Impollutable Pogo
#[nn]
(1972)
Simon and Schuster,
1970 Series
- Price
- 1.95 USD
- Pages
- 132
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Editing
- Walt Kelly ?
Issue Notes
SBN 671-20401-7; Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 72-132022. Library of Congress card number indicates 1972 publication of Pogo newspaper strips with a copyright date of 1970. The copyright date is the only one in the book.
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[Blank Pages]
blank page(s) / 2 pages
Indexer Notes
The inside front cover and inside back cover are blank.
[Pogo]
Pogo / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Pogo
Indexer Notes
Very small illustration of Pogo sowing seeds, which appears in most of the Pogo collections.
Impollutable Pogo
credits, title page / 1 page
- Characters
- Snavely (on flag)
Indexer Notes
Title page with illustration of flag drawing from the cover.
[no title indexed]
credits, title page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Copyright and cataloguing information.
[Dedication]
text article / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Dedication: "In memory of Joe Barnes, who early on understood freedom." Joseph F. Barnes (1907-1970) was editor of the short-lived New York Star, which ran Pogo in late 1948-early 1949, before syndication.
[no title indexed]
Pogo / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Is goin' down harder than goin' up?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Pogo (silhouette); Porkypine (silhouette)
An Early Final Thought
text article / 1 page
Indexer Notes
A quote by Walt Kelly from an article in the Milwaukee Journal, February 22, 1970. Same quote is used on the back cover.
[Churchy LaFemme]
Pogo / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Churchy LaFemme
Indexer Notes
Small clip art illustration of Churchy LaFemme bowing.
Chapter 1 - Looking Ahead Behind by a Nose
Pogo / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Pogo; Churchy LaFemme; Beauregard Bugleboy; Miz Beaver (cameo); Howland Owl (cameo); Albert Alligator; Porky Pine; Ma'm'selle Hepzibah (cameo);
- Synopsis
- The cast celebrates New Year's Day and later Howland, Churchy, and Beauregard discuss changing the calendar.
- Reprints
- from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1970-01-01 to 1970-01-3, 1970-01-05 to 1970-01-08
Chapter 2 - Which Vice Is Versa?
Pogo / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Pogo; Howland Owl; Churchy LaFemme; Beauregard Bugleboy
- Synopsis
- Howland and Churchy decide air pollution could be reduced if people would stop breathing.
- Reprints
- from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1970-01-12 to 1970-01-17, 1970-01-19 to 1970-01-21
- Keywords
- air pollution
Chapter 3 - Four Bats and a Ball
Pogo / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Howland Owl; The Three Bats [Bewitched; Bothered; Bemildred]
- Synopsis
- Howland and the bats discuss air pollution, then the discussion evolves toward producing a seance television program to promote non-breathing.
- Reprints
- from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1970-01-26 to 1970-01-30, 1970-02-05, 1970-02-06
- Keywords
- air pollution; baseball; seance
Chapter 4 - Bearly Bear
Pogo / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Pogo; Porky Pine; Bear [Hyena]; Churchy LaFemme; Beauregard Bugleboy
- Synopsis
- A bug wakes up a "bear," thinking it's a ground hog. The "bear" frightens Pogo and Porky, but ends up befriending Churchy.
- Reprints
- from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1970-02-02 to 1970-02-04, 1970-02-09, 1970-02-10
- Keywords
- fishing; Ground Hog Day
Indexer Notes
New bridging panel between 1970-02-04 and 1970-02-09. The "Bear" is a caricature of then Vice-President Spiro Agnew and his dialogue parodies his political speeches. The character is referenced as a hyena on all online resources, so it is identified as such except for the few early appearances. The character is never given a name.
Chapter 5 - A Head in a Hole and Vice Versa
Pogo / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Howland Owl; The Three Bats [Bewitched; Bothered; Bemildred]; Deacon Mushrat; Sarcophagus MacAbre; Churchy LaFemme
- Synopsis
- Howland and the bats walk by the cemetery and are scared when they hear the voices of the Deacon and Sarcophagus, who are hidden by tombstones. Churchy and Howland discuss the proposed seance television show.
