(1955)

Simon and Schuster, 1955 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
1.00 USD
Pages
100
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Simon and Schuster Inc.
Editing
Walt Kelly ?
Color
color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions
6 1/2" x 9 3/4"
Paper Stock
newsprint
Binding
perfect bound
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] (Table of Contents)

Pogo / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Pogo Possum

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
If this book has a theme, which is unlikely if we know Kelly ...

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Walt Kelly (spot illustration)
Inks
Walt Kelly (spot illustration)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Title pages and indicia.

One Small Score for Two Brown Eyes (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Walt Kelly
Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly
Letters
?

Characters
Porkypine

Indexer Notes

Illustrated poem.

Our Pledge (Table of Contents: 4)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Walt Kelly
Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly
Letters
?

Characters
Albert Alligator; Pogo Possum; Churchy La Femme; Howland Owl; Beauregard Bugleboy; Porkypine

Contents (Table of Contents: 5)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Reprints

Lhude Sing Cuccu (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Walt Kelly
Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly
Letters
?

Characters
Miss Sis Boombah

Indexer Notes

Illustrated poem.

More Mother Goosery Rinds (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Walt Kelly
Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Albert the Alligator (Mother Goose); Pogo Possum (a wandering musician)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Members of the Pogo cast acting out the two roles.

The Bloody Drip Writhes Again (Table of Contents: 9)

Gore Blimey / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Walt Kelly
Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly
Letters
?

Genre
humor; crime
Characters
Albert the Alligator (Meat Hamburg); a ladybug (Viola Voila); Beauregard Bugleboy (Flanagan); Churchy La Femme (cameo)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Mickey Spillane spoof. Members of the Pogo cast acting out the roles.

A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
trad.; Walt Kelly
Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly
Letters
?

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Indexer Notes

Illustrated poem.

The Account of the Wooful Frog (Table of Contents: 11)

Pogo / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Walt Kelly
Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly
Letters
?

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Chicken Little (narrator and director); several animal children

Indexer Notes

Reenactment of the poem. Minor members of the Pogo cast acting out the roles.

Glory (Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Lewis Carroll
Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly
Letters
?

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Illustrated poem.

Glory (Table of Contents: 13)

text story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Walt Kelly
Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly
Letters
?

The Man from "Suffern on the Steppes". Or 1984 and All That (Table of Contents: 14)

Pogo / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Walt Kelly
Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly
Letters
?

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody
Characters
Howland Owl (commissar); Pogo Possum (ticket vendor and train engineer); Albert Alligator (fellow commissar); Porkypine (commissar); Beauregard Bugleboy (commissar); Churchy La Femme (commissar)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The Pogo cast acting out the roles.

Lines to Celebrate the Loss of a Galosh (Table of Contents: 15)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Walt Kelly
Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly
Letters
?

Characters
Beauregard Bugleboy

Indexer Notes

Illustrated poem.

Yoo Hoo Killed Cock Robin? (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Walt Kelly
Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Albert Alligator; Pogo Possum; Rackety Coon Chile; Grundoon; Churchy La Femme (cameo); Howland Owl (cameo); Porkypine (cameo)
Reprints

Finem Respice (Table of Contents: 17)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Walt Kelly
Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly
Letters
?

Characters
Pup Dog

Indexer Notes

Illustrated poem.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Pogo Possom
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Pogo
  2. 1. ["If this book has a theme, which is unlikely if we know Kelly ..."]
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
  4. 3. One Small Score for Two Brown Eyes
  5. 4. Our Pledge
  6. 5. Contents
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
  8. 7. Lhude Sing Cuccu
  9. 8. More Mother Goosery Rinds
  10. 9. The Bloody Drip Writhes Again
    Gore Blimey
  11. 10. A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go
  12. 11. The Account of the Wooful Frog
    Pogo
  13. 12. Glory
  14. 13. Glory
  15. 14. The Man from "Suffern on the Steppes". Or 1984 and All That
    Pogo
  16. 15. Lines to Celebrate the Loss of a Galosh
  17. 16. Yoo Hoo Killed Cock Robin?
  18. 17. Finem Respice
  19. 18. [no title indexed]
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  • Peter Croome
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Claus Simonsen