Noooooooo!

My heart is breaking...

IndyStar: 'Mallard Fillmore' creator arrested for DUI

Hoosier Edward Bruce Tinsley, creator of the conservative comic strip Mallard Fillmore, was arrested in Columbus Dec. 4 and charged with operating a vehicle under the influence -- his second alcohol-related arrest in less that four months, according to the Bartholomew County Sheriff's Department.

Tinsley, 48, who lives in Columbus, had a blood-alcohol level of 0.14 -- almost twice the level at which an Indiana driver is considered intoxicated. He posted $755 bond.

On Aug. 26, Tinsley was arrested for public intoxication, according to the sheriff's department.

Mallard Fillmore, about a conservative duck, appears in almost 400 newspapers nationwide, including The Indianapolis Star.

This news bothers me, because it implies that the wonderfully hilarious strawman caricatures of liberals that Mallard Fillmore brightens our mornings with could be the work of a drunkard. And I just can't live with that.

If I find out that 'State of the Union' creator is a coke addict, I'll never read a paper again.