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June 13, 2006
The Final Straw
Stantis finally admits he rips off Charles Schulz (admittedly a lot of strippers do), but at least he admits he sucks at it.
But Stantis can't even do that right.
Who holds the damn ball? Who??? That's right, Lucy Van Pelt. The GIRL. Who's the one who's supposed to be in control, and no matter what she holds the upper hand - making her opponent look like a fool when he finally trusts her against his better judgment? In a political sense, it's the Republicans. It's CARMEN.
But that's not what Stantis does. Yet again he's got Carmen being the one to get the joke. Winslow looks cutesy holding the ball, yet it doesn't make any sense - because he knows she's never going to kick the damn football. But Stantis doesn't make the gullible Winslow the gullible Charlie Brown - he once again betrays his characters so he (Carmen) can be the one to reject being made a fool of by his opponents.
William Faulkner once said, "Kill your darlings." To me it's always meant that you have to do what's right for your characters - not what's right for you. Stantis has never learned this. And that's why his comic strip is so terrible.
At least his drawing is decent in this one, but I get the feeling it's because he hopes everyone will cut it out of their newspaper and post it on the fridge. They won't, because it represents everything wrong with Prickly City.
Comments
I believe it's called "soccer" in America.
Posted by: Sacki at June 13, 2006 04:07 PM
That's a really good point - if Stantis had done his homework he would have seen that the World Cup was this weekend, so he could have worked a soccer ball in there instead of a football. But nope, he doesn't because he's a hack.
Posted by: The Furnace at June 13, 2006 04:27 PM
Well, the first step for Stantis is to admit that he has a problem. Next would be the epiphany that he has yet to have an original thought. My guess is that the day he has that epiphany is the day his head explodes.
Posted by: counter-coulter at June 14, 2006 12:42 PM
