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December 22, 2006
The Big Topper
Heads. No, tails. Wait, wait: heads. Or...maybe...tails.
Neither heads nor tails can I make of today. But that's OK. It's the Friday before Christmas. No one is reading the comics anyway, save for when they tear off the special paper on the package from Uncle Alan.
But if one WERE to read the comics today, namely Prickly City, and do a Google search for, "what the fuck is the deal lately with that bumblefuck neo-con bullshit strip Prickhead Dickie...I mean, like, the art is all fucked up and stuff" and come across this site, then we should offer up something.
So. Today's guest artist is Rob Harrell, author of Big Top, which is neither about Pee-Wee Herman nor a large homosexual man in the dominant position in bed.
Since I'm unfamiliar with the strip, I thought I'd see what those "in-the-know" think. Calling all Amazon.com reviewers!
Michael "Dorf on" Goff says: "Anyway, if you are a fan of strips like Get Fuzzy or Pearls Before Swine I think you'll enjoy the humor here."
David Dumbkoffski says: "Big Top is a fresh, original, and downright hilarious comic."
Jeri says, "I bought this book because I thought it would be funny but I had no idea it was primarily political, conservative views thinly disguised as humor. I think I found most offensive the strips where the coyote pup tells the young human girl that they can now get married because of the MA Supreme Court ruling allowing gay marriage."
FredN. [Hi, Fred!] says, "I guess I expected better artwork than what my dog can draw with a pencil tied to his tail."
Whoops! The last two were from the wrong book!
But back to the Big Top's Prick. Ly City.
I like the art. I like Winslow's dismissive attitude towards Carmen. I like the fact it's Friday. I like the Soriano signing for the Cubs...for the next 3 years at least. I like bread and butter. I like toast and jam. I like big butts and I cannot lie. But most of all, I like YOU, dear reader.
Comments
"Big Top" also did a guest-artist week, with Stantis being one of the artist.
Here's his entry. It was published on March 21, 2006.
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Posted by: Charles Brubaker at December 22, 2006 08:05 AM
Maybe if we ask real nice, this Rob guy will stay for dinner. And then maybe Mom will fall in love with him and then "Uncle" Stantis will never come back! Hooray!
Posted by: willie lee at December 22, 2006 08:27 AM
It's nice to see one of them kick Stantis while he's down. Of course the tone is completely wrong for the strip and it doesn't even feel like Prickly City, but I can't complain much since I finally got what I wanted for X-mas: a somewhat humorous zinger where Carmen is the butt of the joke.
Posted by: The Furnace at December 22, 2006 09:15 AM
The "Dorf on" joke made me chuckle outloud.
Posted by: FredN. at December 22, 2006 11:16 AM
