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February 14, 2006
The Big O
First off, I'd just like to type this:
VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY SHOT A 78-YEAR-OLD MAN IN THE FACE.
But of course it was the victim's fault. Ahem.
In Prickly City news, Stantis is going after some pretty big game this week himself: Miss O. The Big O. I know her as Miss Winfrey. The most powerful woman in the world. Hmm, do you think Scooter's gotten in over his head this time?
Unfortunately, Stantis pulls out his Easy Button and phones in arguably the laziest and lamest Oprah jokes known to man. Lookie, Winslow lied about his book "A Million Little Coyotes!" Ha ha - he's jumping on the couch like Tom Cruise! Now Oprah wants him "disappeared!" She's all-powerful, ya know. And now Winslow is missing that smelly stinky liberal Phil Donahue! Hardy har har.
Stantis is exerting as much energy here as a group of rich old men hunting farm-raised quail only feet away from their cars. Ahem.
What makes it worse is that Stantis doesn't even try to come up with his own spin on Oprah. Instead he just steals the version Debra Wilson plays on Mad TV (pictured above). Ooooh, what's next - Winslow is sent to counseling with Dr. Phil? If I'm right, somebody owes me a Coke.
Maybe all of this would be cute if it was two weeks ago when the rest of the country's funnymen were joking about the Jim Frey story. But that's one of the limitations of writing a comic strip - you're always two weeks behind everybody else. That means if you want to write a good comic strip, you either think ahead or only deal with topics that aren't as time sensitive. Then again, I mean it's not like today is a big holiday or anything.
Happy Valentine's Day, everybody!
Comments
Well, let's just say Stantis hates Valentines Day (he admitted it in the podcast) due to commercialization and the fact that you only have to "show love once a year" to your lover.
I'll have to give Stantis points for Winslow's expression in the last panel, though. That's his best so far.
Posted by: Charles Brubaker at February 14, 2006 09:42 AM
Furnace: you nailed it. Nice.
Charles...you're right. That is a cute expression on Winslow's face (for once) and it's a welcome change from his typical I-Want-Condi leer.
Is there any particular reason Stantis has Oprah talking like Frankenstein?
Posted by: CJo at February 14, 2006 09:48 AM
It's how Debra Wilson plays Oprah when O gets angry. She talks like Frankenstein and blows peoples' heads up and lazers shoot from her eyes. It was pretty funny when she first did it a few years ago.
Posted by: The Furnace at February 14, 2006 09:50 AM
I find it very interesting that Stantis was willing to mock Oprah, but not brave enough to draw her...coward.
Posted by: Magpie at February 14, 2006 12:33 PM
What the heck? Did anyone see Stantit's editorial cartoon in today's Trib? Unless I'm reading it wrong, he gave it to Cheney GOOD.
It's V-Day, so I don't have time to track it down, if someone can find it online, that'd be tits.
Posted by: FredN. at February 14, 2006 05:45 PM
I think that cartoon may appear later on cagle.com. They publish Stantis' editorial cartoons online.
Posted by: Charles Brubaker at February 14, 2006 06:27 PM
I found it online at the USA Today website
(Hosted here for the sake of posterity.)
Wow. Dare I say...niiiiiiiice?
And obviously for his Political Cartoons he has a much shorter deadline.
Posted by: CJo at February 14, 2006 06:28 PM
The question is: was he referring to Bush's illegal spying, or his right to bear arms?
Posted by: The Furnace at February 14, 2006 06:35 PM
More likely the spying. Stantis is a not-so outspoken critic of the spying from Bush. He has stated before that the only good thing to come out of the 2000 election is that Democrats arn't in charge, whose "even more clueless"
Posted by: Charles Brubaker at February 14, 2006 06:53 PM
Oh, and if you enjoy Stantis trashing Cheney, here's an old editorial cartoon regarding Cheney's heart condition
http://www.al.com/opinion/birminghamnews/cartoons/030801_stantis.jpg
Posted by: Charles Brubaker at February 14, 2006 11:35 PM
Does addressing Oprah as "Miss Winfrey" mean you're nasty, The Furnace?
Posted by: j kendall at February 15, 2006 04:54 PM
