My guess is in the name of "balance" because Prickly City is supposed to be a conservative cartoon, the kind to counterbalance Doonesbury and The Boondocks. If one is outraged, one can do what many a reactionary has done in the past when confronted with a Doonesbury cartoon they didn't like: call the newspaper and complain.

Hunh. I don't really think the cartoon is bigoted. Isn't the strip as much making fun of the stereotype of uptight traditional masculinity as it is expression revulsion at the movie? I think we need to be careful about saying characters necessarily express the views of the author. But maybe it's contextual--does the strip usually express a conservative viewpoint?

Meanwhile, it's not even a current "joke". The John Wayne related comments started before the movie even came out. A day late and a couple dollars short for sure.

Why are John Wayne's tears necessarily a perjorative? Maybe he's moved by a "fierce and convincing" movie just like the rest of us.

Annie, bigsquirrels, you have to put this strip in context with Prickly City's overall position. It's exceedingly conservative, pro-macho, pro-war, anti-anything-liberal. It's intended as a bigoted slam; everything about Prickly City's history leads you to that conclusion.

well, okay, i guess it's meant to be horrible and bigoted, and then manages to undermine its own argument at the punchline. i still think calling for a boycott makes one look like one's panties are in a twist, as they say. someone should just write a reply cartoon--perhaps rock hudson is rolling over in his grave, for example... and then unzipping his pants.

Daily newspapers are notorious for censoring comic strips they don't like, that or moving them to the editorial page like Doonesbury. I guess they did not have a problem with this one.

Well, it's funny to me when people invoke John Wayne in response to "Brokeback Mountain." I was watching "Hondo" a few months back, and I was struck by the hip-swaying slinkiness of John Wayne's walk, and how he hitched out one hip like a runway model when he stood at rest.

I mentioned this to a friend of mine, whose husband is a film and cultural studies professor, and she told me that when he screens John Wayne movies for his undergraduates, they always assume John Wayne is gay.

The Seattle Times is providing balance, so readers can choose for themselves between funny (i.e. "Get Fuzzy") and unfunny ("Prickly City") options. It's only fair. (And balanced.)

Which just goes to show how prophetic _Repo Man_ was:

Miller: John Wayne was a fag.
All: THE HELL HE WAS!
Miller: He was too, you boys. I installed two-way mirrors in his pad in Brentwood, and he come to the door in a dress.
Oly: Ah, that doesn't mean he was gay. A lotta straight guys like to watch their buddies fuck. I know _I_ do! Don't you???

I betcha John Wayne is just as homophobic as the cartoon makes him out to be.

All of you are overreacting. I almost expect it these days.

Gomez, you think I was overreacting?

It was as much a generalization as 'OMG that cartoon is so bigoted how dare the Times run it?!'

But my point that people are blowing this way out of proportion remains.

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