BEAUREGARD. A proud basset hound living around Okefenokee Swamp near Jacksonville, Florida. Rounding out the cast is a diversity of animals, including an opossum named 'Pogo' [Walt Kelly; 1943-73] + 2 more canids: SEMINOLE SAM + Senator JOSEPH MALARKEY

Beginning as a kids' comic book, 'Pogo' eventually hardened into a satirical format, overlaid with Kelly's personal rhetoric. Many consider this the downfall of the strip, but this period introduced what may be the most frequently-quoted paraphrase: 'We have met the enemy + they are us'. Walt Kelly's Pogo was a new, tamer version introduced in the 1980s