The Funnies - 2

Here are more 'Funnies' that I used to see in the newspapers:
-- L'il Abner (Yokum); who was a tall, but not very bright, 'Southern Boy';' with his perpetual, voluptuous girlfriend, Daisy Mae; autocratic Mammy, (whose phrase, 'Ah has spoken!' stopped every argument in its tracks.).
One of the strangest denizens of Dogpatch, U-S-A, Joe Btfsplk, the world's worst jinx, was always drawn with a dark rain cloud over his head.
The strip, written and drawn by Al Capp, ran for 43 years, reaching some 60 million readers. In 1937, it introduced the cultural event known as 'The Sadie Hawkins Dance,' where a woman invites a man of her choice, instead of demurely waiting for a man to ask her.
-- Little Orphan Annie; with her dog, Sandy (whose only speaking line in any situation was, 'Arf, arf!'), and her benefactor, Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Poor Annie -- and all the other characters, had eyes drawn with no irises. She was usually portrayed as the victim (at some stage) of a long-running kidnapping plot. The strip was the basis for the 1970s Broadway musical smash, 'Annie!'
-- Pogo, by Walt Kelly; with, Pogo the possum, Albert the alligator; Howland Owl (the swamp's self-appointed leading authority (on everything). They all lived in the Okefenokee Swamp of the southeastern United States.
According to Wikipedia, the strip featured plenty of social and political satire, 'in a heady mix of allegory, Irish poetry, literary whimsy, puns and wordplay, lushly detailed artwork and broad burlesque humor. The same series of strips could be enjoyed on different levels by both young children and savvy adults.'
Frankly, Dear Reader, I could never quite 'get' it!
More 'Funnies' later.