Pogo Possum, Churchy LaFemme, Porky Pine and the rest of the Okefenokee Swamp gang butchered common phrases and skewered current events in the strip nationally syndicated from 1949 to 1975.

Pogo the Possum takes center stage as one of the comic strips' most likable main characters. Walt Kelly's Pogo was a classic comic strip, but its Christmas carol, "Deck Us All with Boston Charlie ...