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January 07, 2007
Gonna Fly Now
Oh gee, Winslow is trying to fly again. So let's look back at the week: the usual New Year's reference, Carmen's Republicans will make a comeback, Stantis dismisses what was supposed to be a long story arc about "liberals" taking over Prickly City, THREE strips about slutty dolls, and Winslow trying to fly. If Stantis's resolution was "try harder," he didn't even last as long as Winslow.
I'd slap on the Future Goggles, but it's pretty pointless nowadays. Next week will probably follow the same pattern: a couple political strips to justify Prickly City's place in the comics as the "conservative" strip (Rumsfeld resigning, the Decider not deciding what to do in Iraq), some bitching and moaning about some "moral" issue (fat kids, technology, teens in thongs), and Winslow failing to fly again.
I understand there's only so much you can do with a comic strip, but for pete's sake - this is all Stantis can muster after two weeks off and Christmas break? The guy coasted for a month and we get Winslow in a paper airplane?
Odds are next week Stantis will reminisce about the Greatest President In The History Of the World, Gerald R. Ford. Carmen will spew on about how Ford helped to "heal the nation." Winslow will act all reverent and say Ford was the one Republican he truly admired (he just wants to bang Conde - no real admiration there). Then Stantis will make some cheap, tasteless joke about the Betty Ford Clinic.
That'll be followed up by a lame James Brown strip. Maybe a last-minute reference to Saddam being found guilty, and then the following week Carmen and Winslow will stand around talking about the hanging of Saddam and how the desert weasels are nearly defeated. Winslow will then make his own hot air balloon which will blow up like the Hindenburg. Somewhere in there we'll hear about Britney being a bad parent. Blah blah blah.
I hope Stantis proves me wrong. Spend a week talking about the debacle in Iraq and how only Bush, St. McCain, and Lieberman are calling for more troops. Take the time to talk about what compromises the Republicans are willing to make now that they're the minority party in the Congress. Heck, have Winslow announce he's running for President in 2008 because he doesn't want to feel left out - and then let him campaign on and off for the next few months. Do something different. Please, I'm begging you.
You already lost the third biggest market in the country, Stantis. Do you think it's because of your politics, or your lack of effort? Ponder that the next time you're doodling Carmen as she stands there bitching about something that wasn't relevant two weeks ago.
