
Walt Kelly and Pogo
One of the most popular comic strips of the 1950s and the first to reference politics of the day, Walt Kelly''s Pogo took on Joe McCarthy before the controversial senator was a blip on Edward R. Murrow''s radar. The strip''s satire was so biting, it was often relegated to newspaper editorial sections at a time when artists in other media were blacklisted for far less. Pogo was the vanguard of t...
One of the most popular comic strips of the 1950s and the first to reference politics of the day, Walt Kelly''s Pogo took on Joe McCarthy before the controversial senator was a blip on Edward R. Murrow''s radar. The strip''s satire was so biting, it was often relegated to newspaper editorial sections at a time when artists in other media were blacklisted for far less. Pogo was the vanguard of t...