Walt Kelly's Pogo: After the Moonshot

"Today the moon, tomorrow the stars!" After America's first two successful space flights to the moon in 1969, Howland Owl realizes that the next obvious destination is the sun. He tells Churchy LaFemme he's invented a new kind of space suit. But has he?

The comic strip, of course, is Walt Kelly's Pogo and it dates from January 25, 1970, when everything was still rosy some three months before the nearly disastrous voyage of Apollo 13. The original art was sold on eBay in 2013 and your faithful blogger has been sitting on it all this time waiting for the right moment. Maybe this is it. 

Walt Kelly
eBay listing ended October 9, 2013

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pogo-Sunday-Original-by-Walt-Kelly-Howland-Churchy-1970-/111182042033?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19e2f753b1&nma=true&si=UB68sj2DvLx%252F9kdb54zXrlCgzYs%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Walt Kelly
eBay item description

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Walt Kelly's Pogo: Baseball and the Presidensity

Original comic strip art from Walt Kelly's Pogo shows the artist to be as adept at wordplay as he is at ink brushing. The strange words and dialect which abound here seemed unnecessarily difficult when I first encountered Pogo as a boy, but over the years I've taken to it with a bit more enthusiasm.

Walt Kelly, Original Artwork for Pogo, August 20, 1964

Note:  This blog has more Walt Kelly posts sure to befuddle you here.

Then there's the Whirled of Kelly blog here and Pogo in Pandemonia here.

Autumn begins the day after tomorrow. There are only a couple of posts about fall in the blog and you can see them here.

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Walt Kelly's Pogo: Understanding Chinese

As I've mentioned here before, sometime during the remainder of this year I expect China to surpass Brazil in all-time page views for this blog, elevating it to the exalted rank of tenth in the world among nations reading Attempted Bloggery. I am intensely proud that when the Chinese people manage to circumvent government restrictions on internet surfing, one of the places they choose to come is here. I look forward to the great nation of China catching up on Pogo. This original artwork for Pogo shows that Walt Kelly was critical of Chinese political propaganda back in 1962.

Walt Kelly, Original Artwork for Pogo, September 12, 1962

http://www.ebay.com/itm/POGO-daily-Walt-Kelly-ORIGINAL-COMIC-ART-1962-/190717470809?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c67a5a859&nma=true&si=UB68sj2DvLx%252F9kdb54zXrlCgzYs%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/POGO-daily-Walt-Kelly-ORIGINAL-COMIC-ART-1962-/190717470809?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c67a5a859&nma=true&si=UB68sj2DvLx%252F9kdb54zXrlCgzYs%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Note:  There's been a lot of irresponsible posting of Walt Kelly's original artwork for Pogo on this blog lately. You can see all the mischief here.

Even more irresponsible is Thomas Haller Buchanan's Whirled of Kelly blog. See it here. He also wrote the recently quiescent Pogo in Pandemonia blog? Check it out here.


Finally, my blog has a surprising amount about China which you can see here.

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Walt Kelly's Pogo: The Greatest Secret of All Time

Shh! I'm counting on you not to reveal the greatest secret of all time! Here is original artwork for Walt Kelly's Pogo comic strip in brilliant brushed ink over blue pencil dated January 25, 1963. Mum's the word!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Walt-Kelly-Pogo-daily-strip-original-art-1-25-63-/141004668850?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20d4887fb2&nma=true&si=UB68sj2DvLx%252F9kdb54zXrlCgzYs%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 

Note:  I have a veritable treasure trove of blog posts on Walt Kelly which can be enjoyed here.

For further enjoyment, you can't go wrong with the Whirled of Kelly blog here.

For the advanced Pogophile, there's the Pogo in Pandemonia blog, inactive for the past year but still worth a good look here.

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Walt Kelly's Pogo: "Boom is How it Goes"

Like many of Walt Kelly's Pogo comic strips, the subject matter of this 1956 Sunday strip seems directly related to the militarism of the Cold War. Pogo strips are always well-drawn but looking at this original artwork panel by panel reminds us just how well-inked this strip is as well. Brush pen is expertly applied over blue pencil by the great Walt Kelly.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pogo-Sunday-Original-by-Walt-Kelly-Boom-1956-/111095036514?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19ddc7ba62&nma=true&si=UB68sj2DvLx%252F9kdb54zXrlCgzYs%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Note:  For more strips by Walt Kelly, click here.

Walt Kelly's centennial is Sunday, August 25, 2013. While you're celebrating, don't miss Thomas Haller Buchanan's Whirled of Kelly blog here.

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Walt Kelly's Pogo: Silent Partner

Albert Alligator comes down with laryngitis in these two daily Pogo strips by Walt Kelly. Howland Owl, who has scripted Albert's entire day, is just fine with this.

Walt Kelly, Original Artwork for Pogo, July 20, 1959

Walt Kelly, Original Artwork for Pogo, July 21, 1959

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pogo-Daily-Original-PAIR-by-Walt-Kelly-Two-Consecutive-Strips-/111092177437?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19dd9c1a1d&nma=true&si=UB68sj2DvLx%252F9kdb54zXrlCgzYs%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Note:  I have more Pogo strips on view here.

Don't miss Thomas Haller Buchanan's outstanding Whirled of Kelly blog here. Very big things are planned for Walt Kelly's centennial tomorrow.

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