Prickly City

Prickly City is a daily comic strip 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 Hispanic girl in pigtails, and a coyote pup named Winslow. The strip is frequently politically oriented with a conservative leaning.

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.^[1]

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

• Dio, a chameleon named for Diogenes the Cynic. He was a campaign director for Winslow.
• Kevin, the Lost Bunny of the Apocalypse. He reports on signs of the "end times". In 2010, he was elected to the U.S. Senate under the banner of Winslow's "Lefty Tea Party".
• Vaughn, appears to be an armadillo. He served as Winslow's campaign finance director.
• Rand, a vulture, possibly named after Rand Paul or Ayn Rand .

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] More recently, a series of strips beginning August 25th, 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 & Ernest cartoonist Bob Thaves was remembered in the September 10, 2006 edition.

Book collection

See also

Conservatism portal

• Mallard Fillmore - another conservative-themed comic strip

References

1. ^ "Editorial Cartoon", The Birmingham News, April 27, 2004.
2. ^ "Chicago Tribune drops Prickly City Strip with Ted Kennedy 'Quote'", Editor & Publisher
3. ^ "Seattle Times Drops Prickly City Strips About Schiavo Case", Editor & Publisher

External links

• Prickly City at Comics.com