Troubletown was a syndicated

Print syndication

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 weekly comic strip

Comic strip

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 by American

United States

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 cartoonist Lloyd Dangle

Lloyd Dangle

Lloyd Dangle is an American writer and visual artist, particularly known as a cartoonist, illustrator, and political satirist...

. Begun in 1988, it ran in many alternative weeklies

Alternative weekly

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 including The Stranger

The Stranger (newspaper)

The Stranger is an alternative weekly newspaper in Seattle, Washington, USA. It runs a blog known as Slog.-History:The Stranger was founded by Tim Keck, who had previously co-founded the satirical newspaper The Onion, and cartoonist James Sturm. Its first issue came out on September 23, 1991...

, The Portland Mercury

The Portland Mercury

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, and The Austin Chronicle. It also appeared in The Progressive

The Progressive

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magazine. Most strips involved political satire

Satire

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 from a liberal

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 perspective.

Several book collections of Troubletown have been published. It is also featured in the anthology Attitude: The New Subversive Cartoonists

Attitude: The New Subversive Cartoonists

The Attitude series of books is a series of anthologies of alternative comics, photos and artists' interviews edited by Universal Press Syndicate editorial cartoonist Ted Rall. The books were designed by J. P. Trostle, news editor of EditorialCartoonists.com. Two sequels and three spin-off titles...

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Dangle retired his Troubletown strip at the end of April 2011.