All right, so this version of Puff is far from obscure, but so what? obscurity hasn't been the focus of One-Cent ACEO for a while now, and besides, Fred Wolf's 'Puff the Magic Dragon' is worth an ACO of ....it's just a shame my talentless tail had to be the one to draw it. :p
This special follows the *song its titular character is based on fairly loosely, but I adore this version of Puff---he's so gentle and therapist-like ...in fact, Puff tends to play therapist with the kids he meets in the real world. ^^
*yes, I know the song is (likely) about smoking weed. And, no, I've never done hard drugs like that (but I'll be downing a couple cans of Tecate once I've uploaded this drawing) lol
There were at least two other 'Puff the Magic Dragon' specials produced by Fred Wolf: 'Puff in the Land of the Living Lies' and 'Puff and the Incredible Mr. Nobody'.
If the Dixon Harmony is my rarest pencil, then this 479 model from American Pencil Co (unofficially known as 'the jewel pencil') is among my most valuable.
The pencil itself dates to about 1914 (based on a vintage ad I didn't have the foresight to save) and comes with (what I presume to be) a glass 'emerald' on its tip. The presence of this 'emerald' is what makes this particular specimen valuable---very few of these century-old 479's have managed to hang onto their jewels (no jokes, please).
The 479 is an elegant little writing tool (dragons and chippies both like shiny things). :3
Mine, of course, is not sharpened ...and will hopefully remain that way. :3
I can honestly say that this is the first time I've ever seen a lead pencil with a jeweled end. I'm guessing these were not the default pencils kids got when they went to school.
I'm not sure if the creation of Puff the Magic Dragon was ever connected with smoking weed. The two people who wrote the original poem (P. Yarrow & L. Lipton) said that it had nothing to do with drugs or drug culture, and was about the hardships of growing up. I'm assuming the authors would know why they wrote it. I never associated it drugs myself, but when I got into college, I heard various Puff the Magic Reefer parodies. I also heard Frosty the Dope Man, and never associated the original Frosty the Snowman with drugs!
When I was a kid, I thought his name referred to the puffs of smoke any ordinary fire-breathing dragon would make. That's how kids cartoons depicted dragons when I was a child.
I can honestly say that this is the first time I've ever seen a lead pencil with a jeweled end. I'm
It's a gentleman's pencil, to be sure, albeit, it's still an unusual piece, as many pencils for the upper echelon of the time were the mechanical sort, with barrels of silver or gold. ^_^
My guess is its verbal cloud watching---looking too closely at the lyics and seeing things that aren't really there. :3
It's a gentleman's pencil, to be sure, albeit, it's still an unusual piece, as many pencils for the
First up, no. Puff was never about weed. Co-opted for it sure, but ven then it makes absolutely NO sense outside of 'Pufff... magic... hurr hurr hurr.' Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds is more closely linked to drugs. Do not slander this dragon's good name with such lies, of we shall have to mail you to Puff's special.
Secondly, if you can draw with your tail then it's not talentless.
First up, no. Puff was never about weed. Co-opted for it sure, but ven then it makes absolutely NO s
