Prehysterical Pogo (In Pandemonia)

Walt Kelly’s Prehysterical Pogo (In Pandemonia), a 1967 one-shot from Simon and Schuster, collects the beloved swamp critter’s satirical newspaper strips from the previous year. Kelly, the sole writer and artist, turns his signature whimsy and wordplay toward the political and social absurdities of the late 1960s. Though a single issue, it captures a master cartoonist at the peak of his cultural commentary, preserving a moment when Pogo’s gentle ribbing of the powerful felt both timeless and urgent.