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January 31, 2007
Go, Don't Yell
Look! There are two Carmens! Which is a literal representation of the 'internal debate about what it means to be a conservative!'
Too bad we aren't witnessing the substance of the debate. Too bad Stantis doesn't bother having a real dialog about the topic. Too bad he didn't generate interest and suspense by having a couple days of two Carmens with no explanation, leaving the reader to think, "Wow, I just HAVE to read this tomorrow to find out what's going on."
No. He'd prefer to tell us, not show us. You'd think a comic strip artist would understand the concept of "show, don't tell." But then again, you'd think a comic strip artist could draw, make sense, craft a storyline, write set-ups and punchlines, blah blah blah.
It's just Stantis being Stantis. And the world shrugs. And the readers turn the page. And we slog through another day, praying for The End.
Comments
This is an early frontrunner in the "worst written prickly city strip of the year" award. How can two people have an internal debate? Why shoot the cloning joke wad in the second day? And where the heck did the fur-wearing "joke" come from?
At least in the past he was bad and irritating. Now Stantis is just bad all the time.
Posted by: The Furnace at January 31, 2007 08:47 AM
Hey, he's coloring in Carmen's bald stripe now. When did that start? And you said he wasn't even trying any more.
Posted by: Marc Heiden at February 1, 2007 12:13 AM
Stantits doesn't do the coloring, that's some low-life's job at the syndicate to do it, no kidding.
Posted by: FredN. at February 1, 2007 08:24 AM
