Prickly City

Prickly City
Author(s) Scott Stantis
Eric Allie
Current status / schedule Running
Launch date July 11, 2004
Syndicate(s) Universal Press Syndicate (2004–09, 2011-present)
United Features Syndicate (2009–11)
Genre(s) Humor, Politics

Prickly City is a daily comic strip originally drawn by Scott Stantis, the editorial cartoonist for the Chicago Tribune, and distributed through United Features Syndicate. The cartoon follows the adventures of Carmen, a young girl of color, and a coyote pup named Winslow. The strip is frequently politically oriented with a conservative point-of-view. [1] It is currently drawn by Eric Allie.

Characters

Carmen – a 'feisty' 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.[2]

Winslow – named for the town of Winslow, Arizona, is a coyote with political aspirations who acts patronizing, condescending and impulsive. His liberal responses are typically the source of the strip's humor. 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


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.[3] Later that year The Seattle Times refused to run a series of strips about the Terri Schiavo case.[4] More recently, a series of strips beginning August 25, 2008 accuse the attendees of the 2008 Democratic National Convention of being communists.

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 and Ernest cartoonist Bob Thaves was remembered in the September 10, 2006 edition.

Book collection

Title Cover Publication Date ISBN
Greetings from Prickly City September 1, 2005 ISBN 0-7407-5451-3

See also

References

  1. Stantis, Scott. "Comics: Meet the Artist, March 24, 2006". Washingtonpost.com > Live Q&As. The Washington Post. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  2. "Editorial Cartoon", The Birmingham News, April 27, 2004.
  3. "Chicago Tribune drops Prickly City Strip with Ted Kennedy 'Quote'", Editor & Publisher
  4. "Seattle Times Drops Prickly City Strips About Schiavo Case", Editor & Publisher
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