There is a passage in the Bible in which Jesus remarks about the time he practically got booed out of the town where he grew up. He said, "No prophet is accepted in his hometown." (Luke 4:24) How true this is. I remember talking to a photographer years ago who commented that the people in his hometown were more impressed by someone from New York, even though his work was more widely acclaimed. I have the distinct privilege of relating to this verse, now that Kim & Jason has been removed from my hometown newspaper. The News Tribune in LaSalle, Illinois had been running my strip for two …