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Pogo (revived as Walt Kelly's Pogo) was a daily comic strip that was created by cartoonist Walt Kelly and syndicated to American newspapers from 1948 until 1975. Set in the Okefenokee Swamp in the Southeastern United States , Pogo followed the adventures of its anthropomorphic animal characters, including the title character, an opossum .
Up until Fantagraphics began publishing this hardcover collection, the only somewhat complete trade paperback series, released by Simon & Schuster from 1951 to 1973, [3] had been the most comprehensive collection of the comic strip, "somewhat complete" meaning missing sequences, dropped panels, abridged plot lines and sometimes unsupplemented new drawings. [4]
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Pogo was almost unrecognizable in his initial appearance, resembling a real possum more closely than in his classic form. Kelly's work with Dell continued well into the successful run of the newspaper strip in the early 1950s, ending after 16 issues of Pogo Possum (each with all-new material) in a dispute over the republication of Kelly's early ...
IMO the only characters that should be listed are Pogo, Albert, Porky, Howland, Churchy, and Beauregard, and the intense detail that's currently on there really doesn't need to be. Something like "Pogo Possum, the Everyman of the strip, somehow manages to keep a level head despite the shenanigans of his swamp-mates." ought to be enough.
The Possum Kids Three young opossums with a thirst for adventure. They have a knack for getting into trouble which then Fone Bone saves them from, but they are resourceful and cunning, and play a significant part in Rock Jaw. The possums look suspiciously like Pogo the possum from Walt Kelly's comic strip.
Pogo (comic strip), by Walt Kelly, and its title character; Pogo (dance), a dance style; Pogo Plane, an airplane in The Fantastic Four comics; Pogo (TV channel), an Indian cable television channel; Phinneus Pogo, a sapient chimpanzee in the comic and TV series The Umbrella Academy
New features added in 1948–49 included Walt Kelly's Pogo, the adventure strip Tex Austin, Victor Riesel's "Inside Labor" column and a facts panel, Wizard of Odds. [1] On March 1, 1949, the company was renamed as the Post-Hall Syndicate, Inc., and during the 1950s, it distributed the writings of Norman Vincent Peale.