Technically, he was before my time. I was only seven or so when he died, but later on in the seventies my Mom recommended his stuff so I ended up buying every Pogo collection I could find. A lot of the political humor went over my head but not the “pig” strips.
I was three when he died, but my folks already had several of his books, and once I got hooked, they bought more. Some of the deeper satire, which was contextual to the time, did go over my head too, but I got some of it, and of course enjoyed the stuff that was just plain silly. He ruined me for pretty much all other comics though. Damn that man could draw.