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February 09, 2006
Insert Beaver Joke Here
Sorry for the lateness of today's post, but Sacki was called to testify about the President's illegal wiretapping program so he's indisposed until this afternoon. At least that was his excuse - personally I think it's because there's little funny to mine from today's PC.
In case you missed it, apparently a few weeks back the Canadians voted in the Conservatives to take over after a lengthy period under Liberal rule. Although looking at that funky chart those wacky Canadians are all goofy - they've got like FOUR political parties? What the hell is that all about? Don't they know it's only supposed to be good vs. evil? It's probably because half of them speak French.
Personally I stopped paying attention to Canada when the NHL went on strike. Apparently like the Conservatives the NHL is back too, but does anybody really care at this point?
So I guess in Stantis's mind this makes the Canadians "cool" in his book - not like those lousy stinky smelly liberals in Vermont. Yeah, that's right, Stantis brings up Canadians TO TAKE A SHOT AT HOWARD DEAN. Dude, just give it a rest already. If you keep bringing up Dean some of us are going to start to wonder if you have a big man crush on the guy or something.
I wonder if Stantis realizes that there's a movement in Vermont to become an independent state once again. They should be so lucky to pull that off. Maybe they'd offer universal healthcare, which was the only thing that interested me about moving to Canada.
Oh, and yeah, Stantis introduces a Beaver to the pantheon of Prickly Cit characters. Although the thing looks like a sabretooth tiger with those buck teeth. I don't expect him back anytime soon, unless Stantis hates hockey too. Or maybe has a personal problem with the maple syrup industry.
And finally, Stantis does it again - the punchline about regime change is spoken by Winslow. WTF? Dammit Sacki, hurry back and explain to me why Winslow would be the one saying that regime change begins at home in Vermont. Egad, why couldn't we just get another day of Stantis whipping out his dick at NOW? He could have still used the beaver as a prop (think about it - it'll make sense later).
Comments
Is Carmen experiencing a growth spurt? She looks considerably taller today (compared to Wednesday). And in panel two, Winslow looks like he had a bit too much for lunch (Hello, Dio??)
I suppose the correct answer is that it's just more bad drawing from Scotty, done while guzzling gin and tonics at the drawing table.
Posted by: jackmac at February 9, 2006 03:52 PM
Ha ha ha, Jackmac. My thoughts exactly. After a year+ of bad art, today's rendering of Carmen (especially) has to be the worst ever. It's almost as though he struggled with the concept of drawing the beaver and had to adjust Carmen's height to make up for it.
Posted by: CJo at February 9, 2006 05:12 PM
What's bizarre too is that he has Winslow standing on a rock in the first panel for no apparent reason. It's as if he wanted to show Winslow facing away when they walked up, but then turned around to face them in the second panel, but didn't trust his abilities enough to render that. That, and Carmen goes from having long legs to a long torso...does anybody know how much Stantis makes a year?
Posted by: The Furnace at February 9, 2006 05:36 PM
Haha, I'm glad you all noticed too. When I read the strip this morning, I thought to myself "...did he let his daughter draw this one or something?"
Posted by: JB at February 9, 2006 06:48 PM
Man, the artwork in today's strip is worse than ever. Maybe Scott Stantis is a reincarnation of Paul J. Smith (okay, it's an obscure reference, but you'll understand if you saw the last 30 Woody Woodpecker cartoons)
Posted by: Charles Brubaker at February 9, 2006 10:31 PM
