Saturday, January 01, 2005
Boondocks revisited, again
Friday's paper came out with 17 Tribtalk comments. Ten were about the Tribune removing "The Boondocks" from the paper. All ten were complaints. Robertson replied: "Hey that's not funny! I've been called a weasel before, but never a ferret. That cuts to the bone. Oh, and to the previous caller, consider "Mallard" a dead duck. He's gone."
As a lead-in to the Tribtalk comments, he wrote "...But there's room for all kinds of opinions in the Tribune, even about the comics, and we truly do listen to them and sometimes learn.
That doesn't mean "The Boondocks" or "Mallard Fillmore" will be back. I brought both those strips to the Tribune, and I've defended them both over the years.
Vocal "Mallard" readers find "The Boondocks" racist and offensive, and readers of "The Boondocks" feel the same about "Mallard". I've eventually come to the conclusion that either both responses are right, or both are wrong..."
None of the ten Tribtalk comments, this time, were mine. Of the last ones - I think it was last week's Tribtalk, the first one was mine. Obviously, there are quite a few people who feel strongly about this.
As a lead-in to the Tribtalk comments, he wrote "...But there's room for all kinds of opinions in the Tribune, even about the comics, and we truly do listen to them and sometimes learn.
That doesn't mean "The Boondocks" or "Mallard Fillmore" will be back. I brought both those strips to the Tribune, and I've defended them both over the years.
Vocal "Mallard" readers find "The Boondocks" racist and offensive, and readers of "The Boondocks" feel the same about "Mallard". I've eventually come to the conclusion that either both responses are right, or both are wrong..."
None of the ten Tribtalk comments, this time, were mine. Of the last ones - I think it was last week's Tribtalk, the first one was mine. Obviously, there are quite a few people who feel strongly about this.
