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December 02, 2006
Why Couldn't It Have Been a Lone Wolf and Cub Parody?
Uh oh, Stantis - if the Feds find out you've been using the internets to learn how to make rockets they might put you on The List.
Okay, now this is funny. But not the way that Stantis and his future daughter-in-law meant it to be.
The Speaker-elect's giant floating head has been vanquished, thanks to a combination of Winslow as a roll of Mentos and Diet Coke.
Let's stop and analyze this, shall we?
Scott Stantis supposedly HATES technology. Despises it as much as he hates stupid smelly stinky liberal elderly grandmothers.
The phenomenon of dropping some Mentos into a bottle of Diet Coke and making a rocket is STRICTLY internet-fueled. I can virtually guarantee you that anyone over 40 who doesn't use the internet at work has no clue what the hell Stantis is talking about when he says that's how Carmen and Winslow were able to win. I can safely tell you that my parents and most of my friends don't know what the combination of Mentos and Coke will get you, because it's not something that's been in newspapers or on the nightly news - it's one of the first YouTube videos that got a lot of attention and that's about the only place where anybody cared (except for Keith Olbermann's Countdown, because he's all kinds of awesomeness).
So not only did Stantis turn the drawing duties over to a girl whose style is most likely offensive to any of his over-50 readers (especially the panels where Carmen goes through puberty naked), he's topped it off with a punchline that only a handful of internet-savvy readers will understand. And most of them are saying, "Where did Carmen get a bottle of Diet Coke in Manga World? At the Gundam Grocery?"
At least Stantis didn't have Winslow beat Nancy Pelosi's head by getting rid of her bad breath. No, that would have been in really bad taste. Not like the concept of Stantis beating up an elderly woman through the proxy of a young girl.
I would also like to hi-light Doc Sane's comment from yesterday. He makes a great point: why exactly are Carmen and Winslow fighting the future House leader? Especially Winslow - wasn't he just bragging that his side won? Nope - she's from San Francisco and a liberal, so that makes her evil and she must be beaten to death. Thanks Stantis - it's good to know that all of that stuff the Republicans were saying right after the elections about working together was a load of crap.
Of course this leaves us without a subject for the big Sunday color single-panel extravaganza. Are there any other women that Stantis wants to beat up? Maybe another elderly person that doesn't share his "values?" Ooh I know - maybe you should have your sub draw up a strip where you pummel Max Cleland after you throw him out of his wheelchair. Maybe that'll make you feel like an even bigger man, Stantis. God I hope they fire your ass when they realize that you're just a bitter, soulless, unfunny piece of garbage who gets his rocks off lying to the American public and blaming everyone else when things don't go your way - which is the way of the President. Maybe being unable to draw will give you some time to think through this whole chosen profession of yours, and you can come up with something that's a better fit. Used car salesman maybe? Baby seal killer? Maybe someone can use the comments section to come up with a better occupation for Mr. Stantis, because "funny comic strip artist" sure ain't it.
Comments
Um, okay...
Is there a day's worth of panels missing, because the presence of Diet Coke was never actually established at any point this week. Last we saw, Winslow T. Mentos had reappeared to help fight TFHoNP for some reason and then we cut to the head screaming "No-o-o-o!!!" and Carmen and Winslow being blasted out of manga world. It's like Shira-chan just gave up on trying to justify any of what was going on.
Posted by: Doc Sane at December 2, 2006 05:50 PM
