Another blah issue of the Winnie-the-Pooh comic book series from the '70s. This one is dated May, 1977.

A Calendar of Sorts

The first lines are quite jarring as Pooh greets Christopher Robin as "Chris." NoNoNoNo!

Inspired by Christopher Robin's calendar, Pooh makes his own. And every day has a holiday or fun activity to do or some necessary chores. Tigger comes up with a scheme to get out of chore days, but his lie comes back to bite him on the rear. Meh.

Wacky Adventures of Cracky: Time on My Hands! [Advertisement]

Cracky the parrot (star of his own comic book series from Western Publishing) has invented a clock that keeps running . . . and pulling him along with it as it runs here and there, back and forth. Hostess Fruit Pies stop the clock . . . but just for a second, because the energy from the pie keeps it running . . . with Cracky still in tow!

I've never seen a Hostess ad where the hero still manages to lose despite deploying the tasty snacks. Wacky.

Eep of the Gra

Kanga has opened a nursery school for the little critters of the Hundred Acre Wood. But one little gopher is left behind at the end of the day and a negligent, scatterbrained Kanga doesn't know his name or who his parent is. When asked who he is, he can only say "Eep of the Gra," but when Pooh asks around no one recognizes that name, not even Christopher Robin, who is doing some yardwork next to his rather hostile "Keep off the Grass" sign. Hmmmmm.

The Tasty Trophy

Piglet finds an old whistle and won't lay off it. To get him under control, Pooh invents the O-Limp-Kicks games and makes Piglet the referee so he'll only blow the whistle when needed. But the games fall apart and the trophy gets stolen, and the whole thing turns into a hunt for the thief. But Pooh is able to put a positive spin on the debacle and the novelty of the whistle has passed for Piglet by the end of the mess. Derp.

Eeyore's Lost Snores

Tigger and Pooh can't sleep without the soothing sounds of Eeyore's snoring. But Eeyore has insomnia because he's worried about what will happen when a boulder atop a nearby hill finally breaks loose and rolls down the hill toward Owl's house. Tigger and Pooh come up with a plan to move the boulder while keeping Owl safe, but things go awry, of course, and I had to laugh out loud when Eeyore's worries about Owl prove misplaced. Heh. Too bad the rest of the stories weren't this good.

(My Pooh Project: I love Winnie the Pooh, and so does my wife. Having a daughter gave us a chance to indoctrinate her into the cult by buying and reading her every Pooh book we came across. How many is that? I’m going to count them this year by reading and reviewing one every day and seeing which month I finally run out. Track my progress here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/23954351-rod-brown?ref=nav_mybooks&she... ) ( )