Review of "Jes' Fine" Says Bug

Walt Kelly, 1960,  "Jes' Fine" Says Bug, Simon and Schuster. The hero of this story is Fremount, a young insect thrust onto the national stage as a presidential candidate. We meet Fremount in several other Pogo books, but in some of those he's a bit player.<br><br>

Fremount earns 100% in early polling. This is heady stuff and a number of people soon offer their help, in exchange for cabinet positions. Election years and documentation thereof are busy, and this recounting of the 1960 election is no exception. We meet a pollster who is also a squatter, reporters who are singularly uninformed, and there's quite a bit of confusion about insect identification. The swamp folks try to attend both major political conventions, but this proves more difficult than anticipated. This book is all about elections, but there are no caricatures of well-known politicians, as there are in some of Pogo's election books.<br><br>

This is probably my favorite Pogo book cover, and it's also one of the last Pogo books I bought.<br><br>

The back cover contains a very funny review by Bill Vaughan of Ten Ever Lovin Blue Eyed Years With Pogo. I have that book, but have not reviewed it yet. Please try to be patient.<br><br>