There's always been some concern that adult subject matter should be quarantined from a page that attracts children. Unlike late at night, when 'South Park' and 'Colbert' are on, impressionable minds are wide awake when the newspaper arrives.
From Garry Trudeau
For the most part, editors no longer view 'Doonesbury' as a rolling provocation, which is fine by me. It makes no sense to intentionally antagonize the very people on whose support you most depend.
I don't want to sound disingenuous here - controversy is obviously good for business, especially if your business is satire. And it does amplify the discussion - in my view, a good thing.
As far as I'm concerned, there is no subject that's off the table.
I'm a pointillist, just working my tiny little piece of the canvas. I'm not so good at perspective.
In their heyday, comics were a dominant force in popular culture, but that's over.
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