Pogo – Earth Day 1971 poster – Walt Kelly
This is the first Earth Day poster (1971) from Walt Kelly and the gang down in the Okefenokee. Although Walt Kelly took ecology as his personal cause, he was also highly political and many of his cartoons are sideways references to McCarthy and the HUAAC gang of thugs.
He died in 1973 after a long battle with diabetes and his grave is unmarked and unknown. He would hate the world of 2012 and sometimes, I hear the little voices of Pogo and gang looking sadly at our world and wondering what will become of their beloved swamp and the entire world.
Wetlands, Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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November 13, 2012 at 9:15 pm
I remember Pogo. It was one of the few “funnies” I actually read.
November 13, 2012 at 9:17 pm
Me too. I remembered that it just stopped and I had forgotten why. Turns out he died. I had also forgotten how relevant he was. But it was 40+ years ago so details have gotten a trifle fuzzy.
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