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?

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• 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