Pogo: The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips — Fantagraphics
Issue: #2
Even though Pogo had been in syndication for less than two years as this volume begins, Walt Kelly's long professional experience (including seven years creating Pogo stories for comic books) had him at the peak of his powers, and this book features page after page of gorgeously drawn, hilarious vaudevillian dialogue and action among the swamp denizens, as well as Kelly's increasingly sharp-tongue...
First appearances: Bewitched, Bemildred, Bothered
Creators: Eric Reynolds, Kim Thompson, Carolyn Kelly, Stan Freberg, Paul Baresh, Mark Evanier, Walt Kelly, Gary Groth, Preston White
Characters: Deacon Mushrat, Houn'dog, Choo Choo Curtis, Uncle Antler, Bewitched, Bun Rab, Wiley Catt, Alabaster Alligator, Sarcophagus MacAbre, Solid MacHogany, Horrors Greeley, Mole MacCarony, Rackety Coon Chile, Miz Ma'm'selle Hepzibah, Howland Owl, Barnstable Bear, Bemildred, Tammananny Tiger, Bothered, Miz Beaver