- Reprints
- from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1970-02-12, 1970-02-13, 1970-02-16 to 1970-02-19
- Keywords
- cemetery; Friday the 13th; ghosts; guitar; television; tombstones
Indexer Notes
New bridging panels between 1970-02-13 and 1970-02-16 and also new panel after 1970-02-19.
Chapter 6 - Uncle Beanfellow Is Dead Sure
Pogo / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- The Three Bats [Bewitched; Bothered; Bemildred]
- Synopsis
- The three bats discuss their proposed seance television show and gossip about Auntie Fudgenut and Uncle Beanfellow.
- Reprints
- from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1970-02-20, 1970-02-23 to 1970-02-25
- Keywords
- algebra; ouija board; television
Chapter 7 - The Drive-In, Self-Service Mortuary
Pogo / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Deacon Mushrat; Sarcophagus MacAbre; Howland Owl; Churchy LaFemme
- Synopsis
- Deacon and Sarcophagus meet Howland and Churchy and go to Sarcophagus' home in a mausoleum to listen to some funeral marches.
- Reprints
- from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1970-02-26 to 1970-02-28, 1970-03-13, 1970-03-14, 1970-03-16, 1970-03-17
- Keywords
- bass drum; coffin; guitar; records; tombstone; Victrola
Indexer Notes
New bridging panel between 1970-03-14 and 1970-03-16. Second panel of 1970-03-16 is not printed. A bass drum in Sarcophagus' home has a "The Firehouse Five + 2" logo, which was the name of a 1950s Dixieland jazz band made up of members of the Disney animation department.
Chapter 8 - A Hair's Breath
Pogo / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Pogo; Albert Alligator; one of the Three Bats; Porkypine
- Synopsis
- One of the three bats looks for a "non-breather" and tries to convince Pogo and Albert that a seance television program is feasible.
- Reprints
- from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1970-03-02 to 1970-03-07, 1970-03-12, 1970-03-09, 1970-03-10
- Keywords
- air pollution; cigar; pancakes; seance; smoking; television
Indexer Notes
Original bridging panels between 1970-03-07 and 1970-03-12 and after 1970-03-10. Boat name is "The U.S.S. Jack Koch, Cincinnati".
Chapter 9 - An Unspeakable Minority
Pogo / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Hyena; Bun Rabbit; Molester Mole; Seminole Sam; Chug Chug Curtis
- Synopsis
- The Hyena gets a military uniform, complete with pistol, but he is the only one who thinks it looks good.
- Reprints
- from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1970-03-18 to 1970-03-03-21, 1970-03-23 to 1970-03-25
- Keywords
- air pollution; American flag; mail carrier; mirror; uniform
Indexer Notes
Wiley Catt is mentioned, but does not appear.
Chapter 10 - Twenty Percent of Zero Is Better Than Nothing
Pogo / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Seminole Sam, Molester Mole; Hyena; Sarcophagus MacAbre
- Synopsis
- Sam, Mole, and Hyena go to Mole's house, but find there isn't any food. Mole and the Hyena decide to visit Sarcophagus MacAbre.
- Reprints
- from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1970-03-26 to 1970-03-31, 1970-04-02 to 1970-04-04, 1970-04-06. 1970-04-07
Chapter 11 - The Corridor to Nowhere Is a Long Haul
Pogo / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Albert Alligator; one of the Three Bats; Pogo; Porkypine
- Synopsis
- Albert and one of the bats tell Pogo and Porkypine about their seance television show.
- Reprints
- from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1970-04-01, 1970-04-08 to 1970-04-011
Indexer Notes
New bridging panel after 1970-04-11. Pogo's boat names are "Ol' Sam Potter," "Sandy Anderson, Cincy, O.", The S. S. Joe McGraw, N.J.", and "Sam Pruett Esq. Cincy.O".
Chapter 12 - The Pettifoggery of Subterfusion
Pogo / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- The Three Bats [Bewitched; Bothered; Bemildred]; Albert Alligator
- Synopsis
- The bats read a letter from Auntie Fudgenut and discuss their seance television show with Albert.
- Reprints
- from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1970-04-13 to 1970-04-18, 1970-04-20
- Keywords
- cigar; letter; smoking; umbrella
Chapter 13 - Twenty Years, a Bed of Stone and Thou ... Singing?
