(1985)
Simon and Schuster,
1985 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 9.95 USD
- Pages
- 228
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Inc.
- Brand
-
A Fireside Book [later emblem]
- ISBN
-
0-671-55374-7
- Editing
- Selby Kelly (Mrs. Walt Kelly); Bill Crouch (editor)
- Color
- color cover; black & white interior
- Dimensions
- 8.5" x 11"
- Binding
- squarebound; softcover
[no title indexed]
Pogo / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Walt Kelly
- Inks
- Walt Kelly
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Albert Alligator; Pogo Possum
Contents
table of contents / 2 pages
- Characters
- Pogo Possum; Churchy La Femme; Howland Owl; Porkypine; Albert Alligator
About the Author by Albert
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Albert Alligator
- Synopsis
- Albert tries to describe Walt Kelly.
- Reprints
Walt Kelly Defends Pogo
Pogo / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Pogo Possum; Albert Alligator; Howland Owl; Beauregard Houn'dog; Porkypine; Churchy La Femme; Congersman Frog
- Reprints
- from Pogo 1962.xx.xx - 1965.09.19
Indexer Notes
Walt Kelly on Pogo and sample strips.
Walt Kelly Artwork - 1930 Vintage
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Walt Kelly (cartoon); ? (school newspaper)
- Pencils
- Walt Kelly
- Inks
- Walt Kelly
- Letters
- Walt Kelly; typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Captain Nowitz; Flynn; Rah Rah; West; Cox; Schreiber; Try-er; Spinelli
- Reprints
- from The Speculator, Volume 3, #1
- from The Stylus 1930.06.xx
Kelly's "Life of P.T. Barnum"
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Walter Phineus Taylor Barnum; Quiggley; Charity Hallet; Bibbins Bevins; Benton; Laura Nichols; Deacon Seeley; Joice Heth; Signor Antonio [Signor Vivalla]; Aaron Taylor; Miz Beaver; P. T. Bridgeport
- Synopsis
- The life of P. T. Barnum.
- Reprints
- from ?
- from Pogo 1955.03.18, 1955.03.21, 1955.03.22, 1955.03.24
Mary Reed: Kelly's Secretary Remembers
text article / 2 pages
Indexer Notes
Reveals that Walt Kelly wrote some books under the name Tony Maclay.
1948 Editorial Cartoons
cartoon / 2 pages
- Script
- Walt Kelly (cartoons); Bill Crouch (text)
- Pencils
- Walt Kelly
- Inks
- Walt Kelly
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Harry Truman; Thomas Dewey; Joseph Stalin; Francisco Franco; Chiang Kai-shek
Pogo and Albert in Their Early Days
Pogo / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Pogo Possum; Albert Alligator; Mistuh Termike
- Synopsis
- Pogo calls Albert a loafer.
The Fort Mudge Dump Library
Pogo / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Beauregard Houn'dog; Howland Owl; Churchy La Femme; Albert Alligator; Pogo Possum; Porkypine; Seminole Sam
- Synopsis
- People can check out things at the dump like a library.
- Reprints
- from Pogo 1972.06.11, 1972.06.18, 1972.06.25, 1972.07.02, 1972.07.09, 1972.07.16, 1972.07.23, 1972.07.30
Skoot
Skoot / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Walt Kelly (cartoons); Bill Crouch (text)
- Pencils
- Walt Kelly
- Inks
- Walt Kelly
- Letters
- Walt Kelly; typeset
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Jack Horner; Skoot; Tommy Tucker
- Synopsis
- Skoot the mouse lives in Mother Hubbard Land.
Indexer Notes
Sample cartoons for an unsold comic strip.
Publicity Photos and Art
illustration / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Walt Kelly; ? (photograph)
- Inks
- Walt Kelly; ? (photograph)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Walt Kelly; Pogo Possum; Miss Ma'm'selle Hepzibah; Porkypine
The Space Program
Pogo / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Pogo Possum; Howland Owl; Churchy La Femme; Beauregard Houn'dog
- Synopsis
- Howland plans to launch Churchy to the sun.
- Reprints
- from Pogo 1969.02.08, 1969.02.15, 1969.02.22
Comics For the New York Times
Pogo; TV Guide / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Walt Kelly (cartoons); Bill Crouch (text)
- Pencils
- Walt Kelly
- Inks
- Walt Kelly; Henry Shikuma
- Letters
- Henry Shikuma; typeset
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Howland Owl; Churchy La Femme; Pogo Possum; Albert Alligator
- Reprints
- The New York Times 1962
Indexer Notes
An advertisement for TV Guide in comic strip form.
