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Walt Kelly

American animator and cartoonist best known for the classic funny animal comic strip, Pogo. He won the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award in 1951 for Cartoonist of the Year, and their Silver T-Square Award in 1972, given to persons having "demonstrated outstanding dedication or service to the Society or the profession."


“We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.”
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“Yowpee! I pulls my brandin' irons an' comes out a-bitin' the dust—a reg'lar Hoopalong Cassowary!”
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“Scuse me—gotta hurry home—left the chillun on the stove.”
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“Oop—I is tripped.”
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“Albert made of solid alligator—he heavy.”
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“Don't take life so serious. It ain't nohow permanent.”
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“You want to cut down air pollution? Cut down the original source... Breathin'! ”
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“We have met the enemy and he is us.”
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