Pogo / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Deacon Mushrat; Molester Mole; Sarcophagus MacAbre; Hyena; Howland Owl; Churchy LaFemme
- Synopsis
- The Hyena convinces the others that Howland and Churchy should be locked up.
- Reprints
- from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1970-04-24, 1970-04-27 to 1970-05-02
- Keywords
- jail; long-hair; pipe; smoking; wig
Chapter 14 - Justice Is Blind, Deaf and Stoned
Pogo / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Deacon Mushrat; Molester Mole; Sarcophagus MacAbre; Hyena; Howland Owl; Churchy LaFemme
- Synopsis
- The Hyena, Deacon, Mole, and Sarcophagus discuss Howland and Churchy's trial. Sarcophagus asks Howland and Churchy if they have a million dollars for bail.
- Reprints
- from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1970-05-04, 1970-05-06 to 1970-05-08, 1970-05-11 to 1970-05-14
- Keywords
- bail; exploding cigars; jail; trial
Indexer Notes
New bridging panel after 1970-05-14. Some of the trial jokes about democracy are very similar to those used in the Simple J. Malarkey satire of the McCarthy Trials in the 1950s.
Chapter 15 - Hung Up on the Ectoplasmic Phone
Pogo / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Albert Alligator; The Three Bats [Bewitched; Bothered; Bemildred]; Cleopatra (on phone)
- Synopsis
- One of the three bats accidentally connects with Cleopatra while using a toy telephone to demonstrate how the seance television show would work.
- Reprints
- from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1970-05-15, 1970-05-16, 1970-05-18 to 1970-05-22
- Keywords
- seance; telephone
Indexer Notes
Cleopatra speaks in faux hieroglyphics.
Chapter 16 - The Rover Boys Would Rather Writhe
Pogo / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Howland Owl; Churchy LaFemme; Sarcophagus MacAbre
- Synopsis
- Howland tricks Sarcophagus into giving them some rope so they can try to escape from their jail cell.
- Reprints
- from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1970-05-27 to 1970-05-30, 1970-06-02 to 1970-06-04, 1970-06-13
- Keywords
- Friday the 13th; jail; rope
Indexer Notes
There is an extra tier of two panels between 1970-06-04 and 1970-06-13. Date unknown.
Chapter 17 - Wrong Number: Nobody Here But Us
Pogo / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Albert Alligator; The Three Bats [Bewitched; Bothered; Bemildred]
- Synopsis
- The bats are using the seance phone to call Uncle Beanfellow and Cleopatra.
- Reprints
- from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1970-06-06, 1970-06-08 to 1970-06-11
- Keywords
- magic; seance; telephone
Indexer Notes
Possibly half of 1970-06-12 as last panel.
Chapter 18 - Steadily Upward, Onward, and Over
Pogo / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Pogo; Porkypine
- Synopsis
- Pogo and Porky climb a mountain.
- Reprints
- from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips 1970-06-01, 1970-06-18 to 1970-06-20
- Keywords
- mountain climbing
Chapter 19 - A Clearing in the Forest of the Mind
Pogo / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Howland Owl; Churchy LaFemme; Deacon Mushrat; Molester Mole; Sarcophagus MacAbre; Hyena
- Synopsis
- The Hyena runs a trial, aided by Deacon and Mole, to convict Howland and Churchy of something, anything.
- Reprints
- from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1970-06-15 to 1970-06-17, 1970-06-22 to 1970-06-27
- Keywords
- jail; trial
Indexer Notes
Only first half of 1970-06-27 (two panels) is reprinted.
Chapter 20 - A Clearing in a Jugular Vein
Pogo / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Deacon Mushrat; Mole; Hyena; Howland Owl
- Synopsis
- Deacon, Mole, and Hyena continue to determine what crimes to charge Howland and Churchy with, but get caught up in legalese. Then they are distracted by a pistol with a hair-trigger.
- Reprints
- from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips 1970-06-29 to 1970-04-04
- Keywords
- pistol; trial
Indexer Notes
Last half of 1970-04-04 is not reprinted.
