You guys in Indy sure have an asshole doing editorial cartoons

[EstimatedProphet]

http://blogs.indystar.com/varvelblog/

Plus, the comments there are sickening, full of assholes simply making crap up.

[IndianaGreen]

1. It was worse when the paper was owned by Dan Quayle's family, the Pulliams

Many years ago the Indianapolis Star send a Sunday magazine with their Sunday paper that was all about John Birch, a Baptist minister killed in Korea, and the rightwing society named after him. John Birch Society was founded in Indianapolis, not far from where I grew up.

[LiberalFighter]

2. I use to buy the paper years ago but got tired of it and didn't care for Varvel.

Varvel is in our newspaper once a week. I complained to the editor about the scumbag and that Varvel is a total jackass Republican.

[caraher]

3. yeah, he's an idiot

I'm not sure whether Varvel or the Mallard Fillmore guy is a bigger embarrassment...

[Jokerman]

4. Varvel is a no talent hack.

His work is so bad that sometimes you can't even understand what point he is trying to make.

I've had to ask several times that one of his toons be removed from the toon threads on DU. They were usually so poorly written that the poster thought he was attacking the right when it was really an inept attack on the left.

As for the comments, right wing trolls love to post to any crime story so they can blame the victim or spout their racist bullshit.

The star under the Pullium family was an open sore on the journalism profession, under Gannett it has become a festering abscess.

[AwakeAtLast]

5. I hardly eve like his toons

But this one surprised me...



It made me giggle a little bit. :D

The most recent truly awful toon was "The Joker". It is so offensive on so many levels that I will let you search it out instead of posting it.

[PVnRT]

6. The Indianapolis Star is only worthwhile as kindling to start your charcoal grill

[indypaul]

7. Also good for bottom of bird cages.

The Indianapolis Star always was and always will be
nothing more than an extension of the Republican party
in Indiana.