What if Snagglepuss (the Hanna Barbera cartoon lion) was gay (& also an iconic American playwright)? From DC Comics Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles

Heavens to Murgatroyd! We're back with another Pride Month episode. This week we are covering Mark Russell's extraordinary 2018 miniseries Exit, Stage Left!: The Snagglepuss Chronicles that sees the effete pink lion turned Tennessee Williams-esque playwright drinking at the Stonewall and battling HUAC. We also talk Snagglepuss (and Hanna Barbara's origins), the character's first animated appearances and what else we want to see from DC's Hanna Barbara Beyond universe.  

Ep. 136 What if Snagglepuss (the pink Hanna Barbera cartoon lion) was gay (and also an iconic American playwright)?

from Exit, Stage Left!: The Snagglepuss Chronicles (2018 Hanna Barbera / DC Comics)
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Before you exit stage left, be sure to catch this week's Snagglepuss themed episode focusing on Mark Russell and Mike Feehan's remarkable 2018 miniseries. We talk the history of Snagglepuss & Hanna Barbera cartoons, Mark Russell's amazing catalogue of work, Mike Feehan's striking art, the links between this comic and the recent tv miniseries Fellow Travelers, why DC is so good at exploring their characters and multiple ways, the possible Jim Parson future of Snagglepuss and more. 

Reading / Watch List:

• "Major Operation" segment, Yogi Bear Show (Hanna Barbera, 1961)
• Suicide Squad / Banana Splits #1 (DC Comics, May 2017)
• Exit, Stage Left!: The Snagglepuss Chronicles #1-6 (2018 Hanna Barbera / DC Comics, 2018)

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