3. There's a good argument to be made that Kelly's intent in those early Pogo comics were progressive, but they smack of blackface now.
12b. Class war in animal form: As @rodmckie mentioned: "the ghastly working class weasels of Kenneth Grahame's Wind in the Willows."
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13. Felix the Cat & Mickey Mouse were way of keeping minstrel show heritage alive in age where being challenge:http://sanseverything.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/felix-the-cat-blackface/ …
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14. As against Mickey Mouse, I think Krazy Kat and Pogo are attempts to imagine post-racial world. not keep minstrelry alive.
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