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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. They are two friends who don’t always agree but rely on their friendship to survive uncertain times. "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!
Carmen and Winslow are in the hands of Marshall Ramsey, an award-winning editorial cartoonist, radio host, and children’s book author.
Marshall Ramsey is a longtime, award-winning editorial cartoonist, radio and TV host, and versatile storyteller. A two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and 2022 Southeastern Emmy winner, his editorial cartoons have appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, and The Clarion-Ledger. He draws a weekly cartoon for Mississippi Today and is director of the Mississippi Media Lab at the University of Mississippi.
Ramsey hosted the statewide radio program "Now You're Talking with Marshall Ramsey" and the television program "Conversations" on Mississippi Public Broadcasting. He has appeared on "Fox & Friends," "Inside Edition," CBSN, and CNN's "New Day," and is a sought-after public speaker.
He is the author of three cartoon collections, two short story collections—Fried Chicken and Wine and Chainsaws and Casseroles—and the children's books Banjo's Dream and Saving Sam! A Banjo the Dog Story. His work is shared across Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
Ramsey and his wife, Amy, have three sons. They live in Mississippi with their pup Ollie.
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.
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.