the name of a very popular
American comic strip, featuring a n
opossum named
Pogo, who lived in the Okefenokee
Swamp in Georgia.
Pogo first appeared in a
New York newspaper in 1948 and by 1952 it was syndicated in some 225 newspapers. The
comic strip was produced by Walter Kelly (1913–1973), cartoonist and illustrator. Kelly commented on subjects of current
interest through his
comic strip.
—PDC Volume 7 Approved Glossary