The term 'Comic Strip Opossum' refers to the character Pogo, a possum created by cartoonist Walt Kelly in the 1940s. Pogo is the main character of the comic strip of the same name, which ran from 1949 to 1975. The strip was set in the Okefenokee Swamp of the southeastern United States and featured a cast of anthropomorphic animal characters. Pogo was a wise and gentle soul who often commented on the human condition in a humorous way.