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April 11, 2006
Outsource This Strip To Someone Who Can Make Some G*ddamn Sense
This weekend Stantis admitted he's confused about his characters. So what happens when you have a political issue that's even more confusing and Stantis tries to tackle it? You have me getting a migraine trying to figure the whole mess out.
This is a really tough political issue, and I wish CJo hadn't suggested that I might be able to explain it. I can't really, at least not without writing a book about the whole deal. It's divided both parties, and when you take a guy like Stantis who can't keep his own characters, much less his own political stances, straight - it's going to lead to three Tylenol and a wet rag on the forehead.
But dammit, I need to earn my paycheck or Sacki has already threatened to hire a guy to replace me named Geraldo, whose social security number is 69.
Alright, here goes. Winslow - liberal - has a pack of coyotes that is the equivalent of a small business. I don't believe he's ever mentioned this pack before, or what kind of work they do. Apparently their work entails howling and other "stuff" they don't want to do. So as a business owner Winslow hires illegal coyotes since they work for cheap. Carmen - Republican corporate whore - points out that they're illegal, and anything illegal is bad.
This falls right in line with Toby's outing of Stantis's bad habit of having Winslow do everything Scooter doesn't like, even if it's something Republicans are doing. The Republicans who are supporting illegal immigration are the same ones who own businesses that employ illegals because it's cheaper for them and they can increase their profits. The Dems who oppose it are the ones saying, "Um, but it's illegal" - but he's got Carmen saying that. Does anyone else hear that loud drum banging over and over? Or is that just my head about to explode again?
Would it be too much to ask Stantis to try harder? Seriously - no joking around here - why can't he just make more of an effort to be funnier and make his strip understandable? Can't we see Carmen open up a lemonade stand, see that it's costing her too much to run the place herself, so she hires an illegal coyote or whatever to help her? Maybe Winslow has a cousin from Mexico who wants to come from America, so he asks Carmen to give him a job. When she finds out he's illegal she's torn - does she keep employing him and raking in the cash, or does she turn him in to be deported?
That was off the top of my head. Maybe Stantis should hire me - I'm legal.
PS - In regards to today's graphic, first off - thanks to Peanuts. While looking for Spike storylines I was reminded of what a good comic strip is supposed to be like. Secondly, please don't fill up the comments section with "but Spike is from Needles, CA" and "He's not an illegal." I know that - I just liked the idea of Spike being taken in by an illegal family and being put to work for Winslow. And if Stantis coesn't have to make any sense, neither do I.
Comments
Just a heads up. In tommorrow's "Prickly City", Winslow gets tired of talking with Carmen, so he hired one of the illegal coyote, who reminds me of Snoopy's brother Spike, except he speaks Spanish.
Yes, I got tomorrow's newspaper in advance.
Posted by: Charles at April 11, 2006 10:23 AM
Thanks for the heads up Charles - CJo, if you need a link to some Spike strips just let me know. He was a pretty funny character, especially when Lucy fattens him up.
Posted by: The Furnace at April 11, 2006 10:25 AM
Wasn't there some dodgy televisione shew about getting tomorrow's newspaper in advance? I believe it was on CBS, so CJo ought to kno fo sho.
Hi, Shrubville!
Posted by: j kendall at April 11, 2006 11:10 AM
The show you're thinking of is "Early Edition"... You could be a super hero, Charles! Just don't use your early newspaper reading powers for evil.
Posted by: JB at April 11, 2006 11:30 AM
Who's this "Spike" character? Sounds an awful lot like Jesus to me. Mexican either way, I reckon.
Posted by: sacki at April 11, 2006 02:13 PM
