I Go Pogo
Yo, fine-feathered readers! Oh, wait. Google Analytics says I have more than a bird readership now. Well, it's time ol' Hank introduces you to his all-time most favorite comic strip ever! Meet Pogo. Created and drawn by Walt Kelly, it ran from 1948 to 1975 and is named for the main character, Pogo Possum. Its setting is the beautifully drawn Okeefenokee Swamp in southern Georgia.The strip's humor is a combination of slapstick, physical comedy, and political, social and cultural satire. Dubbed "swamp-speak", its language captures a unique southern dialect with creative use of spelling and phonetics.
Pogo has several main characters but the swamp features countless unique critters that show up frequently, mostly small animals like mice, frogs and bugs. Here's a silly strip from 1953 that I chose as introduction. It features Pogo in a non-speaking role, Albert Alligator (no relation to Marilla), and a randomly appearing weather-frog. Tell me what you think of Pogo!
posted by Hank the Bird at
9:41 AM
1 Comments:
I love Pogo. I've been a fan for a long time when I discovered the strip in college. It really is a character-driven strip where it is hard to "get it" from one example. It's funnier when you follow the strip from one to another. You should post a series of them like you did with Get Fuzzy.
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