WaltKelly’snewspapercomicstripPogowasaplatformforKellytoexpresspoliticalsatireandcommentaryviaawildlyentertaining,motleygroupofswampcritters.Hetackledmanyofthesociopoliticalissuesofhisday:theRedScare,civilrights,theenvironment,consumerism.Butthestripisalsoajoyous,poignant,beautifullydrawn,andoccasionallyprofoundworkof20th-centurypopularculture.Itissuchanall-timeclassicitishardtobelievethatthisseriesmarksthefirsttimethatPogodailiesandSundayshavebeenpublishedincompleteandinchronologicalorderanywhere.Notonlydoeseachvolumecontaintwofullcalendaryearsofrestoredblack-and-whitedailystrips:italsoincludesall104Sundaysfromthesameperiod.Forthefirsttimesincetheiroriginalappearancemorethan50yearsago,theSundaysareinfull,gloriouscolor!EditedbycomicslegendMarkEvanierandFantagraphicsAssociatePublisherEricReynolds,withsupplementsandresourcesbycomicshistoriansR.C.HarveyandMaggieThompson,eachvolumehasasurpriseforeword.(JakeTapper,SergioAragon矇s,andNeilGaimanhavecontributed.)Eachdustjacketspotlightsgorgeous,hand-painted“collaborations“betweenKellyandcartoonistLindaMedley,theacclaimedcreatorofCastleWaiting.
