Walt Kelly

Walt Kelly

1913–1973 Los Angeles, California 142 series 602 issues

6 awards

American cartoonist (1913–1973) who worked as an animator for Disney on Snow White, Pinocchio, and Fantasia before moving to Dell Comics. He is best known for creating Pogo, a politically satirical strip set in the Okefenokee Swamp that was nationally syndicated from 1948 until his death. He was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame.

Name

Walt Kelly

Issues

602

Series

142

Collected Editions

12

International Editions

16

Awards

William Randolph Hearst Cartoon Hall of Fame, Eisner Awards - Hall of Fame (1995), Harvey Award - Jack Kirby Hall of Fame (1992), Inkpot Award (1989), National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Award - Silver T-Square Extraordinary Service Award (1972), National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Award - Cartoonist of the Year (1951)

Gender

Male

Birth Date

August 25, 1913

Death Date

October 18, 1973

Birth Place

Los Angeles, California

Country

United States

Series

Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies 1935-1939: Starring Donald Duck and the Big Bad Wolf

Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies 1935-1939: Starring Donald Duck and the Big Bad Wolf (2023)

Collected Edition

1 issue

Pogo: The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips

Pogo: The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips (2011)

Collected Edition

8 issues

Gwandanaland Comics

Gwandanaland Comics (2017)

Gwandanaland Comics

3172 issues

Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies: The Complete Disney Classics

Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies: The Complete Disney Classics (2016)

4 issues

Jumbo Mumbo

Jumbo Mumbo (2018)

1 issue

The Great Treasury of Christmas Comic Book Stories

The Great Treasury of Christmas Comic Book Stories (2018)

1 issue

Walt Kelly's Pogo: The Complete Dell Comics

Walt Kelly's Pogo: The Complete Dell Comics (2014)

Collected Edition

6 issues

DC Comics Before Superman: Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson's Pulp Comics

DC Comics Before Superman: Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson's Pulp Comics (2018)

One-Shot

Walt Disney's Comics and Stories Vault

Walt Disney's Comics and Stories Vault (2018)

1 issue

Donald Duck: Nest of the Demonbirds

Donald Duck: Nest of the Demonbirds (2018)

Collected Edition

1 issue

Issues

Issue #1

#1

Issue #1

Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies 1935-1939: Starring Donald Duck and the Big Bad Wolf (2023)

Dec 12, 2023

Hijinks from the Horn of Plenty

#8

Hijinks from the Horn of Plenty

Pogo: The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips (2011)

Dec 13, 2022

Pogo Treasury: Volume 3

#1607

Pogo Treasury: Volume 3

Gwandanaland Comics (2017)

Pogo Treasury: Volume 1

#1605

Pogo Treasury: Volume 1

Gwandanaland Comics (2017)

Pockets Full of Pie

#7

Pockets Full of Pie

Pogo: The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips (2011)

Nov 11, 2020

Pogo Treasury: Volume 2

#1606

Pogo Treasury: Volume 2

Gwandanaland Comics (2017)

The Complete Fairy Tale Parade: Volume 4

#1124

The Complete Fairy Tale Parade: Volume 4

Gwandanaland Comics (2017)

Clean as a Weasel

#6

Clean as a Weasel

Pogo: The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips (2011)

Jan 29, 2020

Christmas with Mother Goose

#492

Christmas with Mother Goose

Gwandanaland Comics (2017)

Vol. 4: 1942-1945

#4

Vol. 4: 1942-1945

Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies: The Complete Disney Classics (2016)

Sep 18, 2019

Frequent collaborators

Dan Noonan

George Waiss

Bill Wright

Bill Wright

Dick Shaw

Floyd Gottfredson

Floyd Gottfredson

Dick Moores

Dick Moores

Don Gunn

Bill Walsh

Bill Walsh

Al Taliaferro

Al Taliaferro

Bob Karp

Bob Karp

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