My Cage "Classic" 10/09/2009
Added 2023-04-07 17:22:12 +0000 UTCOk, so Bridget's sister Sara thoughts: The storyline came up in a round about way due to a conversation I had with a WAY more successful cartoonist than myself. I named her Sara after Cerberus. She isn't based on my actual sister-in-law, but is based on the best friend of a girl I dated in my 20's who HATED me.
I regret the story because of a girl online who had been a vocal fan of the strip writing about how she felt down because the only heavier female character in the strip being an awful person. In actuality, the reason she looks the way she does is because I told Mel to make the character a "female version of Norm". Still, I do see her point and did apologize.
Anyway, that's all my thoughts on this storyline. I don't think the character worked, and would not do this storyline over if I had it to do over.
Originally run Oct 9th 2009.
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Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Cage
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Comments
LOL. The best friend. :D
My Cage
2023-04-08 16:51:51 +0000 UTCWow. That's very well put. Thx.
My Cage
2023-04-08 16:50:55 +0000 UTCYou're saying that your date's best friend, not your date, hated you, right?
Stephen Gilberg
2023-04-07 23:34:46 +0000 UTCI see nothing wrong with this storyline. I like to meet the main characters family.
James Noury
2023-04-07 22:06:33 +0000 UTCSorry you got burnt on this storyline, but I'm really enjoying it so far. (Especially today's strip!) If the only complaint you got was from someone who objected to Sara on account of her weight, I would've told her it was to visually distinguish her from Bridget, not to insult larger people. To me, the underlying point was Norm and Bridget both come from (seriously) dysfunctional families and see in each other some sort of normalcy/acceptance of who they are for themselves, warts and all.
JoeStrike
2023-04-07 18:25:53 +0000 UTC
