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October 04, 2005
If At First You Don't Succeed...
After questioning Cindy Sheehan's sanity yesterday, Stantis must have gotten the memo from the conservative media (aka mainstream media) that nobody's supposed to talk about her anymore. I mean come on - there isn't anything to report about someone who helped organize a quarter of a million people to protest outside the White House.
Instead Stantis offers up one of his worst strips EVER. Seriously, if you thought Stantis was scraping the bottom of the barrel before, he's done gone and lifted up the barrel and started to dig to China.
I'm sure CJo can point out plenty of strips where Stantis has tackled the ever-so-scary "modern technology monster" that's taking over the nation - I remember blackberries playing a pivotal role in not being funny. Here it's a cell phone.
You see, everyone - including people at powwows (?!?!) are so busy talking on cell phones that they're not even paying attention to the person standing in front of them. Then Carmen, who's standing RIGHT IN FRONT of Winslow, realizes in the last panel that he's on a cell phone. Ha...ha? Did she not even see him holding a phone to his ear? Is she blind now? And I don't mean in a figurative sense.
To make things even worse, Winslow refers to the person on the other end of the call "Ol' Yappity-Gums." Huh? Who even talks like that?
A better question might be: Who is Winslow talking to? My suggestions to Stantis:
- Cindy Sheehan. She's chewing off Winslow's ear about how illegal the war is and how Bush is a coward and a pussy for not talking to her to explain the "noble cause" our soldiers are dying for in Iraq. But she's calling from the loony bin because she's so wacky for questioning the War President when he wasn't even home. And no, the President wasn't running away - he had to run out to the store to get a six pack of Pabst Blue Ribbon at the time. Or, listening to his latest speeches, a keg.
- Ronnie Earle, the prosecutor in Texas who now has THREE criminal charges against Tom DeLay. Maybe Winslow is the special witness who'll testify against Bugman. Stantis can come up with some obvious jokes about Winslow laundering money with a washing machine.
- Ted Kennedy, who only calls when he's drunk.
- Hillary Clinton, asking for Winslow's advice on how to be just like Geena Davis in "Commander in Chief." First step: grow 12 inches.
- Dio, who Stantis introduced as a character but still has no clue how to use him. Maybe he told Frist to sell-sell-sell!
No matter who Winslow's talking to, I'm sure it's a more entertaining conversation than this strip, even if the guy's nickname starts with "Yappity."
Oh God - it just hit me - funny nickname - talks all the time - it's George W. Bush himself! Now THAT would be interesting...not funny since this is Stantis, but definitely more interesting than cell phones at funerals.
Comments
I think Dio is in a tee-pee at the pow-wow with Chief Farty McAssgas. So obviously it's not him on the other end.
Posted by: Sacki at October 4, 2005 09:21 AM
I think he's referring to Carmen as Yappity, but it's still a failed joke. Winslow's pointing to Carmen but Winslow's on the phone. The gesture is pointless, unless he's talking to someone on some other rock who is visible yet out of earshot.
(Yes, this comment is pointless, too.)
Posted by: Waterbug at October 4, 2005 03:21 PM
You know Waterbug now that I look again you're right - he's referring to Carmen as Gums. However I don't think I can take complete blame for misunderstanding Stantis since it also looks like Winslow has a banana to his ear. Or a dildo.
Posted by: The Furnace at October 4, 2005 03:35 PM
