Pogo was the title of a long-running daily comic strip created by Walt Kelly, as well as the name of its principal character. Pogo, set in the Georgia section of the Okefenokee Swamp, often engaged in social and political satire through the adventures of the strip's funny animals. The strip also used much slapstick physical humor; the same series of strips could often be enjoyed by young children and by savvy adults on different levels. Kelly received the Reuben Award in 1951 for the strip.

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The characters of Pogo and Albert were created by Kelly in 1943, for issue #1 of Animal Comics, in a story called "Albert Takes The Cake." Both were created as comic foils for a young black boy named Bumbazine, who also lived in the Swamp. Kelly found it hard to write for the human boy, preferring to use the animals to their full comic potential, and eventually phased Bumbazine out. Pogo quickly took center stage, assuming the straight man role that Bumbazine had occupied.

In 1948, Kelly was hired to draw political cartoons for the short-lived New York Star newspaper, and decided to do a daily comic strip featuring the characters he had created for Animal Comics. Pogo debuted on October 4 of that year, and ran continuously until the paper folded on January 28, 1949. On May 16 of the same year, the strip was picked up for national distribution by Post-Hall Syndicate, and ran continuously until Kelly's death from diabetes in 1973. Kelly's wife, Selby, and assistant, Don Morgan, continued the strip to fulfill contractual obligations, before retiring it in 1975. The Los Angeles Times revived the strip under the title Walt Kelly's Pogo in 1989, written at first by Larry Doyle and Neil Sternecky, then by Kelly's son, Peter; but interest waned and the revived strip ran only a few years.

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taking a break from homework. getting ready to play some games on pogo, i've missed it
AliciaKE (Alicia Etherton) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:03:10 -0000
taking a break from homework. getting ready to play some games on pogo, i've missed it
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dear @fantagraphics - where the hell is Pogo: Wild Blue Wonder?
Robotkarateman (Steve Keller) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:33:18 -0000
dear @fantagraphics - where the hell is Pogo: Wild Blue Wonder?
This n*gga Lep jus said, "This old lad! He play 1! He play pogo, on his lung! ...teach you to steal me gold!" Lmao Mean ass n*gga!
TheTrendsation (Marquise Simms) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:01:02 -0000
This n*gga Lep jus said, "This old lad! He play 1! He play pogo, on his lung! ...teach you to steal me gold!" Lmao Mean ass n*gga!
si zatancil pogo jako za starych casu...
martinkubelka (Martin Kubelka) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:55:45 -0000
si zatancil pogo jako za starych casu...

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