Sunday, March 22, 2026

Hi There!

Here's a long (novelty) letter for you from California. And pre-written, --so I didn't even have to!

7 comments:

Nequam said...

I notice a signature from one "Bob Petsky" (not entirely sure on that last name) who seems to have at least done the little cartoons if not written/composed the entire letter. Any idea who he was?

Mr. Karswell said...

Nope! Nothing on Google either

Mike said...

I wonder if it might be Bob Petley.
https://postcardhistory.net/2021/10/bob-petley/
Style looks a bit different, but it seems like something he might have been involved with.

JMR777 said...

I think the artist is Bob Petley, it looks similar to his work. Bob Petley did funny postcards so this letter would be the kind of thing he and his company (Petley Studio, Inc.) would produce.

Mr. Karswell said...

Nice sleuthin!, gang!

Mr. Cavin said...

Aargh! I should have read these comments *before* I tracked Petley down myself!

This is a cute idea for a postcard, and I like the breezy writing and the cute cartoons. I do have to point out that with almost a hundred and ten federally-recognized indigenous tribes, California has the second largest native population of any state in the union. Before European "tourism," Wikipedia states that "California was one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse areas in pre-Columbian North America." So the intro here is just a little tiny bit cringe.

Brian Barnes said...

Reminds me a bit of MAD, with all the little margin pictures. Kind of an interesting gag gift, an already made comedy letter you can send somebody. Never seen anything like this. I see nobody actually ever used it, would have been interesting with some random person's signature at the end!