http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2012/11/28/paper-cancelled-comic-because-it-calls-bud-light-diluted-horse-piss/ The source for industry news for the professional cartoonist Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:28:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2012/11/28/paper-cancelled-comic-because-it-calls-bud-light-diluted-horse-piss/#comment-137273 Donald Rex Jr. Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:30:33 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=13427#comment-137273 Editorial departments are not democracies in my experience. Now days spending ad-dollars is the protected free speech, thanks alot Supreme Court!

]]> http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2012/11/28/paper-cancelled-comic-because-it-calls-bud-light-diluted-horse-piss/#comment-137272 Ivelisse Colon-Nevarez Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:41:45 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=13427#comment-137272 I wonder if Boston Phoenix and Anheuser-Busch believe in freedom of speech. Maybe they forgot they live in a democracy.

]]> http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2012/11/28/paper-cancelled-comic-because-it-calls-bud-light-diluted-horse-piss/#comment-137234 birdie Birdashaw Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:25:23 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=13427#comment-137234 Three Cheers for freedom of Speech?

]]> http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2012/11/28/paper-cancelled-comic-because-it-calls-bud-light-diluted-horse-piss/#comment-137214 Donald Rex Jr. Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:05:39 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=13427#comment-137214 “Banned in Boston’ has been a ticket to the big time for many artists.

]]> http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2012/11/28/paper-cancelled-comic-because-it-calls-bud-light-diluted-horse-piss/#comment-137213 Gerry Mooney Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:51:52 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=13427#comment-137213 Well, wouldn’t the editor have read the strip before it went to press? Seems odd that they’d run it then fire the cartoonist, though the why’s and wherefore’s are a little convoluted according to the Comics Reporter.

]]> http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2012/11/28/paper-cancelled-comic-because-it-calls-bud-light-diluted-horse-piss/#comment-137209 John Catey Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:10:03 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=13427#comment-137209 It’s not really that diluted.

]]> http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2012/11/28/paper-cancelled-comic-because-it-calls-bud-light-diluted-horse-piss/#comment-137207 Andrew Farago Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:47:21 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=13427#comment-137207 Tom Spurgeon’s Comics Reporter followed up with Stevens’s editor, who denies that the Budweiser dig had anything to do with the firing: http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/karl_stevens_claims_alt_weekly_strip_discontinued_due_to_advertiser_worries/

]]> http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2012/11/28/paper-cancelled-comic-because-it-calls-bud-light-diluted-horse-piss/#comment-137206 Donald Rex Jr. Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:12:56 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=13427#comment-137206 Nicely rendered strip. One might think of a dozen alternative captions funnier than the ‘why did the chicken cross the road’ level ‘horse piss’ cliche, but finally, Stevens enjoyed ‘sticking it to the man.’ Never forget the fun in fighting authority is that authority ALWAYS wins. Or so the song sez.

]]> http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2012/11/28/paper-cancelled-comic-because-it-calls-bud-light-diluted-horse-piss/#comment-137202 Rick Ellis Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:29:15 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=13427#comment-137202 If only he called it “diluted equine urine” everything would have been OK.

]]> http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2012/11/28/paper-cancelled-comic-because-it-calls-bud-light-diluted-horse-piss/#comment-137200 Joe Engesser Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:14:11 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=13427#comment-137200 “…Big Number One!”

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