Prickly City

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.

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A Friend in Need: Winslow and Carmen
Anxiety Dreams: After supporting Kevin's election
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Bad Dreams: After supporting Kevin's election
Big Red Button: Which disappoints Winslow: no boom.
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Blatant Lies: Covering up Kevin's disappearance.
Breakout Character: Kevin.
Briar Patching: When Kevin angles for the VP nomination.
Card-Carrying Villain: Kevin, Lost Bunny of the Apocalypse
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: A large chunk of the cast disappeared in the first couple years.
- Kevin the Lost Bunny of the Apocalypse reappeared after a long absence (with a different design) and has become a regular again since the 2010 election.
Cloudcuckoolander: Winslow, sometimes.
Dirty Business: The Blatant Lies, according to Carmen.
Fire and Brimstone Hell: Where you can find a sincere supporter of Kevin
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.
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.
It's the Journey That Counts: Winslow offers this as an Aesop
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
Lions and Tigers and Humans, Oh My!
Loophole Abuse
Missing White Woman Syndrome: Kevin's disappearance manages to attract attention despite not being blond.
Moses in the Bulrushes: Winslow claims this is how his story starts, with a basket in the rushes...
Multiple Choice Past: ...until he starts making contrary claims.
My God, What Have I Done?: Why, you've gotten the Lost Bunny of the Apocalypse elected to the Senate, what else?
The Nose Knows: Winslow claims it as a superpower
Oh Wait, This Is My Grocery List
Only Sane Man: Carmen... usually.
Only Smart People May Pass
Paper-Thin Disguise
Pretty Butterflies: Carmen and Winslow admire one one lazy day.
Raised by Wolves: Reversed. Winslow is so humanized that an attempt to live with wild coyotes failed miserably.
Ripped from the Headlines: As with most political comics. For example, in one story Winslow refused to let Carmen buy football cards just because she's a conservative; meanwhile, she pointed out that the football players are far worse ("drug abuser... deadbeat dad... adulterer...!"). This was based on the controversy over Rush Limbaugh wanting to buy a football team.
Running Gag: Winslow trying to fly, for one.
Schmuck Bait: Unsatisfactory for Winslow, since it does nothing.