That Time When QUISP Terrorized the American Countryside
SUNDAY FUNNIES WITH KERRY CALLEN! By KERRY CALLEN The great thing about creating commissions for other people is I never know what kind of requests I’ll get. This latest surprise was to take the cover to 1974’s UFO Flying Saucers #5 by Luis Dominguez and replace the scary alien with QUISP! Quisp, and his cereal “rival” Quake, first appeared in 1965. Here they are in their very first TV commercial: As kids, when the cereals were on the grocery shelves, my older brother would usually get Quake, while I got Quisp. We kept the “rivalry” alive in our own household. I loved Quisp! How could I not? It was a sugar-filled cereal that sometimes came with a comic book inside the box! The comics were long and skinny and on newsprint. They were essentially a regular-size comic cut into thirds, which is no doubt how they printed them. Their popularity didn’t last forever. Quake cereal was pulled from grocery shelves in 1973. Quisp made it all the way to 1979. Thank you Quisp for all the QUAZY times we had together! — Want more SUNDAY FUNNIES WITH KERRY CALLEN? Come back next week! Want a commission? Send an email to KerryCallenArt@gmail.com. You can also find other work at linktr.ee/kerrycallen. — MORE — GHOST RIDER: Eat the Rich! Click here. — The Cheeky Reason WONDER WOMAN Took the STAR-SPANGLED KID to Court. Click here. — KERRY CALLEN spent much of his career as an artist and art director, developing product for Hallmark, but has also dabbled in comics for many years. As a freelancer, he creates work for a range of needs, spanning from Mad Magazine to children illustrations. He has two graphic novels available on Amazon worldwide, Halo and Sprocket: The Definitive Collection, as well as Dirtnap: Mystic...
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