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Walt Kelly - 1968 Pogo Daily with an August Derleth Homage - Arkham House

Artist: Walt Kelly (All)

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Walt Kelly - 1968 Pogo Daily with an August Derleth Homage - Arkham House Comic Art

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1960 Article About Derleth's Resignation

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Title:	Walt Kelly - 1968 Pogo Daily with an August Derleth Homage - Arkham House
Artist:	Walt Kelly (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Comic Strip
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	170
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Comments:	5
Added to Site:	10/26/2024
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I have a number of Pogo dailies in my collection, but this is now the only one featuring the main character. The artwork in this daily from March 23, 1968 is gorgeous, with those wonderful Kelly trees in the Okefenokee Swamp, but the main thing that drew me to the piece is the content. The boat is labeled "The August Derleth", an homage to the author, editor and publisher who called Wisconsin home. Madison, where Derleth worked for years, is on one end of the boat, and Sauk City, where Derleth lived, is on the other side.

Derleth was a major collector of comic books and comic strip artwork, with his collection residing at the State Historical Society in Madison, Wisconsin. Walt Kelly was one of Derleth's favorite cartoonists, and coincidentally, it was Kelly's work that caused Derleth to resign his newspaper position. Derleth was a longtime literary editor for The Capital Times in Madison. In 1960, Derleth wrote a book review of Kelly's book, "Ten Ever-Lovin- Blued-Eyed Years with Pogo", but The Capitol Times refused to run the review since Pogo ran in the competing paper, The Wisconsin State Journal. After 19 years with the paper, Derleth resigned. I'm sure Kelly was aware of Derleth's love the strip, which makes this a very nice association piece.

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Monty B
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 10/26/2024

Absolutely gorgeous daily and I love the background story...

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 10/27/2024

Journalists resigning from newspapers seems very timely. I guess media being owned by billionaries have a vested interest in controlling the narrative.

Miki Annamanthadoo
Member Since 2003

1 - Posted on 10/27/2024

Love the story behind the homage!

Peter Sullivan
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 10/27/2024

You always get such interesting stuff!

Sean Conlon
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 10/30/2024

Great backstory, Rob, and a beautiful strip

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