This is great. Apparently there's someone doing time down in Texas with a subscription to the
Funny Times. Sadly, they were denied a recent issue of the magazine because my "Rid-Mex" cartoon was deemed "designed to achieve a breakdown of prisons through offender disruption such as strikes or riots." Here's the denial notice they sent to the
Funny Times (click to enlarge):

And here's the offending cartoon:

It's hard to say whether the prison administrator wildly misinterpreted the cartoon or just didn't like the message. In any case, you never know when a comic making fun of bigotry will cause violence and mayhem!
posted by Jen, 3:11 PM -
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