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July 10, 2006
Last of the Red Hot Haters
According to an anonymous source on the Internet (from our very own comments section!!!!), Shrubville is the Last Bastion of Prickly City Hate in the entire world. Hordes of Liberals have learned to put aside their politics and welcome the warm, fuzzy, come-to-Jesus embrace of Carmen and Winslow. We've even learned that in some Prickly City podcasts Toby has read -- get this -- actual fan mail! Woweee. Woweeeeeeeeee. Or as they say in Italy after a World Cup victory: Wop-Dee-Doo.
Stantis made an overt play to politics to get his strip published. Prickly City was marketed as a Right-Wing answer to Doonesbury and the Boondocks. I don't care how cutesy-fucking-poo or apolitical Prickly City gets. If it exists, I'll "hate" it (your word, Anonymous; not mine).
But let's not forget today's strip. Because it's a prime example...
oh...wait...
Actually, I *have* forgotten today's strip already. And I will not go back on my pledge to just look at the strip once per day, spending no more than 5 seconds on it. Suffice it to say: it sucked!
Comments
As long as you keep "hatin" on PC, I'll keep reading.
And the 5 seconds rule is good, cuz Stantits himself doesn't spend more time than that on the strip.
Posted by: FredN. at July 10, 2006 09:38 AM
Two weeks to the day! Man. I can't wait until the clever, much-loved World Cup special funny on July 24.
Posted by: Annie at July 10, 2006 10:09 AM
I would like to know what Charles thinks about all of this "hate," since despite being a PC fan he's always been really respectful of our views. He ain't no playa hater, as the kids used to say.
Posted by: The Furnace at July 10, 2006 10:16 AM
Anonymous is right. Everybody loves Prickly City now. Why, I believe there's a resolution on the floor of the House to commend Stantis for his work, and with a sponsor as powerful as Congresswoman McKenna, it can't help but pass.
Posted by: Marc Heiden at July 10, 2006 11:57 AM
Meh, I visit sites like this. There's another version of Shrubville for "For Better or For Worse", and it's a good read, too.
I'm definatly a nerd for having Scott's signing an autograph for me (FYI, this happened before "Prickly" began)
Posted by: Charles Brubaker at July 11, 2006 08:27 AM
At first I thought that said "No Pringles".
Posted by: j kendall at July 11, 2006 12:51 PM
