Pogo Vol. 3: Evidence To The Contrary (POGO COMP SYNDICATED

Pogo Vol. 3: Evidence To The Contrary (POGO COMP SYNDICATED STRIPS HC)

Walt Kelly takes on Senator Joseph McCarthy in the form of wildcat â€œSimple J. Malarkeyâ€ (a controversial move at the time) and more in this collection of years 1953-1954 of the seminal mid-century newspaper strip.
Itâ€™s in this volume (featuring another two yearsâ€™ worth of Pogo strips) that we meet one of Walt Kellyâ€™s boldest political caricatures. Folks across America had little trouble equating the insidious wildcat Simple J. Malarkey with the ascendant anti-Communist senator, Joseph McCarthy. The subject was sensitive enough that by the following year a Providence, Rhode Island newspaper threatened to drop the strip if Malarkeyâ€™s face were to appear in it again. Kellyâ€™s response? He had Malarkey appear again but put a bag over the characterâ€™s head for his next appearance. Ergo, his face did not appear. (Typical of Kellyâ€™s layers of verbal wit, the character Malarkey was hiding from was a â€œRhode Island Redâ€ hen, referencing both the source of his need to conceal Malarkey and the underlying political controversy.) The entirety of these sequences can be found in this book. But the Malarkey storyline is only a tiny portion of those rich, eventful two years, which include such classic sequences as con-man Seminole Samâ€™s attempts to corner the market on water (which Porkypineâ€™s Uncle Baldwin tries to one-up by cornering the market on dirt); a return engagement of Pup Dog and Hounâ€™dogâ€™s blank-eyed Little Orphan Annie parody â€œLiâ€™l Arf and Nonnyâ€; Churchy La Femme going in drag to deliver a love poem he wrote, Cyrano style, on Deacon Mush-ratâ€™s behalf to Sis Boombah (the aforementioned hen); P.T. Bridgeportâ€™s return to the swamp in search of new talent; and of course two rousing choruses of â€œDeck Us All With Boston Charlie.â€ In addition to presenting all of 1953 and 1954â€™s daily strips complete and in order for the first time anywhere (many of them once again scanned from original syndicate proofs, for their crispest and most detailed appearance ever), Pogo Volume 3: â€œEvidence to the Contraryâ€ also contains all 104 Sunday strips from these two years, presented in lush full color for the first time since their original appearance in Sunday sections 60 years ago â€• plus the usual in-depth â€œSwamp Talkâ€ historical annotations by R.C. Harvey, spectacular samples of Kellyâ€™s work scanned from original art, and a whole lot more! Black & white with 104 pages of color.
Country USA
Brand Fantagraphics Books
Manufacturer Fantagraphics Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber Illustrations
ReleaseDate 2014-11-16
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781606996942

Country	USA
Brand	Fantagraphics Books
Manufacturer	Fantagraphics Books
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	Illustrations
ReleaseDate	2014-11-16
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9781606996942

Pogo Vol. 3: Evidence To The Contrary (POGO COMP SYNDICATED STRIPS HC)

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