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Pogo

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Illustration with Walt Kelly's instructions to the printer

Simon and Shuster logo

First Pogo the Sower from the 1951 Pogo Paperback

Second Pogo the Sower from the 1951 Pogo Paperback
Artwork Details
Location: Kelly, Walt - Sketches and Misc. Illustrations
Title: Pogo *
Artist:  Walt Kelly (All)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Illustration
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 35
Likes on CAF: 7
Comments: 2
Added to Site: 5/10/2026

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Description

Simon and Shuster published the Pogo paperbacks beginning in 1951.  Walt Kelly provided new cover illustrations for the various paperbacks and he also added his unique version of the Simon and Shuster logo of "The Sower" (featuring Pogo as the sower) at the beginning of each paperback.

This illustration was obviously intended to be used as one of these Pogo as the sower pieces but I can't find it in any of the paperbacks.  I'm hoping a Pogophile with more extensive knowledge than myself might confirm the publication status of this piece.  For now, I am noting this illo as being unpublished until someone can identify where it was published.

In the additional images below, I have included a scan of this image with Walt Kelly's hand written instructions to the printer, an example of the Simon and Shuster logo, and the two Pogo as the sower illos from the first paperback published in 1951.

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Jim Warden ( 26 )
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Rick W Member Since 2017
Posted On 5/11/2026

Silly sleuthing!

Kavi H Member Since 2018
Posted On 5/11/2026

Paying homage to your publisher in a way that's personalized to the content is quite cool! Hopefully that specific usage emerges but nice piece either way.