Chapter 21 - The Wild Blown Yonder
Pogo / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Albert Alligator; The Three Bats [Bewitched; Bothered; Bemildred]; Bun Rabbit; Hyena; Deacon Mushrat; Molester Mole; Howland Owl; Churchy LaFemme; Sarcophagus MacAbre; Miz Beaver; Ma'm'selle Hepzibah; Grundoon
- Synopsis
- Albert gathers most of the rest of the cast to go to Sarcophagus' home to hold the seance television show. Pogo and Porky get there sooner and the Hyena puts them on trial with Howland. The rest of the group arrives later and are tricked into joining Pogo and crew in the jail cell.
- Reprints
- from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1970-07-06 to 1970-07-09, 1970-7-14 to 1970-07-18, 1970-07-20 to 1970-07-25
- Keywords
- coffin; drum; jail; parade; telephone; trial
Indexer Notes
Only two panels from 1970-07-25 are reprinted. Reference to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle on the seance telephone.
Chapter 22 - All's Well That Ends
Pogo / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Hyena; Molester Mole; Deacon Mushrat; Pogo; Albert Alligator; Sarcophagus MacAbre; Howland Owl; Churchy LaFemme; Miz Beaver; The Three Bats [Bewitched; Bothered; Bemildred]; Ma'm'selle Hepzibah; Porkypine
- Synopsis
- The Hyena accuses Deacon and Mole of treason and throw them into the jail cell with the others. The captives use a rope tied to Deacon's tail to escape from the jail, while the Hyena leaves the scene, looking for others who will agree with him absolutely.
- Reprints
- from Pogo (Hall Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1970-07-27 to 1970-08-1, 1970-08-03 to 1970-08-08
Indexer Notes
Second half of 1970-08-01 is not reprinted. Catch phrase "We have met the enemy and he is us." is stated by Porky as the final line in the book.
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Pogo -
1.
[Blank Pages]
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2.
[Pogo]
Pogo -
3.
Other Books by Walt Kelly
Simon and Shuster -
4.
Impollutable Pogo
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5.
[no title indexed]
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6.
[Dedication]
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7.
["Is goin' down harder than goin' up?"]
Pogo -
8.
Contents
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9.
[Blank Page]
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10.
An Early Final Thought
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11.
[Churchy LaFemme]
Pogo -
12.
Chapter 1 - Looking Ahead Behind by a Nose
Pogo -
13.
Chapter 2 - Which Vice Is Versa?
Pogo -
14.
Chapter 3 - Four Bats and a Ball
Pogo -
15.
Chapter 4 - Bearly Bear
Pogo -
16.
Chapter 5 - A Head in a Hole and Vice Versa
Pogo -
17.
Chapter 6 - Uncle Beanfellow Is Dead Sure
Pogo -
18.
Chapter 7 - The Drive-In, Self-Service Mortuary
Pogo -
19.
Chapter 8 - A Hair's Breath
Pogo -
20.
Chapter 9 - An Unspeakable Minority
Pogo -
21.
Chapter 10 - Twenty Percent of Zero Is Better Than Nothing
Pogo -
22.
Chapter 11 - The Corridor to Nowhere Is a Long Haul
Pogo -
23.
Chapter 12 - The Pettifoggery of Subterfusion
Pogo -
24.
Chapter 13 - Twenty Years, a Bed of Stone and Thou ... Singing?
Pogo -
25.
Chapter 14 - Justice Is Blind, Deaf and Stoned
Pogo -
26.
Chapter 15 - Hung Up on the Ectoplasmic Phone
Pogo -
27.
Chapter 16 - The Rover Boys Would Rather Writhe
Pogo -
28.
Chapter 17 - Wrong Number: Nobody Here But Us
Pogo -
29.
Chapter 18 - Steadily Upward, Onward, and Over
Pogo -
30.
Chapter 19 - A Clearing in the Forest of the Mind
Pogo -
31.
Chapter 20 - A Clearing in a Jugular Vein
Pogo -
32.
Chapter 21 - The Wild Blown Yonder
Pogo -
33.
Chapter 22 - All's Well That Ends
Pogo -
34.
An Early Final Thought
This issue was modified by, among others
- Merlin Haas
- Claus Simonsen
- Jim Van Dore
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