Two items: a TLS signed "Walt Kelly," one page, 7.75 x 10.5, Post-Hall Syndicate, November 9, 1951, in full: "It is most flattering to learn that a Pogo fan club has been formed by your group. An original strip is being forwarded to you under separate cover. With many thanks and all the best"; and the referenced original hank-inked four-panel Pogo comic strip from June 28, 1949, two separate sheets that measure to an overall size of 21.75 x 7.5, signed in the last panel by Kelly. The strip shows Porky Pine alerting Albert Alligator that a "desperate character is loose in the swamp!" Albert goes to retrieve his police hat and rifle from his house, with the porcupine following close behind and explaining that the culprit is dangerous, "the ol' stabber type." When the cigar-chomping gator inquires who the villain is, Porky Pine grabs his quills and admits: "He's ol' plain me! I keeps stabbin' me when I sits down." In overall fine condition, with a clean separation to the central vertical fold.
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