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Comic strips of different stripes

Saturday, March 31 at 12:01 PM

Ed Barthlome of Littleton writes:

In a recent letter, "Drop Prickly City" (Talk Back to the Media, March 3) Rusty Campos characterized the comic strip Doonesbury as having a political slant while Prickly City is engaged in character assassinations as a regular theme.

He also says that there isn't much funny about ongoing "bitterness and rage" directed at an individual. Let me see if I have this right ... it's all right for Doonesbury to regularly pillory conservative figures, including but not limited to Republican presidents, and to depict them as incompetent, lazy, stupid, corrupt drudges, because that's just "political slant." But when Prickly City goes after the hypocrisy of those on the left, including Nancy Pelosi, it is not funny and should be boycotted.

I find Prickly City very funny (and right on the mark). I find Pelosi to be a joke (and good fodder for a conservative cartoonist); and I believe that Doonesbury and Prickly City should both be available to the reading public.

Prickly City points out the warts on liberal political and agendas, hence touching a raw nerve in liberals who would protect the great unwashed from reading anything but liberal propaganda and the correct political slant. Conservative writings and cartoons should not be burned in a totalitarian dark ages bonfire. To those who don't like Prickly City I say, "Get a grip!" To the Rocky Mountain News I say, keep Prickly City and keep up the good work.

READER COMMENTS

Fine. I agree that if you are looking to maximize your appeal to the largest audience possible, if you have Doonesbury, you should have Prickly City (even if it is trite and obvious).

That said, Ed is an idiot, and has proven himself no different than Campos - just on the other side of the spectrum.

So yes, bravo to the News for doing what any current newspaper must: maximize profits by publishing the extremes and ignoring the majority,

At least Ed is happy and has clearly "gotten a grip." Whatever in the hell that means.

Posted by Bobby-Joe on March 31, 2007 11:55 PM

I can't believe so many adults take comic strips seriously. Grow up and read a book.

Posted by Hans Christian Brando on April 1, 2007 10:29 AM

Ed,

I hate to break this to you, but conservatives, not liberals, are normally the ones who want to censor everything.

Liberals are long-haired hippies who want everything to be legal -- from pot to porn. Conservatives are uptight yuppies who want everything to be prohibited by law -- from abortion to free speech.

Posted by Libby Libberman on April 4, 2007 07:26 PM