Stickers for Skippy

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Wallaby_cartoon Call it another case of life imitating art. Joe Freed, whose runaway wallaby, Skippy, sent Wichita into a frenzy of exotic pet debate, was apparently inspired by one of my recent editorial cartoons.
The drawing was of a bumper sticker that read: “You’ll take my wallaby when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers!” Freed called and asked if I’d mind if he had the stickers printed up. I was flattered and instantly consented.
With a quick hop, skip and a jump, a cartoon became reality.
Meanwhile, the Wichita City Council is scheduled to take a leap into the wallaby controversy at today’s meeting. Visit Freed’s Web site at freeskippy.com if you’d like to support his cause. Or go bounding down to City Hall at 9 a.m. Just look for the building with the strange bumper stickers in the parking lot.
Posted by Richard Crowson

6 Comments

  1. wow that is funny no odd no weird oh what does kristin think about this guys overgrowm rat
    Posted November 6, 2007 at 1:39 am | Permalink

    yawn

  2. Jed
    Posted November 6, 2007 at 3:59 am | Permalink

    I once asked my uncle, a well-known Kansas veterinarian, what he thought about exotic pets. He pointed out that if dogs and cats have been domesticated for many thousands of years and still cause all sorts of injuries and mayhem, why would you expect an animal only a generation or two from the wild to be a safe pet to have in your house?

  3. J M Walker
    Posted November 6, 2007 at 6:05 am | Permalink

    Cartoons becoming reality? Heck, bush does that everyday:-)

  4. Chas.
    Posted November 6, 2007 at 9:57 am | Permalink

    I think Skippy sounds as if he/she is pretty harmless. Not very big, or vicious. Maybe he scared some person out hanging up laundry? Or, somebody waking up from a few too many at a local tap, who thought he was an alien from a far away galaxy?

  5. awinters
    Posted November 6, 2007 at 10:19 am | Permalink

    I would so buy one if they came to town!

  6. Steven Davis
    Posted November 6, 2007 at 10:33 am | Permalink

    Congratulations, Richard Crowson!