{"id":972,"date":"2008-05-14T10:00:30","date_gmt":"2008-05-14T18:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stwallskull.com\/blog\/?p=972"},"modified":"2008-05-14T10:06:59","modified_gmt":"2008-05-14T18:06:59","slug":"froggy-the-gremlin-clip-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stwallskull.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/14\/froggy-the-gremlin-clip-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Froggy the Gremlin (clip #1): Plunk Your Magic Twanger, Froggy!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had heard some references to Froggy the Gremlin and the obscene occult summoning call “Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy.” <\/p>\n

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I had a previous employer utter the nonsensical phrase at one point and vaguely explain its origins, and my Grandmother still occasionally will refer to my Uncle’s fondness for his Froggy doll. <\/p>\n

However, what really captured my imagination for this bizarre show was Kim Deitch<\/a>‘s excellent The Search for Smilin’ Ed<\/em> comics, serialized in the Fantagraphics anthology Zero Zero<\/em>. Most of those back issues can still be purchased on the Fantagraphics website here.<\/a> Unfortunately, I don’t believe it has been reprinted as a book yet.<\/p>\n

Froggy the Gremlin is much more twisted than I imagined.<\/p>\n

See an excerpt from an issue of Buster Brown Comics featuring Smilin Ed’s Gang aka Andy’s Gang courtesy of Stupid Comics here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Visit froggythegremlin.com.<\/a><\/p>\n

Read more about Andy Devine on Wikipedia.<\/a><\/p>\n

Visit the grave of W.H. "Major" Ray aka Buster Brown here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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