Newspapers Versus Television
Pogo / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Walt Kelly (cartoons); Bill Crouch (text)
- Pencils
- Walt Kelly
- Inks
- Walt Kelly; Henry Shikuma
- Letters
- Henry Shikuma; typeset
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Albert Alligator; Pogo Possum; Howland Owl; Porkypine
- Reprints
- from Page One 1955
Folk Singers
Pogo / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Pogo Possum; Churchy La Femme; Beauregard Houn'dog; Albert Alligator; Howland Owl; Jericho P. Jackall; Porkypine
- Synopsis
- Folk singing comes to the swamp.
- Reprints
- from Pogo 1964.05.10, 1964.05.17, 1964.05.24, 1964.05.31, 1964.06.07, 1964.06.14, 1964.06.21, 1964.06.28, 1964.07.05, 1964.07.12
Pogo's Papa Peeks at Pax
text article / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; aviation
- Synopsis
- An article about the types of "birds" one sees traveling on airplanes.
- Reprints
- from Atlantic Clipper, January 1958
A Summer Vacation Promotion
text article / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Walt Kelly
- Inks
- Walt Kelly
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Pogo Possum; Churchy La Femme; Albert Alligator
- Synopsis
- A 1961 promotional piece for papers to run so subscribers can have their papers forwarded to wherever they are spending the summer and not miss the Pogo comic strip.
The Human Side of Berlin
text article / 9 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Albert Alligator
Indexer Notes
A six-part column on Berlin offered free to newspapers that ran Pogo. The series started November 27, 1961.
Pogo Possum at Christmas
text article / 0.5 page
- Script
- Bill Crouch
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Introduction to several Christmas related segments.
The Twelve Days of Christmas
Pogo / comic story / 1.5 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Albert Alligator; Pogo Possum; Miz Beaver; Churchy La Femme; Beauregard Houn'dog; Mr. Miggle; Miss Ma'm'selle Hepzibah; Howland Owl; Bunrabbit; Porkypine
- Reprints
- from Pogo 1971.12.27, 1971.12.28, 1971.12.29, 1971.12.30, 1971.12.31, 1972.01.01
The Old Original Charlie
Pogo / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Albert Alligator; Beauregard Houn'dog; Howland Owl; Churchy La Femme; Pogo Possum
- Synopsis
- Howland tries to explain the history of the song Deck Us All With Boston Charlie.
- Reprints
[Newsweek]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Characters
- Pogo Possum; Albert Alligator; Churchy La Femme; Bun Rabbit; Hop Frog; Miss Ma'm'selle Hepzibah; Beauregard Houn'dog; Porkypine
- Reprints
- from Newsweek 1955.12.26
Bright Christmasland
text story / 1 page
- Characters
- Albert Alligator; Pup Dog; Pogo Possum; Porkypine; Churchy La Femme; Miss Ma'm'selle Hepzibah; Howland Owl; Beauregard Houn'dog; Hop Frog
- Reprints
- from Newsweek 1955.12.26
Indexer Notes
A new Christmas song.
[no title indexed]
Pogo / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, uncle Pogo, how come all them critturs is singin' Christmas carols now? --Man! It's nearly fourth of July.
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Pogo Possum
Christmas Can't be Beat, Nick
text story / 1 page
- Characters
- Trilby
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Illustrated Christmas song.
1967 Christmas Dailies
Pogo / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Pogo Possum; Congersman Frog; Porkypine; Churchy La Femme; Mr. Merely; Beauregard Houn'dog; Howland Owl; Albert Alligator
- Synopsis
- Congersman Frog platform has a sanity clause in it.
- Reprints
- from Pogo 1967.12.11 - 1967.12.23
1969 Christmas Dailies
Pogo / comic story / 1.5 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Albert Alligator; Pogo Possum; Churchy La Femme; Porkypine; Beauregard Houn'dog; Howland Owl; Miss Ma'm'selle Hepzibah; Bun Rabbit; P. T. Bridgeport; Miz Beaver
- Synopsis
- Forgiving enemies and friends.
- Reprints
- from Pogo 1969.12.22 - 1969.12.27
1972 Christmas Dailies
Pogo / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Churchy La Femme; Waldo; Pogo Possum; Beauregard Houn'dog; Porkypine; Albert Alligator; Howland Owl
- Synopsis
- Churchy sings his new carol to fish.
- Reprints
- from Pogo 1972.12.18 - 1972.12.30
1973 Christmas Dailies
Pogo / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Selby Kelly (credited as Walt Kelly)
- Pencils
- Selby Kelly (credited as Walt Kelly)
- Inks
- Selby Kelly (credited as Walt Kelly)
- Letters
- Selby Kelly (credited as Walt Kelly)
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Churchy La Femme; Albert Alligator; Porkypine; Miss Ma'm'selle Hepzibah; Pogo Possum; Howland Owl; Miz Beaver; Bun Rabbit; Beauregard Houn'dog
- Synopsis
- Christmas strips done by Mrs. Kelly after Walt's death.
