Pogo (08-22-1958) - Walt Kelly

In my opinion, some of the best value in strip art can be found in Pogo. It had a multi-decade run, a huge amount of it managed to make its way into collectors' hands, and unfortunately it has become somewhat forgotten by the general public, all of which conspire to keep prices low. Regardless, Walt Kelly was an amazing cartoonist, with a knack for capturing a wide range of expressions on an equally wide variety of animal characters.

I had been looking for a 1950s Pogo to add to my small collection of strip art, but wanted to find one that included both Pogo and Albert, and which had a funny gag/joke (as consistently solid as Walt Kelly's art was, I find the humor to be a little hit-or-miss), so I was happy when this strip from August 22, 1958 came along.