Reply #11: love Ann Telnaes, am pissed at MacGruder [View All]

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I rarely see MacGruder's work, its only published in one small paper here that's hard for me to get....but I did see a strip or two from him that were gratuitously woman bashing. The "joke" was mentioning the sexuality of older, "unattractive women" --yes that's his phrasing--and going "EWWWWWWW". Thanks Aaron, guess only fuckable girls are OK with you.

Another MacGruder that showed a real lack of creativity, on a slow news day I guess: the main character was being romantically pressured by a cutesy ruffly dress-wearing girl who was displaying stereotypical "annoying feminine hysteria". After having met him once years ago, she was pouting and nagging him for not wanting to be her boyfriend. He blows her off with his trademark cynisism. This was the only time I've even SEEN a female character in his strip. It pissed me off. Those examples of his attitude make me think he doesn't have much respect for women, if that's how he views us. So smart and trenchant as he is, I can't support him.

ANYWAY, now that I've gotten that off my chest, I love Tom Tomorrow, Ted Rall and Ann Telneas. Ann has amazing drafting skills and she actually addresses women's issues, a rarity.