Walt Kelly (animator/cartoonist) created the "Pogo" comic strip in 1943 as a social/political satire to reflect the general climate of opinion in America at the time.

This popular comic strip featured a cast of funny animal characters such as Pogo Possum, Albert Alligator, and Porky Pine, who all resided in the area known as the Okefenokee Swamp Park which was located near Waycross, Georgia.

This Volume #4 of "Pogo" covers the syndicated comic strip from the years of 1955 to 1956.

*Note* - In 1973 - Walt Kelly (60 at the time) died from complications arising over having diabetes.

One of the most boisterous and literary comic strips, this 1950’s material is mostly still hilarious (if a little dated in places). Even the political stuff (such as Pogo running for president against his will) is still funny, pointing out the stupidity inherent in the American system (and in political systems everywhere, by implication). Part of the humor is the animals’ continual mispronunciation of words (“suitabobble”, “egg-zackly”, “hunkleberry”) which makes them look like the rest of us: seemingly knowing what we’re talking about but actually not quite sure which left hand is the right one. This also contains one of the great classic insults of all time: “As usual, your quiet, stupid dignity clothes a mind as alert as a bucket full of warm mutton fat.” More recent animal characters, such as Garfield, Opus, Bill the Cat, and (Calvin and) Hobbes owe a lot to this material too, and the artwork is excellent though often understated in the background. Anyone interested in comics, or the history of comics, should give this at least a casual glance.