About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 57. Chapters: Pogo, Spirit, Fearless Fosdick, Rip Kirby, Brenda Starr, Reporter, Sazae-san, The Adventures of Alix, Mark Trail, Tex Willer, Steve Canyon, Sad Sack, Garth, Buz Sawyer, The Adventures of Nero, Barnaby, Spiff and Hercules, Johnny Hazard, Giles family, Rex Morgan, M.D., Male Call, Hazel, Bruce Gentry, Batman, Le Rayon U, Rusty Riley, Grandma, Kerry Drake, Biffo the Bear, Little Iodine, Our Own Oddities, Zipi y Zape, Penny, Gordo, Flook, Teena, Casey Ruggles, Ozark Ike, Invisible Scarlet O'Neil, Priscilla's Pop, Li'l Folks, Claire Voyant, The Berrys. 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 cartoons at Walt Disney Studios in 1935. He stayed until the strike in 1941, long enough to animate on The Nifty Nineties, The Little Whirlwind, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo and The Reluctant Dragon. After leaving Disney, Kelly worked for Dell Comics, a division of Western Publishing of Racine, Wisconsin. The characters of Pogo...
