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July 16, 2006
Anything Less Would Be Unfunny
Okay, I might take a little heat for this for being a stickler, but dammit after the past few weeks we need to keep busting Stantis's balls for being so g*ddamn lazy. I mean seriously it's to the point where he shouldn't just be fired for being a poor artist and an unfunny comic, but because he's not even trying lately.
Carmen is grossed out that her coyote friend pants instead of sweats, Winslow explains it's because coyotes don't have sweat glands, and to appease her he puts deodorant on his tongue. Meh.
Well coyotes are part of the same Canidae family as dogs, and they both DO have sweat glands - on the pads of their paws. Now I know this is being really picky (as opposed to prickly), but I knew right away this morning when I read this strip that yeah, dogs and coyotes cool themselves by panting since they can't sweat like us. But just to make sure I did a quick google, and sure enough dogs and coyotes surprisingly enough have sweat glands - just not where you'd expect. And unlike cats they don't really do much to help their cooling.
But it's just a little tiny example of how Stantis and his staff don't seem to care anymore. What if Stantis had done the little bit of amateur research I had? Then he could have made a joke about actually having sweat glands - just in his paws - and that would freak Carmen out even more since she's shaken hands with him before. In any event, this is a matter of Stantis coming up with a half ass joke he probably ripped off from somewhere else, he slapped it together, Toby acted like he looked it over (what the hell does that guy do anyway?), and then the editor shrugged his shoulders, said, "Whatever, as long as it doesn't get us sued," and it went to press. No wonder people don't read newspapers or the comics like they used to.
So what other half-assed "jokes" can we expect this week? Oh, there'll probably be some reference to Bush taking the Japanese Prime Minister to Graceland - nothing funnier than Winslow with sideburns and a pompadour. We found out Ah-nold was using his terrorist resources to monitor anti-war groups. We got a Bin Laden tape. Things got worse in Iraq despite Bush's "brave" unannounced surprise visit to the heavily secured compound in Iraq. And unfortunately the chaos in the Middle East started around two weeks ago with the Israeli bombing of a beach in Gaza followed by Hamas "kidnapping" Israeli soldiers, and it's just gotten worse from there. But I doubt Stantis wants to be called anti-Semite for even talking about the subject (let's face it - the guy actually tried to talk about Iraq and got his ass chewed out, he's not going to tackle something this controversial).
This isn't a particularly humorous time in our world. But luckily we have a guy who doesn't have a funny bone in his body keeping us entertained with his lazy azz comic strip known as Prickly City.
(PS - I'm going to plug myself today, which sounds dirty and kinda is. I'm going to be appearing in a political column tomorrow on a website called 411mania.com. It's called "Fact of Fiction," and I'll try to bring some of my amateur skills (and snark) to their political discussions. I'll probably be billed as Gary from Woodstock, IL. Check it out if you're bored. Which, after reading Prickly City, you probably will be.)
Comments
True about canine's sweat gland. They also don't walk and talk like human beings.
Sorry. I always wanted to say that to a person being technical over some comic strip ;)
Posted by: Charles Brubaker at July 16, 2006 10:38 AM
Oh, BTW, you just gave me an idea for my comic in this entry. If it ends up being published, would you like a share of the royalty? (maybe a share to Scott, too, since the first few panels would be ripped off from him)
Posted by: Charles Brubaker at July 16, 2006 10:45 AM
