Exit, Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles

This 2018 comic series by Mark Russell and Mike Feehan reimagines the cartoon character as a gay playwright at odds with 1950s American politics. We examine Russell's writing goals while considering a critical debate about the book: is it formulaic award-bait or character-driven commentary on our present circumstances? Interested in the media we discussed this episode? Please support the show by purchasing it through our affiliate store: Exit, Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles Additional Resources: ‘The Snagglepuss Chronicles’ is the best thing you’ll read all year. Seriously. EXIT STAGE LEFT: THE SNAGGLEPUSS CHRONICLES Takes Home 2019 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book Snagglepuss: Exit Stage Left Is a Brilliant Exploration of McCarthyism and the Lavender Scare The Snagglepuss Chronicles is the first great comic book of 2018 DC Reviving Hanna-Barbera's 'Snagglepuss' as Gay Playwright Snagglepuss, LGBT hero: Legendary Hanna-Barbera character reborn in new comic series Review in progress: Exit Stage Left — The Snagglepuss Chronicles Mark Morales Demystifies the Art of Inking Comics “Exit, Stage Left” | Books of 2019, #4 Queer Visibility: What SNAGGLEPUSS Could Teach Us About Resistance in 2018