- Reprints
- from Pogo 1973.12.24 - 1973.12.26
[no title indexed]
Pogo / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For the benefit of those of you who haven't been paying attention, here's the story up 'til now
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Churchy La Femme
- Reprints
- from Pogo 1949.11.01
Turtles From Maryland
text article / 0.33 page
- Script
- Bill Crouch
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Introduction and backstory for the following illustration.
Maryland Turtles
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Characters
- Churchy La Femme
- Reprints
- from Education Series #50 (Maryland's Chesapeake Biological Laboratory) 1961
[no title indexed]
Pogo / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Churchy La Femme
- Synopsis
- Churchy tries to catch a fish.
- Reprints
- from Pogo 1952.10.05
Special Pogo "Appeals"
Pogo / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Pogo Possum; Pup Dog; Porkypine; Albert Alligator; Churchy La Femme; Howland Owl; P. T. Bridgeport
- Reprints
- from Pogo 1969.10.26
- from News Focus
Indexer Notes
From items for different groups including the Muscular Dystrophy Association, the Red Cross and UNICEF.
[no title indexed]
Pogo / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Churchy La Femme
- Synopsis
- Churchy tries to catch a fish.
- Reprints
- from Pogo 1952.10.05
Poetry and Art
text story / 4 pages
- Script
- Walt Kelly; Bill Crouch (introduction)
- Pencils
- Walt Kelly
- Inks
- Walt Kelly
- Letters
- Walt Kelly; typeset
- Characters
- Pogo Possum; Churchy La Femme; Howland Owl
Pollution
Pogo / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Howland Owl; Churchy La Femme; Pogo Possum; Pup Dog; Mr. Miggle; Albert Alligator; Beauregard Houn'dog; Bun Rabbit
- Synopsis
- Howland and Churchy are planning a pollution Olympics.
- Reprints
- from Pogo 1972.04.09, 1972.04.16, 1972.04.23, 1972.04.30, 1972.05.07, 1972.05.14, 1972.05.21, 1972.05.28
Henry Shikuma and Walt Kelly
text article / 6 pages
- Script
- Walt Kelly (cartoons); Bill Crouch (text)
- Pencils
- Walt Kelly; ? (photograph)
- Inks
- Walt Kelly; Henry Shikuma
- Letters
- Henry Shikuma; typeset
- Characters
- Porkypine; Pogo Possum; Howland Owl; Churchy La Femme; Miz Beaver; Albert Alligator
- Reprints
- from Pogo 1960.05.02, 1963.10.06, 1973.03.05 - 1973.03.10
Indexer Notes
Interview with Henry Shikuma who worked as an assistant on Pogo from 1958-1975. He mostly inked backgrounds and lettered.
The FBI and Pogo
Pogo / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Walt Kelly (cartoons); Bill Crouch (text)
- Pencils
- Walt Kelly
- Inks
- Walt Kelly; Henry Shikuma
- Letters
- Henry Shikuma; typeset
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Synopsis
- Spoofs of Spiro Agnew & J. Edgar Hoover get messages from the Chief.
- Reprints
- from Pogo
[Why Would the FBI be Interested in this Man?]
illustration / 1 page
- Script
- Bill Crouch
- Pencils
- Walt Kelly; ? (photograph)
- Inks
- Walt Kelly; ? (photograph)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Albert Alligator; Walt Kelly (photograph)
Indexer Notes
A photograph of Walt Kelly in front of a drawing of Albert.
Cheerful Camp Siberia
Pogo / comic story / 3.75 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Albert Alligator; Churchy La Femme; Pogo Possum; Howland Owl; Hop Frog
- Synopsis
- The gang at camp.
- Reprints
- from ?
Puttin' the Foot in Football
Pogo / comic story / 1.5 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Pogo Possum; Albert Alligator; Howland Owl; Hop Frog
- Synopsis
- Pogo wants to be a football star.
- Reprints
- from ?
Inside Jab
Pogo / comic story / 1.75 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Pogo Possum; Albert Alligator; Howland Owl
- Synopsis
- Pogo and Albert use a pumpkin for a football.
- Reprints
- from ?
1984 Art Show of Pogo Originals
Pogo / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Walt Kelly (cartoons); Bill Crouch (text)
- Pencils
- Walt Kelly
- Inks
- Walt Kelly; Henry Shikuma
- Letters
- Henry Shikuma
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Porkypine; Pogo Possum; Albert Alligator; Deacon Mushrat; Churchy La Femme; Mole MacCarony
- Reprints
- from Pogo 1970.07.25, 1960.07.08, 1967.12.04, 1965.08.12, 1963.10.18, 1964.10.14
The New Fort Mudge Dump
Pogo / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Howland Owl; Albert Alligator; Churchy La Femme; Flimplock; Bun Rabbit; Pup Dog; Beauregard Houn'dog
- Synopsis
- Howland reopens the dump.
