Interesting essay. Excerpt 1 from Strip the skin, an essay by Manjula Padmanabhan. When Blondie throws a jar of mustard at Dagwood’s head, Indian readers are unlikely to think “Oo! Husband abuse!” But if a sari-clad, middle-class, middle-brow Indian Blondie were to follow suit, Indian readers would very likely howl with righteous disapproval. In Bombay’s *Sunday Observer* edited by Vinod Mehta, where Suki made her debut in a strip called *Doubletalk*, readers whined about her constantly, calling the strip a “horrible eyesore”, “Double Gawk”, “dragging and brazenly repetitive”. The reason I was able to carry on was that I had my editor’s full support. That was almost three decades ago. Today? I don’t know which newspaper editor would champion a lowly strip cartoonist against sustained reader-rancour.
One way to assess a newspaper, media, etc. (vjp) Except 2 The choice of what appears on the comics page is usually made by one person, most often a senior editor. If he/she is essentially conservative, the strips will present a cheery, upbeat and broadly right-wing view of the world. http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?267567 Read comments too. ++| vjp _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ tambdimati: the Goa review is a community blog of original _/ art, writing, music, news and commentary from and about the _/ smallest state in the subcontinent. check out the newest _/ member of the Goanet family daily at _/ http://www.tambdimati.com. _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
