Comic strips turning political in WaPo print edition

The Post may have lost (aka gotten rid of) most of its political cartoonists, but the daily strips are starting to make up for that.

Wiley Miller's Non Sequitur mocked Doge and Musk this week:

 

Scott Stantis' Prickly City has often been more political than most other strips. This week, both strips could have been political cartoons instead:

 

Barney and Clyde got there several times last week, as they have been doing since January:

Post ombudsman follows up on censoring Non Sequitur

Readers insist on equal treatment for 'offensive' cartoons
By Andy Alexander
Washington Post's Omblog October 12, 2010

Post ombudsman on censoring Non Sequitur

The ombudsman has issues with the Post not running the Non Sequitur comic strip last weekend.

Where was the 'Where's Muhammad?' cartoon?
By Andrew Alexander
Ombudsman
Washington Post October 10, 2010; A17

Washington Post runs scared, censors Non Sequitur

The Post joined the group of newpapers afraid to publish a Non Sequitur strip that dared mention Muhammed - see the bigger story here  - 

The Non Sequitur you may not have seen

 by Alan Gardner

October 4, 2010

The Post also issued a 'No Comment' to its own blog -
'Muhammad' does -- and does not -- appear in today's 'NON SEQUITUR' comic By Michael Cavna, Washington Post Comic Riffs blog October 3, 2010.

The Post's strong tradition of censoring on its comics page what it would never consider in the news pages continues - click on censorship in the tags to see other examples.