- Reprints
- from Pogo 1969.10.19, 1969.11.02, 1972.06.04, 1973.04.01, 1971.05.09
1949 Promotional Drawings
illustration / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Walt Kelly
- Inks
- Walt Kelly
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Albert Alligator; Pogo Possum; Howland Owl; Porkypine; Churchy La Femme; Walt Kelly
The Complete Pogo Daily Strips for 1951
Pogo / comic story / 78 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Churchy La Femme; Pogo Possum; Albert Alligator; Howland Owl; Solid MacHogany; Richard; Porkypine; Alabaster Alligator; Mr. Chug-Chug Curtis; Sam; Miz Beaver; Beauregard Houn'dog; Miss Ma'm'selle Hepzibah; Pup Dog; Deacon Mushrat; Seminole Sam; Mallard Demer; Bewitched Bat; Bothered Bat; Bewildered Bat; Miz Grackle; Miz Limpkin; Shirt-tail Sam; Rhymin' Worm; Bernice Eleanor; P. T. Bridgeport; Mr. Tammanany; Mr. Rackety-Coon; Alcyon; Horrors Greely; Miz Catbird; Pemberwyck Catbird; Wiley Cat; Sarcophagus MacAbre; Beau Moonshine Sonata
- Synopsis
- Pogo learns piano; Pogo fights a duel; The bats arrive; Albert is in a poetry contest with a worm; P. T. Bridgeport comes to the swamp; The mail duck gets fired.
- Reprints
- from Pogo daily 1951.01.01 - 1951.12.31
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Pogo -
1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
[no title indexed]
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3.
Contents
-
4.
Introduction
-
5.
About the Author by Albert
-
6.
What's So Outrageous About Pogo?
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7.
Walt Kelly Defends Pogo
Pogo -
8.
Walt Kelly Artwork - 1930 Vintage
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9.
Kelly's "Life of P.T. Barnum"
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10.
Mary Reed: Kelly's Secretary Remembers
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11.
1948 Editorial Cartoons
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12.
Pogo and Albert in Their Early Days
Pogo -
13.
The Fort Mudge Dump Library
Pogo -
14.
Skoot
Skoot -
15.
Some 1958 Facts and Figures
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16.
Ring That Bell: A 1958 News Release
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17.
Publicity Photos and Art
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18.
The Space Program
Pogo -
19.
Comics For the New York Times
Pogo; TV Guide -
20.
Newspapers Versus Television
Pogo -
21.
Folk Singers
Pogo -
22.
Pogo's Papa Peeks at Pax
-
23.
A Summer Vacation Promotion
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24.
The Human Side of Berlin
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25.
Pogo Possum at Christmas
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26.
The Twelve Days of Christmas
Pogo -
27.
The Old Original Charlie
Pogo -
28.
[Newsweek]
-
29.
Bright Christmasland
-
30.
["Hey, uncle Pogo, how come all them critturs is singin' Christmas carols now? --Man! It's nearly fourth of July."]
Pogo -
31.
Christmas Can't be Beat, Nick
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32.
1967 Christmas Dailies
Pogo -
33.
Deck Us All With Boston Charlie
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34.
1969 Christmas Dailies
Pogo -
35.
1972 Christmas Dailies
Pogo -
36.
1973 Christmas Dailies
Pogo -
37.
G. O. Fizzickle Year
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38.
["For the benefit of those of you who haven't been paying attention, here's the story up 'til now"]
Pogo -
39.
Turtles From Maryland
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40.
Maryland Turtles
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41.
[no title indexed]
Pogo -
42.
Special Pogo "Appeals"
Pogo -
43.
[no title indexed]
Pogo -
44.
A Kelly Self-Critique
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45.
Poetry and Art
-
46.
Walt Kelly's Tribute to John Lardner
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47.
Pollution
Pogo -
48.
Henry Shikuma and Walt Kelly
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49.
The FBI and Pogo
Pogo -
50.
[Why Would the FBI be Interested in this Man?]
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51.
Cheerful Camp Siberia
Pogo -
52.
Puttin' the Foot in Football
Pogo -
53.
Inside Jab
Pogo -
54.
1984 Art Show of Pogo Originals
Pogo -
55.
The New Fort Mudge Dump
Pogo -
56.
1949 Promotional Drawings
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57.
The Complete Pogo Daily Strips for 1951
Pogo -
58.
[Thank You, Mr. Editor]
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59.
[In Case You've Forgotten...]
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60.
[no title indexed]
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61.
[Impossumable To Pass Up!]
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