Subj : World of Pogo
To   : JOHN WILSON
From : LEE LOFASO
Date : Mon Jul 16 2001 10:04 am

Hello John,

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JW>-=> LEE LOFASO wrote to RICHARD M. MEIC <=-

JW>Hi, Lee.

>LL> Pogo.  Pogo.  I go Pogo.

JW>"SCORN!" "That's what I have for this swamp: *Scorn*!

JW>                        ---Pogo

JW> ...and Walt Kelly's cartography was incredible...made the woids sing
  >'e did

Kelly was truly a creative genius, his Pogo strip being one of the
funniest strips of all time.  As a graphic artist, his artwork was
remarkable.  The dialogue he created among his characters was what
made his strip so compelling and unique, his insights into human
nature shown through their dialogue.  Through his characters, Kelly
was able to poke fun at virtually everything, whether it was the
environment, politics, or the world-at-large.

JW>Modeling Pogo is neat. I once read an essy 'bout a man who could give a
JW>serious dissertation based on nursery rhymes, on the spur of the moment.

JW>Hell, everything works! :-)

One of the best essays I've read was by mathematician Martin Gardner,
who wrote a dissertation about the Wizard of Oz.  He also annotated a
book by Lewis Carroll, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland".  But it was
his knowledge of the Land of Oz which enabled him to write an original
novel on Oz, "Visitors From Oz", based on L. Frank Baum's novels.

"Never question the truth of what you fail to understand, for the world
is full of wonders."
- the white pearl in L. Frank Baum's 'Rinkitink in Oz'

>LL> * SLMR 2.1a * Our family always HATED cats: nasty, low, vulgar
>LL>things!

JW>... A dog is prose; a cat is a poem.

"Mouse dear!  Do come back again, and we won't talk about cats
or dogs either, if you don't like them!" - Alice

--Lee


 * SLMR 2.1a * Alice led the way, and the whole party swam to the shore.
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