Stickler 5A

Why 5A, you ask? Well because this is the infamous BANNED strip! That's right folks, this comic was forbidden to run in my school's newspaper. Too hot to handle. Here was the rationale:

"...We need to stay pretty neutral politically. The only place to be ideological is the editorial section, and unfortunately your comic is too big to fit there and it would leave a big hole on the back page."

Yes, you read correctly-- it was because of my political stance. The last frame testicle joke was nothing more than an afterthought. Originally, this was supposed to be the last comic of the semester for the newspaper, so I wanted to go out on... well, that last frame. It would've been classy, for sure.

In any case, I would like to add that I stress the "small group," part of the commentary. I really don't think the majority of people are out to do harm, but there are a lot of media personnel that don't use their positions responsibly. And I'm not just talking about Fox. I'm not sure whether it's the 24 hr. news cycle or just the fact that news is a business, but something has tainted the way the news is presented. I suggest listening to NPR and reading BBC News.