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Mallard Fillmore is just plain lousy

Comics Fan — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:10:36 -0400

It's just not funny. It's mean spirited. The series of slams against teachers was just plain stupid. Does he think all teachers are politically correct liberals? What a jerk.

The N&O does a good job balancing political viewpoints with the political cartoons on the editorial page. I can enjoy barbs being shot at either side, if the cartoon is witty and funny. Some of the ones that target my viewpoints are hilarious, and I can understand the point of view of the cartoonist.

But Mallard is not witty, or funny, or inventive. It's just the same old garbage day in and day out. It's mind numbingly tedious. I don't care what your political inclinations are, reading this piece of crap is like being hit over the head with a hammer.

Don't move it to the editorial page. Move it out of the paper. It's just plain lousy.

Vaden wants MF cancelled

UNCEric — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:04:51 -0400

Just an FYI staff writer Ted Vaden wants MF cancelled because of its current focus on Obama. Fans make your voice heard. http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/vaden/story/1200887.html

I find his conclusion flimsy and short sighted. If you don't like MF don't read it. It's the same as me skipping the unfunny comics. Not every comic needs to be read or loved by me other readers should realize that not every comic needs to be loved by them either.

I believe in the last reformatting of the comics page that according to the N&O survey Watch Your Head was actually the least popular strip not MF. So it makes no sense to cut a strip that is more popular leaving behind less popular strips just because it creates divisiveness.

As for the current Obama focus, it was not that long ago that McCain was taking heat. He is a moderate after all and not a conversative, and as such I fully expect him to take positions or say things that will make him the subject of future MF strips. Further sometimes the shots that on the surface seem to solely be aimed at Obama are also aimed at the media.

Keep Mallard Fillmore

microlepisblep55 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:03:54 -0400

Finally something to counter the leftist spin, kudos to the N&O for keeping Mallard, although I am more than a little surprised.

The comics and the Life section of the paper are the reason I continue to subscribe. Adding comics was a brilliant move on the papers part.

fillmore

Elmer — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:06:00 -0400

Dump "Fillmore." It is the only partisan strip here.

Mallard Fillmore

JoeinPRCH — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:44:13 -0400

By all means keep the strip, it is a lot more thoughtful than Rush Limbaugh and less angry than Fox "News" (sic).

But help me understand the thought process that continues with Doonesbury on the editorial page and painfully politically biased Mallard Fillmore in the comics section....

Joe in the People's Republic of Chapel Hill

Half-truths

PhelpsGates — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:29:34 -0400

Today's strip (July 22) is a good example of the half-truths and out-of-context items that the duck specializes in. Allegedly, Rush Limbaugh listeners have "more news knowledge" than NPR listeners. Can this be true? The actual Pew Research Center article is very interesting, and can be found at:

http://people-press.org/report/?pageid=1068

The "news knowledge" consists of 3 questions: Which party controls the US House, who is US Secretary of State, and who is President of Russia. Oh, yes, before you peek at the answers, the survey was taken in early 2006, and 2 of the answers have changed since then :)

How did you do? 24% of the population got all 3 right. 48% of Limbaugh listeners did, 39% of NPR listeners. (The lowest group (14%) was religious radio listeners.) If you page to the last page of the article, however, it's clear that the NPR/Limbaugh difference can be explained by the fact that Limbaugh's audience is heavily skewed to older males, who score much higher in the "news knowledge" categories.

Mallard Fillmore is just inane

Visitor N-sky — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:54:36 -0400

I thought it might be fun to have a conservative comic strip. I'm a lifelong liberal, but I enjoy parodies of Democrats as well as those of Republicans. Alas, Mallard Fillmore isn't funny. It thought it was almost clever once, but I was probably just sleepy. It's really quite inane - not unlike the stuff aired on Fox News that is taken at face value by people that haven't learned critical reasoning skills. Dump it and get something amusing!

Mallard Fillmore

Visitor — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:50:10 -0400

I look forward to Mallard Fillmore, it always gives me a laugh. People who don't like the strip just skip it. I never look at Doonesbury, but I don't have a problem with it appearing in the N & O. Just skip the comics you don't like, I do. Problem solved.

