𝕸𝖎𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖓 𝕾𝖔 𝕭𝖎𝖌

I vaguely remember, growing up, two or three limited run comic strips that ran in my local newspaper. Could I tell you what those comics were? No. They usually ran around the holidays and weren't very memorable. Mitten So Big was not one of them. Mitten So Big ran between December 1 and December 24 in 1975. It was written by Dorothy M. Floreck and illustrated by Don Baur. It's about twin penguin siblings who assist Santa Claus on Christmas night after getting lost during a storm.

Really missed an opportunity to make this first strip rhyme. I'm not saying the whole series needs to rhyme but this one strip would've been nice.

Peter and Penny must not have parents.

News? The Penguin News? Did the penguins launch a satellite? And why are Peter and Penelope so cartoonish when the other penguins are drawn realistically?

Suck it, children of the world! The penguins come first!

Okay. We can stop calling it "mitten so big".

They should've called this story "The Christmas Key" because we seem to have pushed aside the mitten so big rather quickly.

Oh. Here are Peter and Penny's parents. Maybe Peter and Penny disappear all the time so they weren't worried.

Peter and Penny can't go back to normal penguin life. They can't. They won't.

Oh, good. The mitten so big is back. And we're still calling it that.

Cool. Peter and Penny get to be Santa's unpaid labor every Christmas Eve.

I hope you enjoyed Mitten So Big. It was certainly a comic strip that existed. Now that you know that Santa uses penguin helpers, maybe you'll set out some fish next year along with Santa's milk and cookies.

Merry Christmas

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Happy Holidays