Provided by Wikipedia Walter Crawford Kelly Jr. (August 25, 1913 – October 18, 1973), commonly known as Walt Kelly, was an American animator and cartoonist, best known for the comic strip ''Pogo''. He began his animation career in 1936 at Walt Disney Studios, contributing to ''Pinocchio'', ''Fantasia'', and ''Dumbo''. In 1941, at the age of 28, Kelly transferred to work at Dell Comics, where he created ''Pogo'', which eventually became his platform for political and philosophical commentary.
