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May 22, 2007
Maybe If It Was David Hasselhoff
At what point in his life do you think someone said to Scott Stantis, "OMG you are so funny and talented! You should totally get into something like writing comic strips! You'd be soooo good at it!" And do you think it was someone who was related to him? Maybe a friend? Or someone who was messing with him and he took that person seriously?
I ask because I have yet to figure out if anybody actually DOES think Stantis is funny. Sure maybe once or twice a year he says something that somebody might consider humorous, but so does the Pope - and he's not a paid comedian. Stantis gets paid to be funny on a daily basis, yet he's lucky if he gets in a somewhat humorous line every six months.
Today's no exception. Carmen and Winslow are floating through the air. Nope, they're not on a trampoline - simply discussing philosophy is apparently enough to remove the laws of gravity. We then learn Stantis and Winslow's guide to the universe: "understand one thing well and you will understand everything."
Let that sink in for a minute. He's paid for this, mind you.
The joke is supposed to be that Tony Danza is the one thing Winslow is going to understand. Um, yeah...right...that was funny when? Fifteen years ago? On top of that, Carmen calls for a "Taxi." Get it??? Taxi?? Is this thing on?
Paid. Lots of money. More than most people working at the paper, I'm sure.
Apparently by the Winslow Philosophy, since CJo, Sacki, and I all understand how terrible Prickly City is we now understand EVERYTHING. Wow.
But Stantis, Shrubville is proof that the Winslow Philosophy is flawed. We know one thing well: that you suck. Yet we don't understand everything since we have no clue how you still have a job. And that's not funny - just sad.
Comments
I saw the strip this morning and knew that I had to come here and vent. What an ass - either he has no respect for his employers (and figures he'll draw a paycheck and his loyal redneck cracker base will keep pressuring newspapers to carry his strip for "balance" no matter what he does), or he has no talent, or both. Out of all the strips thus far, this HAS to be the worst EVER. And that is an amazingly low bar to crawl under.
Another offensive bit of laziness is his continued reliance on the Calvin & Hobbes "Talking While Jumping and Rolling Around" device. It would be bad enough just that he stole it, but he also can't draw worth shit. Bill Watterson should beat him about the face with a lead pipe.
"Taxi!" Oh, if only someone would give him a Tony Danza Donkey punch instead.
Posted by: vestibule at May 22, 2007 09:51 AM
I weep for the comic strip medium.
Posted by: Snowman at May 22, 2007 03:14 PM
I weep for the comic strip medium.
Posted by: Snowman at May 22, 2007 03:14 PM
Oh, yeah? Well, CJo, Sacki, and the Furnace are reporting in real time, not two weeks in advance. If only there were some kind of gadget that told people what was going to happen in the future. I see some kind of grid, maybe on paper, with things like holidays written on it. Maybe I should go off and patent such a thing!
Of course, Stantis wouldn't want one, because he hates gadgets.
Posted by: Annie at May 22, 2007 03:51 PM
So you've been wondering what Charles Brubaker has been up to?
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/44649803/?qo=1&q=by%3Acbrubaker&qh=sort%3Atime+-in%3Ascraps
Posted by: Chris at May 22, 2007 08:10 PM
