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Pogo : Bona Fide Balderdash by Walt Kelly and Stan Freberg (2012, Hardcover)
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Pogo : Bona Fide Balderdash, Hardcover by Kelly, Walt; Kelly, Carolyn (EDT); Thompson, Kim (EDT); Evanier, Mark (CON); Freberg, Stan (FRW), ISBN 1606995847, ISBN-13 9781606995846, Brand New, Free shipping in the US A collection of strips from the years 1951 to 1952 includes the late cartoonist's satirical reflections on the 1952 election season and features the introductions of such characters as Tammany the Tiger and the voluble P. T. Bridgeport.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherFantagraphics Books
ISBN-101606995847
ISBN-139781606995846
eBay Product ID (ePID)122814861
Product Key Features
Book TitlePogo : Bona Fide Balderdash
Number of Pages341 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2012
TopicForm / Comic Strips & Cartoons
IllustratorYes
GenreHumor
AuthorWalt Kelly, Stan Freberg
Book SeriesPogo Comp Syndicated Strips Hc Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight59.4 Oz
Item Length0.9 in
Item Width1.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
Series Volume Number0
Volume NumberVol. 2
Dewey Decimal741.5973
SynopsisIn November of 2011, Fantagraphics released the first volume of its much-anticipated, long-promised series reprinting in its entirety the syndicated run of Walt Kelly's classic newspaper strip, Pogo . Pogo: Through the Wild Blue Wonder immediately became the company's best-selling book of the last five years. Exactly one year later, the second volume, Pogo: Bona Fide Balderdash , will be released, featuring all the strips from 1951 and 1952. With sources found for the more elusive strips (in the past, our scheduling downfall), we're confident that these collections will become an annual affair. Even though Pogo had been in syndication for less than two years as this volume begins, Kelly's long professional experience (including seven years creating Pogo stories for comic books) had him at the peak of his powers, and this book features page after page of gorgeously drawn, hilarious vaudevillian dialogue and action among the swamp denizens, as well as Kelly's increasingly sharp-tongued political satire -- especially on display during the 1952 election season. Kelly was famous for his prolific creation of recurring characters, and by the end of this second volume, the count will already have topped over one hundred. New arrivals include Tammanany the Tiger, the voluble P.T. Bridgeport, the sinister Sarcophagus MacAbre (with his funereal speech balloons), Uncle Antler the bull moose... and Bewitched, Bothered, and Bemildred, the adorable trio of bats. The two years of daily strips in this volume have been collected before but in now long-out-of print books; and even there they were not as meticulously restored and reproduced as in this new series. Bona Fide Balderdash also reprints, literally for the first time ever in full color, the two full years of Sunday pages, also carefully restored and color-corrected, shot from the finest copies available. This second volume is once again edited and designed by the cartoonist's daughter, Carolyn Kelly, who is also handling much of the restoration work. It includes a new introduction by the legendary author, recording artist, and satirist Stan Freberg, who was not only a friend of Kelly's but the voice of Albert the Alligator in the I Go Pogo: Pogo for President movie. There will also be more extensive annotations by comic strip historian and expert R.C. Harvey, as well as additional historical information from writer Mark Evanier., Upon the release of the first volume of the much-anticipated reprinting of the classic Pogo newspaper strips in late 2011, the title became one of Fantagraphics' bestselling books in recent years. In November Pogo Vol 2. will be released, featuring all the strips from 1951 and 1952. Within is page after page of hilarious dramatic dialogue and action among the swamp denizens, as well as Kelly's increasingly sharp tongued political satire - particularly prominent during the 1952 election season. This volume also reprints all the Sunday pages in full colour., Pogo: Bona Fide Balderdash is the second volume in a series reprinting in its entirety the syndicated run of Walt Kelly's classic newspaper strip. It features all the strips from 1951 and 1952, which have been collected before, but in now long-out-of print books, and even there they were not as meticulously restored and reproduced as in this new series. Bona Fide Balderdash also reprints, literally for the first time ever in full color, the two full years of Sunday pages, also carefully restored and color-corrected, shot from the finest copies available. This second volume is once again edited and designed by the cartoonist's daughter, Carolyn Kelly, who is also handling much of the restoration work.
LC Classification NumberPN6727
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- May 18, 2021
Great Book of 2 years worth of Walt Kelly strips.
Great product from the daughter of Walt Kelly. His many fans, will understand when I say it is a great deal, great Printing and color strips. I like to compare what was going on in American history for the two years that book covers. I will gradually buy all twelve of them, as they become available.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Jul 16, 2019
Great edition of a classic comic.
Great edition of a classic comic.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- May 24, 2016
Simply Indispensible, period.
2nd in the invaluable, must have series.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Feb 03, 2020
Nice
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
