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April 02, 2006
Boxing Day
I was hoping we had gotten past the tiger-changing-his-stripes series of storylines, but no such luck. Today Carmen and Winslow tell each other to "think outside of the box" - a dig at all of us who simply can't accept that Stantis can't keep his characters straight.
As I mentioned the other day, it would be perfectly fine is Stantis was doing something other than a comic strip to have Carmen be a conservative one day and then act like a liberal the next. But in this format it just doesn't make any sense. It's another example of Stantis thinking his critics "just don't get it" - so he blames us for not understanding instead of himself for being a weak writer. Maybe you should stick to the one-off editorials, Scooter.
So what can we expect in Prickly City this upcoming week? Instead of the Shrubville Future Googles, let's slap on a pair of Shrubville Opposite Goggles and see what's in store:
- Carmen praises Helen Thomas for challenging Bush on his real reasons for going to war in Iraq. It could be a week of, "You go girl!" even though Carmen isn't black and doesn't talk about sticking it to "the man" on a regular basis.
- Carmen will stop everything and say, "Why the hell are we actually considering going to war in Iran? Isn't this the exact same BS they fed us about Iraq in 2003? Are you people insane? Iran is at least 5-10 years away from developing nukes, yet John Bolton and Dick Cheney act like they've got their finger on the button. Instead of sending more servicemen and woman off to fight in another war for oil, can't we redeploy our troops and get the hell out of Iraq instead?" Then Winslow's head will explode.
- Winslow will bash Russ Feingold and his censure movement, defending Bush's illegal spying program. "Can't you just trust President Bush?" he'll say, and then accuse Carmen of loving the terrorists and hating our freedom because she doesn't believe in King George's absolute power. She's such a little traitor.
- Stantis will remember that Carmen and Winslow are supposed to be running against each other for mayor of PC. Winslow will run as a neo-con, Carmen as a member of the Green Party (the Dems just aren't liberal enough), and they'll both lose to John McCain because everybody loves him and his "maverick" style - that's exactly whatever George Bush wants. (oops, that last part is how the world really is)
- And finally, the entire week of Opposite Prickly City will be FUNNY.
Comments
And yes, I do realize that since Stantis can't keep his characters straight, you can flip flop all of those the other way around. Now my head hurts.
Also, I apologize to anyone who was offended by the other contortionist in a box picture I had up - I wasn't sure if anyone would object to the nip shot that I didn't see at first.
Posted by: The Furnace at April 2, 2006 10:40 AM
