Snagglepuss’ secret life might destroy him in this Exit Stage Left exclusive
Making Snagglepuss gay isn’t much of a stretch for the lisping pink cartoon cat, but in the pages of Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles, writer Mark Russell and artist Mike Feehan are using Snagglepuss’ sexual orientation to put him at the center of a tense political drama. After turning The Flintstones into a socially conscious satire of current events through a prehistoric lens, Russell is turning to one of the most harrowing periods in the history of the entertainment industry for Exit Stage Left, reimagining Snagglepuss as a gay 1950s playwright facing the threat of being blacklisted. There’s a cartoon influence in Exit Stage Left, but it’s not Hanna-Barbera. Instead, the team is channeling Bojack Horseman with its cast of humans and humanoid animals for a story rooted in one man’s emotional turmoil as fame fails to satisfy him emotionally.