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* [http://www.al.com/opinion/birminghamnews/sstantis.ssf Stantis' editorial cartoons] at [[Al.com]] | |||
* [http://www.amuniversal.com/ups/features/pricklycity/bio.htm Scott Stantis bio] at Universal Press Syndicate | * [http://www.amuniversal.com/ups/features/pricklycity/bio.htm Scott Stantis bio] at Universal Press Syndicate | ||
* [http://www.gocomics.com/pricklycity/ Prickly City] website | * [http://www.gocomics.com/pricklycity/ Prickly City] website | ||
* [http://www.shrubville.com/ Shrubville], a daily critique of "Prickly City" | * [http://www.shrubville.com/ Shrubville], a daily critique of "Prickly City" | ||
Revision as of 23:43, 31 August 2006
Scott Stantis (born 1960) is the editorial page cartoonist for The Birmingham News since 1996. He has also created two nationally-syndicated comic strips, The Buckets, and "Prickly City". His editorial cartoons appear weekly in USA Today and he occasionally contributes guest columns to both papers.
Born in San Diego, California, Stantis grew up in Madison, Wisconsin where he graduated high school. He and his family returned to the West Coast and Stantis enrolled in Los Angeles Community College, and later at California State University, Long Beach, which he left before graduating.
His first professional cartooning job was with the Orange County Register. He was later hired by the Memphis Commercial Appeal and the Arizona Republic before coming to Birmingham. His first comic strip was called "Sydney", which lasted only a short time. He created "The Buckets" in 1991 while in Memphis, turning that strip over to Greg Cravens in 2004 when he launched "Prickly City", a conservative "rebuttal" to strips like "Doonsbury" and "The Boondocks".
Prickly City has created some controversy for its political stance, with the Chicago Tribune and Seattle Times dropping it for misquoting Ted Kennedy and making jokes about Terri Schiavo. It has even inspired a daily weblog that deconstructs the strip in terms of current GOP "talking points".
The first controversy for Prickly City, however, was when it displaced "Mary Worth" in the News funny pages. Fans succeeded in getting Mary Worth reinstated and Prickly City moved to the editorial page.
Stantis has served a term as president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists and still serves that group's Herblock Fund as chair of industry outreach. Stantis and his wife, Janien Fadich-Stantis, reside in Hoover with their two sons, a box turtle, and Dogzilla the dog.
References
- Peters, Mike (August 18, 2006) "'Prickly City': A conservative's turn to needle." Dallas Morning News.
External links
- Stantis' editorial cartoons at Al.com
- Scott Stantis bio at Universal Press Syndicate
- Prickly City website
- Shrubville, a daily critique of "Prickly City"