Prickly City
By Scott Stantis | 5.5K FollowersAbout Prickly City
A small town in the American Southwest ... everything in the desert is designed to prick you, wound you, or eat you. What better metaphor for 21st-century Earth? Prickly City is a comic strip about the friendship between Winslow, a coyote pup, and Carmen, a straight and narrow kind of kid. Prickly City offers a conservative perspective on political and social events within an ongoing storyline. As Carmen might say, "We may not be correct but we will always be right."
Their high jinks provide endless laughs as Winslow gets into trouble and Carmen follows. Join Carmen and Winslow for their adventures in the desert!
Creator Scott Stantis has teamed up with Ted Rall for the podcast, DMZ America. Listen here.
Meet Scott Stantis
Scott Stantis became the editorial cartoonist for the Chicago Tribune in August 2009 and stepped down from full-time cartooning for the paper 10 years later. He previously held the same position at the Birmingham News since 1996. Stantis also produces a weekly editorial cartoon for USA Today. He is a past president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists and was the creator of the popular comic strip "The Buckets," which is currently drawn by Greg Cravens. A California native, Stantis has been married for more than two decades to his college sweetheart, Janien. They have two sons and live in Chicago, where Stantis likes to read, write, and paint.
Cast of Characters
Carmen
Carmen is grounded and very sure of what she is. She is an innocent who loves being a child. She fights tooth and nail against a society that wants her to grow up too fast. She is certain of her place on the moral high ground and passionately dedicated to common sense, the promise of America and her best friend, Winslow.
Winslow
A coyote cub, Winslow is an innocent awash in the flood of popular mores. He is susceptible to every fad that comes along. It's part of his charm and the root of much of his best friend Carmen's frustrations with him. His one certainty is his friendship with Carmen, his bosom pal.