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Inspiration

Bill Watterson regularly cited 3 cartoons as inspiration.

1. Peanuts by Charles Schulz
2. Pogo by Walt Kelly
3. Krazy Kat by George Herriman

Peanuts by Charles Schulz

Last Peanuts with article framed

Letter from Charles Schulz to Bill Watterson, May 17, 1968

Source

Pogo by Walt Kelly

The Pogo Papers

Walt Kelly

ISBN 10: 0671588001 / ISBN 13: 9780671588007

Published by Simon and Schuster, 1953

Bill Watterson was inspired by the discourse of Pogo.

About Walt Kelly

After working as a Disney animator, Walt Kelly struck out on his own and Pogo first appeared in a 1941 Dell comic. By the late 40's Kelly had transformed Pogo into a newspaper strip. The first of 45 books, simply titled Pogo, was released in 1951. This was quickly followed by I Go Pogo, Uncle Pogo's So-So Stories, The Pogo Papers, and The Pogo Stepmother Goose.

Walt Kelly (1913-1973) is one of the most respected and innovative American cartoonists of the twentieth century. His long-running Pogo newspaper strip has been cited by modern comics artists and scholars as one of the best ever. Other cartoonists such as Jeff Smith (Bone), and Frank Cho (Liberty Meadows) have all cited Kelly as a major influence on their work. Alongside Uncle Scrooge's Carl Barks and Krazy Kat's George Herriman, Kelly is recognized as a genius of "funny animal" comics.

Figurines and Cups

This is a set of 6 plastic mugs and 6 plastic figurines that were promotional items back about 1969 from Procter & Gamble products.

I am the third owner. The original owner collected them directly from the promotion and added them to their personal collection in 1969. All the figures and mugs are in great shape. Mugs were never used, and figurines are still brightly colored, as they were not played with, just set in a display case.