The Kelv Enthusiast: Smüki
Above is a storyboard for “Smüki”, the only cartoon on Kelv’s only television network in the late 1950’s.
“Smüki” was meant to be political propaganda for children, but the writers were actually anti-governement radicals and injected a contradictory meaning into the story-lines.
The animators however were secretly in support of a third political agenda. The cartoon ended up having three conflicting layers of propaganda which combined to make a confusing cartoon that kids didn’t much care for.
“Smüki” was cancelled in 1963 and re-launched as a newspaper comic strip called “Shmüki” which was noticeably similar:
**What the hell is this all about? It’s an excerpt from my upcoming magazine piece “The Kelv Enthusiast” to be published in Mammal Magazine, Spring 2007. Tune in for details.
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