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March 29, 2006
Ahack, UR
Good god. I go away for two weeks and come back to find Prickly City is at an all-time low. (Though the quality of Shrubville remains at an all-time high; thanks, Sacki and Furnace).
Carmen and Winslow having a philosophical discussion without the aid of Diogenes or -- at the very least -- KTLBOTA? These characters aren't smart enough to handle this dialogue. They're dumb. It's not their fault; they're drawn dumb. It's their nature. Stupid is as stupid draws. UR Ahack and all that.
Now run along, Scott; back to the drawing board. Give us something to work with, man. Make your "fans" happy. Like this person from Medford, Massachusetts, who recently wrote (on your Washington Post chat):
I like the part when you make fun of liberals. Liberals are silly and you do a great job of exposing the silliness of liberals. We need more people like you to illustrate how silly liberals are. Ha ha ha ha. Even right now I'm laughing at how silly liberals are. I didn't even know how silly liberals were until you exposed how silly liberals are. Ha ha ha ha. Funny. Scott Stantis is funny. But not as funny as silly liberals.
This person from Medford, Massachusetts NEEDS you, Scott. Get crack(er)ing.
Comments
Wow - Stantis really IS reading Shrubville. It's too bad he's not tackling the "be funny" complaint instead.
So why again should Carmen be a lefty? Because she's a minority woman? Sounds like a racist, sexist comment on the part of Winslow to me. Shame on you.
Posted by: The Furnace at March 29, 2006 08:15 AM
I understand that in the real world, conservatives and liberals come in all colors and shapes and sizes. But the thing is that comics are short-hand. If all you see is this big-lipped pigtailed girl spouting neo-con doctrine one day, liberal criticisms the next, with no context, it's really hard to say how she is defying our expectations.
Candorville does a MUCH better job of playing with stereotypes, partly because the writer takes the trouble of developing the characters.
Stantis can't have it both ways. He can't be too lazy to develop his characters, then be all miffed that we won't accept it when they act different from type.
Posted by: Annie at March 29, 2006 09:27 AM
Everything should be so simple as: My cat's breath smells like cat food. O, the inanity.
Posted by: j kendall at March 29, 2006 02:30 PM
Please, please, PLEASE let that comment about "silly liberals" be a joke.
Posted by: Kara at March 29, 2006 07:44 PM
