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Pogofest 1995 Program [1995]This is the program to the 9th annual Pogofest, honouring the work of Walt Kelly, held in Waycross Georgia on October 27-28, 1995. just up the road from scenic Okefenokee Swamp Park. Not sure if it's still held, or if not when it stopped, but my selection of programs goes to 2005, so that was probably it. And no, I've never actually attended, though I have a bunch of programs...
This is a 16-page package put together by Steve Thompson, a name that should need no introduction to Pogo fans. In addition to the map and schedule of the festival, this includes an introduction by Thompson, an essay by Carolyn Kelly, and several Walt Kelly rarities from magazines like COLLIER'S, TRUE THE MAN'S MAGAZINE and LIFE, plus a Kelly-inspired drawing by Charles Crumb from 1958. A fun sampler of the kind of stuff you'd find in Thompson's FORT MUDGE MOST magazine which ran for at least 95 issues. The long COLLIER'S piece from 1955 is especially interesting for the drawing of Pogo meeting an actual possum.
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