Heart of the City by Steenz for September 07, 2009
September 06, 2009
September 08, 2009
Transcript:
Dean: And thus exits the summer, as the cold fist of reality grips us once more. Heart: You got your school supply list and classroom assignment too, eh? Dean: Alas.
They tried a Pogo reboot back in the late 80’s. It was actually well done, but didn’t go over well. I think that people had too high expectations, partly because they mis-remembered how Kelly actually did his strip. Compared to what we see now in Doonesbury, Mallard Fillmore, and the like, Kelly’s political barbs were far more gentle. Also, I read one letter complaining that an extended Sunday continuity was a spoof on Batman instead of a scathing indictment of the G.H.W. Bush administration, but the letter writer had forgotten (or never knew) that the Sunday Pogos were ALWAYS just about having a laugh; Sundays were commentary-free.
The guy who wrote the reboot, Larry Doyle, has gone on to write for the New Yorker and The Simpsons, and wrote the very popular novel that became the very unpopular movie “I Love You, Beth Cooper.” The artist, Neal Sternecky, is working at Disney, last I heard. It’s too bad; his style was MARVELOUS on the comics page, even when he wasn’t following Kelly. (I’ve been following these guys since college; they did a strip in the Daily Illini which was the best student-produced strip I’ve ever seen.)
JP Steve Premium Member about 15 years ago
Shakespeare? Disney? Gore?
donboyer about 15 years ago
Walt Kelly.
pearlandpeach about 15 years ago
i still miss Pogo…
Asrial about 15 years ago
Nice quote, Dean. They share a flair for the dramatic.
OELMER1938 about 15 years ago
YES — PEARL & PEACH, POGO’S RETURN WOULD BE EXCELLENT!!
fritzoid Premium Member about 15 years ago
They tried a Pogo reboot back in the late 80’s. It was actually well done, but didn’t go over well. I think that people had too high expectations, partly because they mis-remembered how Kelly actually did his strip. Compared to what we see now in Doonesbury, Mallard Fillmore, and the like, Kelly’s political barbs were far more gentle. Also, I read one letter complaining that an extended Sunday continuity was a spoof on Batman instead of a scathing indictment of the G.H.W. Bush administration, but the letter writer had forgotten (or never knew) that the Sunday Pogos were ALWAYS just about having a laugh; Sundays were commentary-free.
The guy who wrote the reboot, Larry Doyle, has gone on to write for the New Yorker and The Simpsons, and wrote the very popular novel that became the very unpopular movie “I Love You, Beth Cooper.” The artist, Neal Sternecky, is working at Disney, last I heard. It’s too bad; his style was MARVELOUS on the comics page, even when he wasn’t following Kelly. (I’ve been following these guys since college; they did a strip in the Daily Illini which was the best student-produced strip I’ve ever seen.)
Ushindi about 15 years ago
pearl:
http://www.pogopossum.com/gofizzicklepogo/go19.htm
Here’s some Pogo with a run of strips (and other info) you may not have seen.
kfaatz925 about 15 years ago
Ushindi - thanks for posting that! Can’t ever have too much Pogo.
Keith Messamer about 15 years ago
Alas and woe.
Asrial about 15 years ago
Ushindi > Thanks. Maybe now I can find out what this “Pogo”is . To me it’s still a stick for bouncing around.
Decepticomic over 3 years ago
rerun