The title character of a syndicated comic strip by cartoonist and Walt Disney|Disney animator Walt Kelly. The strip originally began as a comic book. Af.
The title character of a syndicated comic strip by cartoonist and Disney animator Walt Kelly.
The strip originally began as a comic book. After departing Disney in 1941 to move to New York, Kelly worked on the Western Printing and Lithographing Company s line of Dellcomic books, his two main titles being
Animal Comics and
Our Gang. The former consisted of Uncle Remus-like stories of mischievous animals living in an unidentified swamp of the American South and their human friend, a little black boy named Bumbazine. The featured animal character at this time was Albert, a villainous alligator who was always on the lookout for his next meal (often Bumbazine). A mild-mannered possum named Pogo joined the cast in 1942. As Bumbazine s role in the comic gradually diminished, Pogo moved to the forefront where he provided a wry and levelheaded counterpoint to Albert s foolish antics.