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NEW DC COMIC REINVENTS SNAGGLEPUSS AS GAY SOUTHERN GOTHIC PLAYWRIGHT
If you want to know why this news is exciting go read Flintstones. NOW.DC Comics line of reimagined Hanna-Barbera comics is about to expand with a new title. The line, which also includes the sci-fi action series Scooby Apocalypse and the politically aware Flintstones among its titles, will soon see a reinvention of the pink mountain lion Snagglepuss.
During an interview with HiLoBrow, writer Mark Russell revealed that his next project following the conclusion of DCs Prez will be a Snagglepuss comic that reinvents the cartoon character as a gay Southern Gothic playwright.
Of the change, Russell said that it was not much of a stretch to make. I envision him like a tragic Tennessee Williams figure; Huckleberry Hound is sort of a William Faulkner guy, theyre in New York in the 1950s, Marlon Brando shows up, Dorothy Parker, these socialites of New York from that era come and go. Im looking forward to it.
An eight-page Snagglepuss story will arrive in March as part of the Suicide Squad/Banana Splits Annual. Its about Snagglepuss being dragged in front of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, said Russell. The writer added that Snagglepuss will start in September or October, once his Flintstones run concludes with issue #12.