Is this cartoon going too far?

[Pab Sungenis]

Just want an opinion from the DU masses. I just finished this strip for 6/25, which would start off a week-long storyline.

Before I finish the rest of the strips and submit them for publication, I have to ask...does it go too far?

[Spazito]

1. I think it is excellent!

Nails more than one issue all in one go. Well done, imo.

[IndyOp]

2. I am not a lawyer - but I don't think it goes too far at all. (n/t)

:hi:

[whistle]

3. I don't think so,,, don't forget to throw in a few Orrin Hatch images in background

:kick:

[Tara_NM]

4. too far? No way

I wouldn't call this cartoon even remotely close to being over the line.

[Pab Sungenis]

5. Good to know.

I don't get political in the strip that often, but these ridiculous "terra plots" have me annoyed beyond belief.

[Rosemary2205]

6. I am a qualified judge - I stayed at a Holiday Inn recently.

In my expert judgement it's just right! :) :) :)

[Demeter]

7. In a World of GOP Excess, Nothing Goes Too Far

But even in sane days, this wouldbe totally inoffensive, funny, and unfortunately, true.

[Jim Lane]

8. Not close to any line

Frankly, I'm disappointed. I was anticipatiing a sexual reference or a Hitler comparison -- something that I might consider to be over the line or that would at least present an interesting question.

This strip is funny but well within the bounds of acceptability. Go with it.

[Elspeth]

9. I didn't get that the last frame was a mouse

Or maybe I still don't get it?
:shrug:

[Pab Sungenis]

10. It's the DHS Death Star

It's a commentary on the flimsiness of evidence in the last few "terra" alerts.

[Elspeth]

11. Oh. What is a DHS Death Star?

:(

[Matsubara]

12. It's a joke.

The overbearing police-state machinery of DHS portrayed as the Evil Empire's superweapon from Star Wars. The fact that it is small, rather than "the size of a small moon" makes it even funnier.

The overall comic is mildly amusing - hardly over the line. Could be a bit more biting, but the Death Star is the highlight.

It might be funny if the death star had on a Dick Tracy hat and a badge, rather than the DHS seal - I dunno.

Cute, in a kind of Monty Python meets Tom Tomorrow vein.

[Elspeth]

13. Thanks for the explanation

I don't remember the superweapon from Star Wars. But, the comic is cute.