Conservative Mallard Fillmore cartoonist arrested

[murdoch]

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061211/LOCAL/61211035/

Bruce Tinsley, who draws the conservative Mallard Fillmore cartoon, was arrested for DUI in Indiana this month. He had been arrested for public intoxication in August. With the Democratic victory and all, it might make you feel sorry for him if you don't look at some of his old strips -



Of course, The Onion has their enquiring photographer on this -

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/56689

[Erika]

1. Cute though Cheney and W had plenty of DUI's

Wonder why he didn't use their names.

[oberliner]

2. Mallard Fillmore, about a conservative duck, appears in almost 400 newspapers nationwide

For some reason that struck me really funny.

A conservative duck?

[NyQuill]

3. I think the guy should definitely be arrested...

...not because of the DUI, but because he hasn't written ONE FUNNY THING IN THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF THE DAMN COMIC.

It's actually in a pretty prominent spot in the Washington Times.

Uh..wait...thats not really a good thing.

The Times has all the b-list comics that nobody reads, like "Dick Tracy" and "Apartment 3-G."

[mirandapriestly]

4. Conservatives can't be funny

because there has to be some sort of recognizable truth or reality at the heart of true humor , and most of their thought is based on lies, as they currently stand.

[Az]

6. Thats not quite it

Humor comes from opposing authority or from the small striking back at the strong. This is why humor works for liberals and progressives. They are typically attempting to tear down old established injustices.

But conservatives find themself defending the old school. The established power. The system. Doing jokes from that point of view will just come off as cruel and mean spirited to most people.

[Beausoleil]

15. Their "blame the victim" mentality

just isn't funny. Making fun of those you perceive to be lesser than you is not humor. How many yuks can you get when the only thing you've got is demeaning people?

[northofdenali]

7. Haven't laughed at any of 'em myself.

Welcome to DU, NyQuill!! :hi:

[newyawker99]

13. Hi NyQuill!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[badgerpup]

5. Hey! The Onion got some new 'Area People' for opinions! n/t

[NorthernSpy]

8. Mallard Fillmore is about "the idea of personal responsibility" -- Tinsley

"What's the ideological core of Mallard?" W.A. Mann asks Mallard Fillmore creator Bruce Tinsley:

"It's the idea of personal responsibility -- an idea we're getting farther and farther away from," he says.

Typical.

[kiki]

12. Yeah, well...

..."the idea of craven hypocrisy" didn't sound quite so catchy.

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. So is he gonna take responsibity for his own drunkedness

[Hudgie DeRobertis]

10. Here's my version of that comic strip

[newyawker99]

14. Hi Hudgie DeRobertis!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[kiki]

11. Funniest moment in that man's career. n/t