Thatch was a comic strip created by Jeff Shesol.
The title character was an everyman who struggled through life and politics.
Person), who was a stereotype of sensitive liberals who fear offending people.
Other characters were Tripp, Thatch's womanizing, obnoxious roommate; Kate, editor of the college paper; and Sloane, a "heartless, shallow rich bitch," as described by the cartoonist in the strip's first and only book collection.
[1] In 1998, Shesol was offered a position as speech writer for the President of the United States Bill Clinton.