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March 12, 2006
If You Can't Beat 'em, Just Rip 'em Off
In today's Prickly City, Hobbes scales a rock in hopes of pouncing on an unsuspecting Calvin as he comes home from school, but Calvin puts up a "Pounce Free Zone" sign to foil his plans.
Does this mean I have to tune in to next week's podcast to find out if this is Stantis thinking he's being original, or if it's a tribute to Bill Watterson? Over the past year that I've been doing this I can remember one single time Winslow pounced on Carmen, and it involved pudding. Why not put up a sign that says "No Fly Zone?" Doesn't that make a whole lot more sense? Then again, we are talking Stantis here.
Since I didn't have anything to comment on with today's strip I ended up listening to the latest podcast, where Stantis goes so far as to act out Winslow's ridiculous "But so did Stalin!" bow tie joke, and it's even less funny when he does it. Toby even gives him a fake radio laugh. Dude, if you can't get TOBY to laugh at a joke, DON'T PRINT IT. That's only common sense.
As Charles pointed out in yesterday's comments section, Stantis announced that next week's strips will actually be timely, and made it sound like some kind of blockbuster of comedy (more Stalin jokes?). I like Charles's guess - that more people know the Simpsons than the Constitution. Otherwise I have no clue what Stantis considers up-to-the-minute - the guy's still making John Kerry jokes and he thinks Josef Stalin references will go over great with the kids. Maybe we'll get some more "Al Gore is boring" zingers...
Comments
I listened to the podcast too. I'm thinking this upcoming week probably has to do with the Dubai/Port deal brouhaha. He probably came out swinging against Bush, which was supposed to "surprise" us.
But alas, on Thursday when Dubai Ports World pulled out of the deal, Stantis saw all his hard work (from two weeks ago) instantly become dated. Should be amusing to see.
Posted by: CJo at March 12, 2006 10:33 AM
Huh. Today's strip was about the passing of Don Knotts, who passed away about 2 1/2 weeks ago. Nothing political, unless you count Winslow's comment about Michael Chertoff.
Now, unless something else happens tomorrow, this isn't as timely as Stantis mentioned, although since Scotty mentioned that what he had planned next week was changed, it could be possible that the syndicate accidently put up what Scott originally drew in a mixup. We'll see...
Posted by: Charles Brubaker at March 13, 2006 12:51 AM
Oh, sorry for double post, but today's strip is sort of similar to an editorial cartoon Scott Stantis drew shortly after Mr. Knotts died. You can see it here (it was published on March 1):
http://www.cagle.com/working/060301/stantis.gif
Posted by: Charles Brubaker at March 13, 2006 12:55 AM
Hey, Darren MacGavin also died two weeks ago, so maybe we're due a "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" tribute.
Posted by: jackmac at March 13, 2006 11:58 AM
The Furnace called it right again!!!
Posted by: FredN. at March 14, 2006 08:00 AM
