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Pogo the Complete Syndicated Comic Strips Box Set: Vols. 7 & 8: Pockets Full of Pie & Hijinks from the Horn of Plenty

AUTHOR Aragons, Sergio; Kelly, Walt; Caswell, Lucy Shelton
PUBLISHER Fantagraphics Books (12/13/2022)
PRODUCT TYPE Hardcover (Hardcover)

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Walt Kelly's newspaper comic strip Pogo was a platform for Kelly to express political satire and commentary via a wildly entertaining, motley group of swamp critters. He tackled many of the sociopolitical issues of his day: the Red Scare, civil rights, the environment, consumerism. But the strip is also a joyous, poignant, beautifully drawn, and occasionally profound work of 20th-century popular culture. It is such an all-time classic it is hard to believe that this series marks the first time that Pogo dailies and Sundays have been published in complete and in chronological order anywhere. Not only does each volume contain two full calendar years of restored black-and-white daily strips: it also includes all 104 Sundays from the same period. For the first time since their original appearance more than 50 years ago, the Sundays are in full, glorious color!

Edited by comics legend Mark Evanier and Fantagraphics Associate Publisher Eric Reynolds, with supplements and resources by comics historians R.C. Harvey and Maggie Thompson, each volume has a surprise foreword. (Jake Tapper and Sergio Aragonés have contributed.) Each dust jacket spotlights gorgeous, hand-painted "collaborations" between Kelly and cartoonist Linda Medley, the acclaimed creator of Castle Waiting.

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ISBN-13: 9781683964919
ISBN-10: 1683964918
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 688
Carton Quantity: 4
Product Dimensions: 9.70 x 2.85 x 11.54 inches
Weight: 8.60 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Price on Product
Country of Origin: US
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BISAC Categories
Humor | Form - Comic Strips & Cartoons
Humor | Topic - Politics
Humor | Literary
Grade Level: 4th Grade - 7th Grade
Dewey Decimal: 741.509
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Walt Kelly's newspaper comic strip Pogo was a platform for Kelly to express political satire and commentary via a wildly entertaining, motley group of swamp critters. He tackled many of the sociopolitical issues of his day: the Red Scare, civil rights, the environment, consumerism. But the strip is also a joyous, poignant, beautifully drawn, and occasionally profound work of 20th-century popular culture. It is such an all-time classic it is hard to believe that this series marks the first time that Pogo dailies and Sundays have been published in complete and in chronological order anywhere. Not only does each volume contain two full calendar years of restored black-and-white daily strips: it also includes all 104 Sundays from the same period. For the first time since their original appearance more than 50 years ago, the Sundays are in full, glorious color!

Edited by comics legend Mark Evanier and Fantagraphics Associate Publisher Eric Reynolds, with supplements and resources by comics historians R.C. Harvey and Maggie Thompson, each volume has a surprise foreword. (Jake Tapper and Sergio Aragonés have contributed.) Each dust jacket spotlights gorgeous, hand-painted "collaborations" between Kelly and cartoonist Linda Medley, the acclaimed creator of Castle Waiting.

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Foreword by: Caswell, Lucy Shelton
LUCY SHELTON CASWELL is Associate Professor and Curator of the Library of Communication and Graphic Arts at Ohio State University.
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