{"product_id":"we-go-pogo-walt-kelly-politics-and-american-satire-9781617032837","title":"We Go Pogo: Walt Kelly, Politics, and American Satire","description":"Walt Kelly (1913-1973) is one of the most respected and innovative American cartoonists of the twentieth century. His long-running \u003ci\u003ePogo\u003c\/i\u003e newspaper strip has been cited by modern comics artists and scholars as one of the best ever. Cartoonists Bill Watterson (\u003ci\u003eCalvin and Hobbes\u003c\/i\u003e), Jeff Smith (\u003ci\u003eBone\u003c\/i\u003e), and Frank Cho (\u003ci\u003eLiberty Meadows\u003c\/i\u003e) have all cited Kelly as a major influence on their work. Alongside \u003ci\u003eUncle Scrooge's\u003c\/i\u003e Carl Barks and \u003ci\u003eKrazy Kat's\u003c\/i\u003e George Herriman, Kelly is recognized as a genius of \"funny animal\" comics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eWe Go Pogo\u003c\/i\u003e is the first comprehensive study of Kelly's cartoon art and his larger career in the comics business. Author Kerry D. Soper examines all aspects of Kelly's career--from his high school drawings; his work on such animated Disney movies as \u003ci\u003eDumbo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePinocchio\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFantasia\u003c\/i\u003e; and his 1930s editorial cartoons for \u003ci\u003eLife\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e. Soper taps Kelly's extensive personal and professional correspondence and interviews with family members, friends, and cartoonists to create a complex portrait of one of the art form's true geniuses. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From \u003ci\u003ePogo's\u003c\/i\u003e inception in 1948 until Kelly's death, the artist combined remarkable draftsmanship, slapstick humor, fierce social satire, and inventive dialogue and dialects. He used the adventures of his animals--all denizens of the Okefenokee Swamp--as a means to comment on American and international politics and cultural mores. The strip lampooned Senator Joseph McCarthy during the height of McCarthyism, the John Birch Society during the 1960s, Fidel Castro during the Bay of Pigs fiasco, and many others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKerry D. Soper\u003c\/b\u003e is director of the American studies program and associate professor of humanities, classics, and comparative literature at Brigham Young University. He is author of \u003ci\u003eGary Larson and \"The Far Side\u003c\/i\u003e\" and \u003ci\u003eGarry Trudeau: \"Doonesbury\" and the Aesthetics of Satire\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by University Press of Mississippi. His work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eJournal of American Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Comic Art\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eINKS: Cartoon and Comic Art Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e, and other periodicals.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50856070250770,"sku":"9781617032837","price":71.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d23a904a-9811-44dc-a534-1953487a5af9.jpg?v=1737494671","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/we-go-pogo-walt-kelly-politics-and-american-satire-9781617032837","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}