Get Fuzzy gets gone
In my earlier days, I didn't hesitate to pull a comic strip for offensiveness. I usually said that I didn't mind offending readers; I just wanted to offend them over something important, not coarseness in a comic strip. I've lightened up a bit.
For instance, we published this "Get Fuzzy" strip last Friday. The Chicago Trib didn't. "Some people claim it's censorship, but I call it editing," he said. "We don't allow our own reporters to write vulgarities, double-entendres or untruths, even in jest." He thought the "nut-crunch" joke was just vulgar.
Indeed. Get Fuzzy pushes the line more than any other in our lineup, which, admittedly isn't saying that much given the tameness of, say, Family Circus and Judge Parker.
I didn't get a single call or letter about that Fuzzy. I suppose those who don't appreciate that sort of humor long since left the readership of Get Fuzzy to others.
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I'm sure the strip whizzed right over the heads of your core readership. It is, for the most part, a smart comic, which is why Get Fuzzy is among the few syndicated strips still funny on a regular basis. It's no Calvin and Hobbes, but I'm glad you run it.
Posted on September 21, 2007 9:03 AM