More on Comics and Complaint Culture

It's a sign of the times, particularly the ability for minority opinion-holders to mobilize media censure by suggesting certain letters be sent, that one might get nervous seeing two letters about Doonesbury starting much the same way. I don't think there's anything to it, but I'm sure none of us would be surprised if there were. The paranoia's almost more interesting than the reality.

I ran a notice a few days back that a paper in Eugene, Oregon had suspended Boondocks for a brief period. This was slightly interesting to me because of how nonchalantly it was presented. I swear strips being suspended used to be a slightly bigger deal. Anyway, here's an article about the content of the strips that upset people. Lost in Garry Trudeau's career resurgence in 2004 was how aggressive Aaron McGruder was with his cultural criticism.

Also, for a change, an editor steps up to defend McGruder and the content of political cartoons and the advertisers back the paper up. I'd be hopeful, but that an attitude I used to think was pretty widely prevalent across America is worth an editorial in Berkeley kind of worries me.
 
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