Denis O’Hayer On The Dark, Absurdist Comic That Changed His Life

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Pogo is widely considered to be one of the greatest comic strips of all time. 

Running for 27 years, it had a voice, a mood and a look unlike anything that had appeared in the funny pages before, and it influenced a great many cartoonists who came after.

In this installment of Page-Turners, WABE’s Denis O’Hayer tells us about the first time he read Pogo — and what about it spoke uniquely to him.