Prickly City
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| Prickly City | |
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| Author(s) | Scott Stantis |
| Current status / schedule | Running |
| Launch date | July 11, 2004 |
| Syndicate(s) | Universal Press Syndicate |
| Genre(s) | Humor, Politics |
Prickly City is a daily comic strip drawn by Scott Stantis, the editorial cartoonist for the Birmingham News, and distributed through Universal Press Syndicate. The cartoon follows the adventures of Carmen, a young girl in pigtails, and a coyote pup named Winslow. The strip is frequently — though not always — politically-oriented with a conservative leaning.
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[edit] Characters
Carmen - a feisty, if somewhat naive, libertarian-conservative and a Republican. For a brief time, she had a crush on Tucker Carlson. Carmen made her first appearance at least 4 months before the strip began, in one of Stantis's editorial cartoons.[1]
Winslow - named for the town of Winslow, Arizona, is a coyote with political aspirations and often acts patronizing, condescending and impulsive liberal. Carmen is continuously frustrated by Winslow's assumption that she should be a liberal feminist. Early in the strip's run, Winslow had a crush on Condoleezza Rice, even writing a poem about her (which Carmen initially misunderstood as being a poem about herself).
Minor recurring characters include Dio, a chameleon named for Diogenes the Cynic, who first appeared as a campaign director for Winslow, and Kevin, the Lost Bunny of the Apocalypse, who reports on signs of the "end times".
[edit] Controversies
The Chicago Tribune refused to run the February 7, 2005 strip, which inaccurately quoted Ted Kennedy. According to Stantis, the syndicate erroneously added quote marks to the dialogue without his permission.[2] Later that year The Seattle Times refused to run a series of strips about the Terri Schiavo case.[3]
[edit] Tributes
Prickly City has paid tribute to the passing of famous people during 2006. On July 31, they paid tribute to Hooters president Robert H. Brooks. Frank & Ernest cartoonist Bob Thaves was remembered in the September 10, 2006 edition.
[edit] Book collection
| Title | Cover | Publication Date | ISBN |
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| Greetings from Prickly City |  |
September 1, 2005 | ISBN 0-7407-5451-3 |
[edit] References
- ^ "Editorial Cartoon", The Birmingham News, April 27, 2004.
- ^ "Chicago Tribune drops Prickly City Strip with Ted Kennedy 'Quote'", Editor & Publisher
- ^ "Seattle Times Drops Prickly City Strips About Schiavo Case", Editor & Publisher
[edit] See also
- Mallard Fillmore - another conservative-themed comic strip
[edit] External links
- Prickly City daily strip at gocomics
- Prickly City at Universal Press Syndicate
- Shrubville, a blog devoted to daily criticism of Prickly City
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