Charlie somebody else to contact in Austin a pogo could possibly be Terry Raines I wouldn’t be at all surprised that he has some of those comic strip the only trouble is getting the monetary is not easy and it never was I know you know him or just contact him and see what he has to say he’s on that he’s got a website and he’s on the Internet all the time but he’s he’s not caring anymore another person to contact is Carl Kunath
Sent from my iPhoneX > On Apr 24, 2020, at 8:26 AM, Charles Loving <[email protected]> wrote: > Pogo was a great strip. I will try to find those strips. > On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 7:49 AM kara posso <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > Below is a message i received from a fellow through the grotto email the > other day. I thought that he would have better luck solving his mystery with > the help of all of you since my institutional knowledge does not go back this > far. Ross is included on this email, please reply to hum or remember to hit > REPLY ALL to keep him on the email chain since he is not signed up on the > listserve. > > Also Ross, if there is anyway you can share the comic strip (or part of it) i > am sure people would be interested to see! > > Thanks folks! > Kara > > > My name is Ross Burns, and several people on Facebook suggested that I post > this question to your group.It concerns spelunking in the Austin area in the > period of 1953-54. > > I am a fan of the old Pogo comic strips by Walt Kelly. He frequently mentions > real people. events, and groups in the strip. I have been reading a recent > re-issue of the strips for 1955 and 1956. In a storyline he published > beginning in January of 1955, he repeatedly mentions the University of Texas > Spelunking Team. Partly I know that he loved to play with words including > spelunking. However the repeated mention of UT and Texas over 2 or 3 months, > makes me wonder if there was a particular event that he was referring to. > Some of the characters are trying to reach the team to help rescue a frog > that was swallowed by Albert the alligator. So, it may have been some sort of > rescue or similar event. > > Since Kelly wrote the strips well ahead of publication date, he probably > started this storyline in November or December of 1954. > > I would appreciate any information that you might be able to shed on this > mystery. > > Thank you for your time and attention. > > Ross Burns > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > [email protected] | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers -- Charlie Loving _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com [email protected] | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
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