I really didn’t get the political stuff in Bloom County as a kid. But that was some of the fun for me. I’d be like “mom, who’s Jesse Jackson?” and then I’d get to learn something.
But Pogo, being so old, can be hit and miss. Simple J. Malarkey? That still lands because I know about Joseph McCarthy. That’s still in the culture.
But like, strips with windup toys of all the candidates for the 1968 Democratic nomination? That doesn’t seem like something I need to learn about.