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More interesting commentary. I personally think that the comics page has become a vast vacuum awaiting serious talent since the departure of Watterson, Breathed, and Larson. Sure, we still have Trudeau, and re-runs of Schultz... But new, interesting, creative folks are hard to find. Lots of folks lately have been bagging on a strip called "Boondocks." Calling it unamerican, because it seems to be expressing some unpopular views. If you look at some of the mail on the official website, boondocks.net, you will see that this is not a new opinion.
the story, courtesy abc.
i think this was the series of cartoons that stirred folks up.
Now, honestly, this is no different than some of the things put forward in Berke Breathed's "Bloom County" or in Gary Trudeau's "Doonesbury," especially since none of the information in that particular series seems in any way incorrect (that i could discover anyhow.) If people are getting mad, then perhaps they should examine the issues brought up in the strip. The author responded with a week of "Flagee and Ribbon" a strip featuring a yellow ribbon and an american flag spouting Right wing pro americanisms, and calling for the immediate punishment of anyone whose opinion differs from the status quo.
Cartoons have a long political history in our country. they are a time honored way of lampooning and calling our leadership into question. Political opinion, true or false, has long been the realm of the comic. Ben Franklin was a political cartoonist, urging unionization and stability. Thomas nast single handedly brought down Tamammy Boss Tweed and instigated the Teapot Dome scandal. Years later, when Boss Tweed was arrested after fleeing the country, the illiterate farmer that turned him in recognized him from one of Nast's Cartoons.
the story, courtesy abc.
i think this was the series of cartoons that stirred folks up.
Now, honestly, this is no different than some of the things put forward in Berke Breathed's "Bloom County" or in Gary Trudeau's "Doonesbury," especially since none of the information in that particular series seems in any way incorrect (that i could discover anyhow.) If people are getting mad, then perhaps they should examine the issues brought up in the strip. The author responded with a week of "Flagee and Ribbon" a strip featuring a yellow ribbon and an american flag spouting Right wing pro americanisms, and calling for the immediate punishment of anyone whose opinion differs from the status quo.
Cartoons have a long political history in our country. they are a time honored way of lampooning and calling our leadership into question. Political opinion, true or false, has long been the realm of the comic. Ben Franklin was a political cartoonist, urging unionization and stability. Thomas nast single handedly brought down Tamammy Boss Tweed and instigated the Teapot Dome scandal. Years later, when Boss Tweed was arrested after fleeing the country, the illiterate farmer that turned him in recognized him from one of Nast's Cartoons.
