in talking about having a storyline w/ many characters, as well as touching upopn current events. With multiple characters, even when talking about whatever's going down in the world, you can get at it from many angles, whereas now we just have Huey alone going off on this and that. You can still talk about everything that's being torn apart in the strip, but look at the event from the points of view of all of the characters. What DOES Jasmine think about it all. With the addition of an ongoing storyline, you can both address current events AS WELL as the complexities of all of the characters personalities and hangups, which adds for a more nuanced and multilayered political commentary.

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