Walt Kelly, the saddest Pogo comic strips

Walt Kelly, the saddest Pogo comic strips

Kathryn Barbara Kelly (daughter of Walt Kelly and Stephanie Waggony) was born On October 31, 1951. Sadly Kathryn died shortly before her first birthday. For many years (1952 to 1957) in late October, Kelly (creator of Pogo) would draw a bug floating through the swamp with a birthday cake, trying to find someone looking for a first birthday.

Something that the average reader would never pick up on, but it’s so poignant and melancholy and personal.