Noted comics historian Thomas Andrae observed that with Pogo, “Walt Kelly created a strip that is both poetic and graphically stunning as well as an important commentary on our times.” Hermes Press publisher Dan Herman notes that, “To understand the evolution of Pogoit is absolutely essential to read the Animal Comics incarnation of the feature.” With Hermes Press’ complete reprint of Dell Comics’ Pogo, admirers of this groundbreaking comics feature can now witness the strip’s evolution, in an archival hardcover, digitally reconstructed to perfection. Each volume will contain essays, documentary material, and examples of original artwork used for the comic books. Volumes Two and Three will feature complete reprints of Dell’s Pogo Possum title. Volume One will feature all of the Animal Comics Pogo stories together with complete reprints of Pogo’s appearances in Dell’s Four Color comics. Now, fans of Pogo can see it all from the beginning with Hermes Press’ reprint of the complete Dell Comics Pogo. It was here, in the four color world of comic books, that the feature and its characters grew and matured, ultimately becoming one of the world’s most famous comic strips. The complex, multi-layered, character-rich world of Pogo and the Okefenokee Swamp started in these early stories. Kelly's sly humor and flair for creative language-replete with malapropisms and nonsense verse - retain their imaginative verve for comics enthusiasts of the twenty-first century.Walt Kelly’s Pogo, acknowledged as one of the most important and influential comic strips of all time, first appeared not in newspapers but as a feature in the Dell comic book anthologyAnimal Comics, in its first issue, in 1942. Eisenhower's "I Like Ike" slogan and provided real-life fans with a write-in candidate. 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. "A true natural genius of comic art." - Mort Walker, creator of Beetle Bailey
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