Suzanne,
I dearly love, admire, and respect you personally. I consider you a friend. Reading these comments, it certainly seems like a lot of people have lost their sense of humor and I think that's sad. There was no specific reference to any 'private' citizen in last week's cartoon. It was merely an observation based on reading local political forums over the last several years. It was a drawing of a goofy looking bird for goodness sakes. If my cartoon struck a nerve, that's what political satire is supposed to do. If someone took this as a 'personal attack' perhaps it's their own guilty conscience at work. As a cartoonist, your job is to make fun of the news, not make the news yourself. (Unless you're Al Capp)
Sincerely,
Mark
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