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Cecil Jensen

Hare Tonic

Cecil Jensen, Elmo, and Colonel M’Cosmic: An Editoonist Who Also Drew a Comic Strip

R.C. Harvey | April 29, 2020

In Praise Of Popnut Skrummies: An Elmo Conversation With Frank M. Young

Mark Newgarden | September 17, 2019

Articles

The Enigma of Cecil Jensen, Part Two: Elmo Without Elmo

The later years, when Elmo made way for Little Debbie.

Frank M. Young | December 10, 2018

The Enigma of Cecil Jensen, Part One: The Road to Elmo

An appreciation of the 1940s strip Elmo, which was both ahead of its time and behind the times—possessing the absurd cool of a Nathanael West or S. J. Perelman and droll ensemble comedy reminiscent of Thimble Theater.

Frank M. Young | December 7, 2018

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