This is regarding the

Visitor — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:09:00 -0400

This is regarding the cartoon dialogue today, 4/21/08....is the quote from Obama correct?...did he really say this? If so, I would like it documented??? Is he really that calous?

thanks,
Carol Welch

Fillmore

Visitor — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:06:26 -0400

Wow, I can't believe how many people are arguing that 'Mallard Fillmore' is bad, and mean, and nasty... boo hoo. I guess that truly is the difference between left and right. The left will attack the right all day long, whether or not they are factually correct; and it is based off emotions (hence the you are so mean! comments); while the right is (usually) factually correct, and guess what? Sometimes the truth hurts!
But I guess if we can pretend long enough that it isn't true, the problem goes away by itself, huh?

Keep Fillmore, make it a prominent feature; and let the poor emotional saps whine all they want; it doesn't change a thing. Blue is still blue, people are still people, the world will keep turning, and intellectual people will continue to be more successful than emotional people.

Mallard Fillmore

TimC — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:15:59 -0400

Now, Tinsley is using racial undertones to provoke readers. How original for a conservative! This language is a direct reflection of the lack of creativity this hack possesses. His attack du jour is Barack Obama (middle name Hussein, something some swift boat-type group will harp on), and reflects his one-dimensional style. He reminds me of a spoiled child who was told to do something with his life, so he chose the easiest thing he can think of: be a cartoonist, and hide behind the 1st Amendment.

Dump it please

Tcithcb — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:44:48 -0400

In all fairness to Charles Mason, the objection over Mallard Fillmore is not due to the philosophical leanings of the comic, but rather the fact that it is in no way comical. It is simply a political cartoon. At least cartoons like Opus use creative, humorous ways of expressing the artist's ideas on the state of politics and social issues. A duck ranting is not funny. Please put it where it belongs, next to Doonsbury.

Mallard Fillmore

tcollins — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:50:06 -0400

I was going to send a letter about MF (which curiously could stand for something else, but I digress), but this works just fine. There is nothing funny about this strip. At all. I'm conservative about most things, and moderate about others, but this strip seems to simply take up space, offers no insight or alternate viewpoint; just seems to make a bunch of one-line, blanket statements about one thing or another. I've tried to give it the benefit of the doubt, but day after day there it becomes easier and easier to skip over it and not read it at all. Regarding LIO, it takes much more creativity to make a strip funny without dialogue, and this one does it. Lose MF.

Mallard Fillmore

rich — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:01:04 -0500

The problem with Mallard Fillmore is it's just not good. On any level.

Take today's strip concerning 25% of Britons think Winston Churchill never existed. The 'punchline' had to do with Americans rather than Britons, invalidating the setup which had to do with a BRITISH study. "Sink to our level"??? Is Mallard saying that the US has even worse students of history than the UK?

I honestly don't care if it's right or left, but it at least needs to be funny or offer some insight. As it is, you may as well give the space over to Ann Coulter 'cause at least it would generate something other than boredom.

Mode of Bias

Robert Marriott — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 14:49:00 -0500

Doonesbury may or may not be a good comic- the point of the immediate debate is the merits-or lack thereof- of Mallard Fillmore.

I am also liberal-you're going to get a liberal sample bias in most polls on the internet, really- but my problem with Fillmore is that it doesn't even attempt humor or entertainment- I'm wondering if Mr. Tinsley has some allergy to punchlines. To compare it to another comic that espouses rather conservative views, BC uses political commentary only part of the time, and usually still tries to place it in a humorous context. Mallard Fillmore is less a comic and more an angry rant-no walid argument is made in either comic, but Mallard Fillmore is strident about its beliefs on a level far beyond other syndicated comics that provide commentary.

To sum up, Fillmore fails on all levels- it lacks the structure and humor to be a comic, but if you rewrote its statements as editorials, it would be far more laughable.

mallard filmore

Anta01 — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:09:03 -0400

I've complained in the past about how Doonesbury got buried in the politics section back in the politically correct 90's and have asked that it be brought back where it belongs in the comics page but alas to no avail and now you insult me with this ultra conservative propaganda comic??? shame!! put THIS piece of junk in the politics section and put Doonesbury back!!! geez!! who's running the comics down there??? you gotta be kidding.

I've complained in the past about how Doonesbury got buried in the politics section back in the politically correct 90's and have asked that it…