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Zippy. "About face (#6)"
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Description | Single-panel comic strip shows Zippy and his friend Griffy commenting on "Henry," the "final entry in th' Face Race." Griffy says "Henry is a minimalist -- his face is naked -- looked at a certain way, almost obscene." Zippy points out that Henry has no mouth. Two small kittens point out that "it wasn't until the mid-70s that this 'no mouth' formula finally paid off with th' Asian import, 'Hello Kitty.'" Zippy the Pinhead was created by Bill Griffith and first appeared as an "underground" strip in 1971. It has enjoyed growing popularity since then and now appears in mainstream newspapers. Griffith calls Zippy the "town fool of the global village," while Griffy serves as a "reality check." This panel, the sixth in a series in which Zippy and Griffy comment on memorable faces, features Henry, the bald-headed child with no mouth in the comic strip of that name created in 1932 by Carl Anderson that appeared for many years in the Saturday Evening Post. Henry rarely spoke and enjoyed international popularity. Hello Kitty is a cartoon-like character, also lacking a mouth, created by the Japanese firm Sanrio in 1974. Kitty appears on a wide range of products including clothes, wallets, lunchboxes, etc. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Miscellaneous Items in High Demand |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Anderson, Carl,--1865-1948.--Henry. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Hello Kitty--1980-1990. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
