It was Walt Disney himself who had given Kelly a recommendation to Western Publishing editor Oskar Lebeck. It was not that Kelly disliked Walt Disney or the Disney Studios, since he had worked there for five years before leaving to work for Western Publishing's line of DELL comic books where he created Pogo and his friends. Travers had when Disney wanted to purchase the rights to her stories about Mary Poppins. In addition, he knew that Disney overpowered the original creator so that James Barrie's Peter Pan became Walt Disney's Peter Pan with the Disney version being the most prominent and dominant in public culture. Not only had he not had discussions with the Disney Studios although perhaps his syndicate had been contacted, he felt that Disney would not be able to capture the subtle spirit of his comic strip. At the end of the article, Walt Disney had told the writer that the next animated feature after the upcoming Lady and Tramp (1955) would possibly be "either Beauty and the Beast or Walt Kelly's Pogo the possum".Īccording to those who knew him, Kelly was horrified when he read that sentence. In Newsweek magazine for February 16, 1953, there was a big feature article on the Disney Studios and their latest animated feature film Peter Pan (1953).
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