Pogo: The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips — Fantagraphics
Issue: #3
It’s in this volume (featuring another two years' worth of Pogo strips) that we meet one of Walt Kelly's boldest political caricatures. Folks across America had little trouble equating the insidious wildcat Simple J. Malarkey with the ascendant anti-Communist senator, Joseph McCarthy. The subject was sensitive enough that by the following year a Providence, Rhode Island newspaper threatened to dro...
First appearances: Compeer, Confrere, Simple J. Malarkey
Creators: Eric Reynolds, Mike Peters, Carolyn Kelly, Chi-Wen Lee, Paul Baresh, Mark Evanier, Walt Kelly, Gary Groth
Characters: Deacon Mushrat, Houn'dog, Choo Choo Curtis, Bewitched, Bun Rab, Alabaster Alligator, Snavely, Sarcophagus MacAbre, Compeer, Confrere, Ol' Mouse, Mole MacCarony, Rackety Coon Chile, Grundoon, Miz Ma'm'selle Hepzibah, Howland Owl, Barnstable Bear, Bemildred, Tammananny Tiger, Bothered