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Pogo... (Original Post) madamesilverspurs Aug 2014 OP
Pogo has been right for at least thirty years... villager Aug 2014 #1
"We have met the enemy... and he is us" csziggy Aug 2014 #2

csziggy

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2. "We have met the enemy... and he is us"
Mon Aug 18, 2014, 02:00 PM
Aug 2014

For those too young to know what that refers to:


Walt Kelly first used the quote "We Have Met The Enemy and He Is Us" on a poster for Earth Day in 1970. The poster is shown above. In 1971, he did a two panel version with Pogo and Porky in a trash filled swamp. This is the only example I know of with a balloon, indicating Pogo responding to Porky with "YEP, SON, WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY AND HE IS US." In 1972, it was the title of a book, Pogo: We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us. OGPI had the version shown to the right produced for the Waycross, Georgia Pogofest in 1998 as a brass plate on a wooden plaque.
http://www.igopogo.com/we_have_met.htm
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