"Mark Alan Stamaty's comic strip, Washingtoon, is a regular feature in the magazine's Chronicles section, but readers' reaction is anything but regular: they either love it or hate it. Robert Carlsen of Aurora, Colorado, is a fan. He was so distressed when the April 17 issue had no Washingtoon that he wrote, 'I sincerely hope that Stamaty is merely enjoying a bit of R. and R., yet I fear that TIME has been Gingriched.'"
—TIME Magazine