About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 90. Chapters: 1940 comic debuts, 1941 comic debuts, 1942 comic debuts, 1945 comic debuts, 1946 comic debuts, 1947 comic debuts, 1948 comic debuts, 1949 comic debuts, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Pogo, Buck Danny, Superboy, Classics Illustrated, Batman, Lucky Luke, Spike and Suzy, Blake and Mortimer, Venus, The Adventures of Alix, Tintin, Tex Willer, Namora, Young Allies, Miss America, Zip Comics, World's Finest Comics, Two-Gun Kid, Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, Girl Comics, Millie the Model, Kid Colt, Classic Comics, All Star Comics, Spiff and Hercules, All Winners Comics, Hangman Comics, Moon Girl, Shield-Wizard Comics, Jackpot Comics, Rusty Riley, Anita Diminuta, Spirou et Fantasio, Leading Comics, Kalle Anka & C: o, Spirou et l'aventure, Sun Girl, Star-Spangled Comics, Pantera Bionda, Sensation Comics, Funnyman, My Date Comics, Laugh Comics, Leave It to Binky, Tex Taylor. Excerpt: Pogo is the title and central character of a long-running daily American comic strip, created by cartoonist Walt Kelly (1913-1973) and distributed by the Post-Hall Syndicate. Set in the Okefenokee Swamp of the southeastern United States, the strip often engages in social and political satire through the adventures of its anthropomorphic funny animal characters. Pogo combined both sophisticated wit and slapstick physical comedy in a heady mix of allegory, Irish poetry, literary whimsy, puns and wordplay, lushly detailed artwork, irresistible characters and broad burlesque humor. The same series of strips can be enjoyed on different levels both by young children and savvy adults. The strip earned Kelly a Reuben Award in 1951. Walter Crawford Kelly, Jr. was born in Philadelphia on August 25, 1913, although his family relocated to Bridgeport, Connecticut during his second year. He migrated to California at the age of 22, to work on Donald Duck cartoon...