I have not seen the cartoon, Kudzu, much in the past but seeing today's cartoon, which turns out to be his last, I am reminded of the same type of humor as Garfield, which I enjoy a lot. I plan to spend the next hour going through the archive at the above link to t enjoy some of the others cartoons from the past few months.
From the link above that reports on his death.
RIP, Doug. I am sure there are millions of fans as well as family who will dearly miss you and your talents.In a 2003 issue of Columbia Journalism Review, Marlette wrote on the outrage that at times surrounded his work.
"We don't need the First Amendment to allow us to run boring, inoffensive cartoons. We need constitutional protection for our right to express unpopular views. If we can't discuss the great issues of the day on the pages of our newspapers fearlessly, where can we discuss them?"
Marlette lamented the shrinking number of political cartoonists at U.S. newspapers and worried that editors may fear controversy and offending readers more than they value cutting-edge cartooning.
"We are in deep trouble when victimhood becomes a sacrament, personal injury a point of pride, when irreverence is seen as a hate crime. In order to maintain our true, nationally defining diversity, it obligates... those blunt instruments of the free press, cartoonists like me, not to self-censor. We must use it or lose it."
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