Suzy’s Zoo “Jack, Corky, Suzy Duckport Pier” Friendship Archival Card #F6151

Suzy’s Zoo “Jack, Corky, Suzy Duckport Pier” Friendship Greeting Card #F6151

“A very warm welcome to you!”

“You’re going to fit right in!”

***Duckport Pier is the starting place for most ventures into The Beak Isles. The folks are as friendly as they come, and will probably even greet you with an ice cream cone! Jack Quacker, Corky Turtle, and Suzy Ducken greet you merrily, and Ollie Marmot is just now getting the refreshments. Hope you like chocolate chip!

1988 Everyday Catalog – It had been 20 years since Suzy Ducken holding her ducken doll, and Corky Turtle reading The Wall Street Journal, first appeared on note cards. Suzy Ducken was Suzy Spafford’s first character and is her name sake. Suzy, Jack Quacker, Corky and all the others seemed like people to her, just as real  as all of you.

Suzy’s Zoo started out in 1963 as small original pastel drawings of single animals on dark colored paper, to be framed and used in kids’ rooms, kitchens, and bathrooms. She sold those drawings at outdoor art marts during her college years along with her watercolors and lithos of realistic and more serious subjects. A typical subject of the pastel drawings was a big-eyed frog, or a snail on a daisy looking at a ladybug – or a little yellow duck or chicken character, the forerunner of the Ducken.

Jack Quacker was created in 1974. Also when Suzy began using marker pens instead of pastels; a much brighter medium that inspired Suzy to develop many more characters.

Suzy’s Zoo Friendship Greeting Cards

“No Envelope”

Artist: Suzy Spafford

The art on this card was chosen from the archives of illustrations and stories created by Suzy Spafford for the Suzy’s Zoo Calendars. The art on the cover was created for the month of June, 1997. The art on the inside of the card was created for the calendar cover and the month of May, 1994.