Chilly Willy (English)

Notes:

Created by Walter Lantz Studio director Paul J. Smith, for the debut cartoon “Chilly Willy” (1953), the character was refined into the cute, but sometimes surprisingly aggressive, penguin we best know in two cartoons directed by Tex Avery: “I’m Cold” (1954) which introduced Smedley the Hound as a recurring adversary, and “The Legend of Rockabye Point” (1955) with a greedy polar bear who very likely evolved into Chilly’s oft-seen comic book foe “Bully Bear”.

Chilly Willy’s comic book debut was an unconventional and indirect one, as he first appeared as a guest-star in the “Homer Pigeon” feature, sharing several months’ worth of stories with Homer (whom he’d quickly eclipse in popularity), finally achieving a feature (and later a comic book) of his own.

First comic book appearance: Walter Lantz New Funnies (Dell, 1946 Series) #211 – (September 1954).

Feature Logos

Logo	Name	Year began ▲	Year ended	Issues
	Chilly Willy [Dell Logo 5 Shivering Letters Upper Case]	—	1962	1
	Chilly Willy [Dell Logo 8 Shivering Letters Upper/Lower Case]	—	1962	1
	Chilly Willy [Dell Logo 7 with Snow]	1954	1957	1
	Chilly Willy [Dell Logo 4 Slanted Letters]	1955	1962	0
	Chilly Willy [Dell Western Logo 2 Straight Letters Double Line]	1956	1966	1
	Chilly Willy [Dell Western Logo 3 Staggered Letters]	1956	1966	3
	Chilly Willy [Dell Western Logo 1 Straight Letters Single Line]	1956	1966	6
	Chilly Willy [Western Logo 6 Slanted Letters]	1964	1966	2

Feature Relations

1. as feature in other language: Chilly Willy (German)
2. as feature in other language: Chilly Willy (Spanish)
3. as feature in other language: Frosne Fritz (Norwegian)
4. as feature in other language: Der Kalte Willi (German)
5. as feature in other language: Pelle Pingvin [Walter Lantz] (Swedish)
6. as feature in other language: Pingo Pingvin (Norwegian)
7. as feature in other language: Pinguin Willi (German)
8. as feature in other language: El Pingüino Travieso (Spanish)