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A comic strip of a conservative/libertarian bent by Scott Stantis set in the eponymous Southwestern town. The main characters(frequently the ''only'' characters who appear for weeks at a time) are Carmen, a young Hispanic girl, [[Author Avatar|representing the conservative point of view]] and Winslow, a coyote pup [[Straw Political|representing the liberal view]].
A comic strip of a conservative/libertarian bent by Scott Stantis set in the eponymous Southwestern town. The main characters(frequently the ''only'' characters who appear for weeks at a time) are Carmen, a young Hispanic girl, [[Author Avatar|representing the conservative point of view]] and Winslow, a coyote pup [[Straw Political|representing the liberal view]].



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== Tropes found in this work ==
* [[A Friend in Need]]: Winslow and Carmen
* [[A Friend in Need]]: Winslow and Carmen
* [[Anxiety Dreams]]: After supporting Kevin's election
* [[Anxiety Dreams]]: After supporting Kevin's election
* [[Author Avatar]]
* [[Author Avatar]]
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* [[Author On Board]]
* [[Bad Dreams]]: After supporting Kevin's election
* [[Bad Dreams]]: After supporting Kevin's election
* [[Big Red Button]]: Which disappoints Winslow: no boom.
* [[Big Red Button]]: Which disappoints Winslow: no boom.
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* [[Follow the Leader]]: After ''La Cucaracha'' and of course ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' (with switched personalities).
* [[Follow the Leader]]: After ''La Cucaracha'' and of course ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' (with switched personalities).
** And Winslow's life-long dream of flying. If that's not blatantly copying Opus, I don't know what it is.
** And Winslow's life-long dream of flying. If that's not blatantly copying Opus, I don't know what it is.
* [[Humans Are Bastards]]: Opie the alien calls off his invasion of Earth because he doesn't want to catch the self-destructive thing we have.
* [[Humans Are the Real Monsters]]: Opie the alien calls off his invasion of Earth because he doesn't want to catch the self-destructive thing we have.
* [[It's the Journey That Counts]]: Winslow offers this as an Aesop
* [[It's the Journey That Counts]]: Winslow offers this as an Aesop
* [[It Was a Dark and Stormy Night]]
* [[It Was a Dark and Stormy Night]]
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* [[Running Gag]]: Winslow trying to fly, for one.
* [[Running Gag]]: Winslow trying to fly, for one.
* [[Schmuck Bait]]: Unsatisfactory for Winslow, since it does nothing.
* [[Schmuck Bait]]: Unsatisfactory for Winslow, since it does nothing.
{{quote| ''If you break the rules you deserve a boom.''}}
{{quote|''If you break the rules you deserve a boom.''}}
* [[Screwy Squirrel]]: Winslow sometimes
* [[Screwy Squirrel]]: Winslow sometimes
* [[Shout-Out]]: [[Nineteen Eighty-Four|"Speaking is Action! Spending is Saving! Debt is Stimulus!"]]
* [[Shout-Out]]: [[Nineteen Eighty-Four|"Speaking is Action! Spending is Saving! Debt is Stimulus!"]]
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* [[Vote Early, Vote Often]]: Rejected. The dead voted only once for Kevin.
* [[Vote Early, Vote Often]]: Rejected. The dead voted only once for Kevin.
* [[Wall of Blather]]
* [[Wall of Blather]]
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* [[Writer on Board]]
* [[Your Head Asplode]]
* [[Your Head Asplode]]


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Latest revision as of 18:26, 22 August 2023

A comic strip of a conservative/libertarian bent by Scott Stantis set in the eponymous Southwestern town. The main characters(frequently the only characters who appear for weeks at a time) are Carmen, a young Hispanic girl, representing the conservative point of view and Winslow, a coyote pup representing the liberal view.


Tropes used in Prickly City include:

If you break the rules you deserve a boom.

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