Doonesbury Goes Down

Apparently, despite the increasing appetite for political content in other media (as shown by the rise of Rush Limbaugh and Michael Moore), some newspapers feel a need to stop carrying Doonesbury, one of the longest-running and highest quality of the daily political cartoons. The article cites repeated customer complaints, and a majority vote by the newpapers in the comics conglomerate. However, this still stinks to me. Doonesbury is one of the best political cartoons out there, always timely, always funny, with a pointed wit. I agree with the sentiment less than half the time, but so what? Political cartoons are supposed to take a point of view and thus inevitably generate complaints.



In protest of this stupid move, I am posting today's Doonesbury here for your reading pleasure. Or displeasure. Either way, it serves a purpose.