Their rallying cry, 'I Go Pogo,' parodied Dwight D. This compilation features comics from the election year of 1952, during which Pogo's neighbors encouraged the reluctant possum to run for president. Even readers too young to appreciate the strip's satirical elements were charmed by the eccentric creatures and their offbeat wordplay. Kind-hearted Pogo Possum headed the crew, which included intellectual Howland Owl exuberant Albert Alligator poetic mud turtle Churchy LaFemme romantic hound dog Beauregard Bugleboy and other impish personalities. A gifted cartoonist who began his career at Walt Disney Studios, Kelly explored the virtues and follies of human nature with a lively cast of Okefenokee Swamp critters. Starting in 1948, Walt Kelly's newspaper-based comic strip Pogo lampooned sociopolitical issues from the Red Scare to the environmental movement. Cole page on Facebook or Cole on Twitter.'A true natural genius of comic art.' - Mort Walker, creator of Beetle Bailey L And, because it’s that time of year, here’s one of the many versions of “Deck the Halls” the gang caroled over the years: Porky: “If you gotta be wrong ’bout somthin’, that’s ’bout the best thing they is to be wrong ’bout.” Pogo: “Eventual Porky, I figger ev’ry critter’s heart’s in the right place.”.“A lump in the throat is worth two on the head.”.“What’s good about March? Well, for one thing, it keeps February and April apart.”.Porky Pine: “Y’know, ol’ Albert leads a life of noisy desperation.” Albert: “I’d give them a piece of my mind if I could find it! I mean, them!”.You want to cut down air pollution? Cut down the original source - breathin!” - Churchy “Y’see, when you start to lick a national problem you have to go after the fundamentables.“Halp! My powerful brain is blowed itself up!” - Albert Alligator in a thinking contest after Howland fires the starting gun.“The natural born reason we didn’t git no yew-ranium when we crosses the li’l yew tree and the gee-ranium is on account of cause we didn’t have no geiger counter.” - Dr.“I’ll tell you, son, the minority got us out-numbered!” - Congressman Frog.“Looking back on things, the view always improves.”.“If you can’t win, don’t join them learn how to lose.”.“Having lost sight of our objectives, we redoubled our efforts.”.Either way, it’s a mighty soberin’ thought.” - Porky Pine Maybe our intellects is the universe’s most ad-vanced. On the other hand, maybe we got the most brains. I been readin’ ’bout how maybe they is planets peopled by folks with ad-vanced brains.

An’ you don’t unnerstan’ what a perfect deal it is until you realizes that you ain’t gone be stuck with it forever, either.” - Porky Pine “The best break anybody ever gets is in bein’ alive in the first place.“We have met the enemy and he is us.” - Pogo Possum.

Gone Pogo by Walt Kelly