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lost<br>

wet<br>

the swirl<br> 

of water <br>

the peckish ghoti<br> 

whittled to ivory drifting<br> 

in the abyss the dead city of leviathan 

Review of Pogo Re-runs, Some Reflections on Elections

Walt Kelly, 1974, Pogo Re-runs, Some Reflections on Elections, Fireside Books and Simon and Schuster. Reprints of three Pogo books. These cover the 1952, 1956, and 1960 presidential elections. See below.

Review of The Pogo Sunday Brunch

Walt Kelly, 1959, The Pogo Sunday Brunch, Simon and Schuster. This book certainly has the most delicious cover of any Pogo book. The contents are as full of confusion as any book could be. Our story begins with confusion about whose house is whose, than about who is married to whom, and who has killed whom, and goes on from there. Rumors fly, hop, wriggle, and squirm in all directions. The usual nonsense verse interlude follows this section and precedes a warning about the dangers of military testing. And laundry. This is followed by chirping lessons, and then a memorable incident with some pies. Next, a duel to the death ends inconclusively, there are dog lessons and more nonsense verse, followed by the tale of Cinderola and the Fore-bears. Pogo, Albert, and Churchy star in this heartwarming tale of true love, with Howland Owl as the punkin genie. Or, a mouse and a bug star in this heartwarming tale of employment under false pretenses.

DN 133 Contents

DN 133<br><br>

Contents<br><br>

 

Denny E. Marshall, The Slow Touch, cover<br>

E.W.H. Thornton, Small Broken Things<br>

Santiago Eximeno, tr. Monica Louzon, Letters from a Dead Girl<br>

Sarah Cannavo, [family barbecue]<br>

Allen K, Space Dome<br>

Greg Schwartz, [levitation spell]<br>

Gracie Jones, Witch<br>

Gwynne Garfinkle, dear Semele<br>

Mary Soon Lee, Twelve Words<br>

Muhammad Ubandoma, Maqtoob: Genesis with a Mouth Full of Ash<br>

Denny E. Marshall, The Orb Collector<br>

Allen K, [untitled]<br>

Rich Magahiz, Techniques of the masters<br>

Herb Kauderer & David Clink, Small Gods<br>

Greg Schwartz, [coffin nail]<br>

Roger Dutcher, The Call<br>

Kathryn Ptacek, Fine Feasting<br>

Robert Frazier & Roger Dutcher, Forever and AllWayz<br>

D. F. McCourt, Seven Essential Safety Tips for Your Visit to Amsterdam<br>

Jacqueline West, Five-Hundredth Anniversary<br>

Pixie Bruner, Falling out of trees<br>

Joshua St. Claire, On Camille Pissarro’s Church in Knocke<br>

Allen K, Planetfall<br>

Sarah Cannavo, [At cousin Katie’s wedding]<br>

Ian Li, Reseeding Day<br>

Faustina Izudinobi, Quantum Leap<br>

Randall Andrews, A Heart Laid Bare at Kraken Mare<br>

Denny E. Marshall, Bubbles & Stars<br>

John Grey, Business as Unusual<br>

Greg Schwartz, [hazy moon]<br>

Marisca Pichette, The Last Glacial Maximum<br>

Rich Magahiz, [overhead]<br>

Daniel Roop, [world war iv]

Review of The Incompleat Pogo

Walt Kelly, 1954, The Incompleat Pogo, Simon & Schuster. The book begins with a famous quote from Mark Twain, or was it somebody else? The book is strewn with con artists, weather predictors, babysitters, groundhogs and bugs, like usual. The circus beckons, crawfish menace, and the most popular meal outside of Pogo's house is fried fish, fresh caught. The big news though is that the pup dog is missing. Kidnapped? Simply lost? All the brains available are on the case. Uh-oh. <br><br>The way this case is prosecuted bears a striking resemblance to some real life misbehavior of human-type groups. Suspicions are suspected and soon taken for facts. It's kind of sad that 3/4 of a century later things haven't changed much. We meet the Times Picayune (New Orleans) weather frog, and the interior of Albert Alligator is fearlessly explored. This leads, naturally, to an affair of honor, and Bun Rab carries the hose the entire time. Soon, we meet Roogey Batoon, the Louisiana pelican. Following all the bruhaha connected with that, Owl decides to found a school, Okefenokee U. Sis Boombah, the formidable chicken, is recruited to coach the football team. As plans for the big game stagger onward, love rears its ugly head. Then, disaster! As might have been predicted. This is one of the classic books, in the sense that certain themes that come up again and again in the strip, do so most extravagantly here.

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generation ship<br>

a steel Perelandra<br>

sails into night 

Just can't get enough Pogo

I hope you have been enjoying my reviews of Pogo Books as much as I have enjoyed rereading the books. I want to emphasize that even though most of these books cost 10 bucks or more, as opposed to their original prices of one or two dollars, they are definitely worth every penny. If you like silly cartoons or political cartoons, you have come to the right place.