(1953)
Simon and Schuster,
1953 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 1.00 USD
- Pages
- 100
- On-sale Date
- 1953
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Simon and Schuster Inc.
- Editing
- Walt Kelly ?
- Color
- Color Cover; Black & White Interior
- Dimensions
- 6.5" x 10"
- Binding
- Softcover
- Publishing Format
- Collected Edition
Issue Notes
All original material. Could be considered an early Graphic Novel, as it is comics material created to be published in a book format (not originally printed in a magazine or newspaper strip).
[no title indexed]
Pogo / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
Indexer Notes
Illustration that goes with the illustration on the title pages following. Depicts Pogo sowing quick growing seeds.
Uncle Pogo So-So Stories
Pogo / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
Indexer Notes
Title page. Illustration depicts Pogo running as the seeds just sown sprout into full grown plants.
For the Mother of Kathryn Barbara
Pogo / text story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Porkypine
Indexer Notes
Illustrated poem, dedication page.
[Introduction]
Pogo / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Pogo Possum; Alabaster; Grundoon; Pup Dog; Rackety Coon Chile
Robin Hood to Pay Piper
Pogo / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Albert Alligator; Pogo Possum; Howland Owl; Seminole Sam; Churchy La Femme; Beauregard Bugleboy (cameo)
A Chile's Guardin' Adversus
Pogo / text article / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Churchy La Femme; Howland Owl; Bun Rabbit; Beauregard Bugleboy; P.T. Bridgeport; Bewitched; Bothered; Bemildred; Deacon Mushrat
Indexer Notes
Eight poems with illustrations: "Northern Lights", "Why the Wind Goes 'Whew!'", "A Small Song", "Many Happy Returns", "Man's Best Friend", "Words upon a Box of Soap", "The Third Rail Theme", "How Low Is the Lowing Herd", and "Peep, Bo, Peep!".
Muckey Spleen: The Bloody Drip
Pogo / comic story / 19 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Albert Alligator [Meat Hamburg]; Pogo Possum [bartender]; Churchy Le Femme [Tundra] (Meat Hamburg's secretary); Miz Rackety Coon (cameo); Beauregard Bugleboy [officer of the law]
- Reprints
-
in Stripschrift (Het Stripschap, 1968 series) #96 (december 1976)
-
Indexer Notes
Mickey Spillane spoof. The Pogo cast acting out the roles.
The Story of Chicken Little
Pogo / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Chicken Little; Henny-Penny; Howland Owl [Owly-Jowly]; Churchy La Femme [Turtle-Lurtle]; Beauregard Bugleboy [Doggy-Soggy]; Miz Beaver [Beaver-Smeaver]; Toady-Loady; Chug Chug Curtis [Ducky-Wucky]; Seminole Sam [Foxy-Loxy, as well as the king]
Indexer Notes
Spoof of the ancient folk tale. The Pogo cast acting out the roles.
The Traveling Musicians
Pogo / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Albert Alligator [the donkey]; Pogo Possum [Quincival] (a hired man); Miz Bear [Mrs. O'Feriority]; Howland Owl [Mr. O'Feriority]; Beauregard Bugleboy [the wizard]; Churchy La Femme [the airedale dog]; Wiley Catt [a robber]; Sarcophagus MacAbre [another robber]; Seminole Sam [the third robber]
Indexer Notes
Revamp of the old folk tale. The Pogo cast acting out the roles.
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Pogo -
1.
Publisher's Note
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2.
[no title indexed]
Pogo -
3.
Uncle Pogo So-So Stories
Pogo -
4.
[no title indexed]
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5.
For the Mother of Kathryn Barbara
Pogo -
6.
[Contents]
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7.
[Introduction]
Pogo -
8.
Robin Hood to Pay Piper
Pogo -
9.
A Chile's Guardin' Adversus
Pogo -
10.
Muckey Spleen: The Bloody Drip
Pogo -
11.
The Story of Chicken Little
Pogo -
12.
Dog-Gone
Pogo -
13.
The Traveling Musicians
Pogo -
14.
A Note About the Author
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15.
[Back Cover]
Pogo
This issue was modified by, among others
- CuRT
- Pat Lang
- Clint Maxwell
- Claus Simonsen
- Jim Van Dore
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