway, I see episodes like the one below as my brother paying homage to cartoonists like Walt Kelly and Al Capp. Or maybe my older brother was just high when he drew this.
Just in case you don’t know or don’t remember, Calloway is the one digging the hole.
For more, start at The Lost Adventures of “Calloway the Castaway” Episode 1!
And come back next week for The Lost Adventures of “Calloway The Castaway” Episode 23 .
Dysfunctional Literacy 
I remember seeing Pogo in the “Sunday funnies” and always skipping over it because the dialect was maddening. This is not even close to that. Very readable, I’d say.
YOU SKIPPED POGO!!???
Well, I didn’t do much better. I skimmed it and pretended that I’d actually read it.