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June 04, 2007
Poof
Aaww, crap, indeed, Winslow. Aaww, crap. If there's one thing Stantis does worse than political humor and comment, (fear of) technology humor and comment, and (hatred of) the culture of celebrity, it's comments on the newspaper business. Our favorite scribbling journalist gets even more confused than normal when trying to defend the industry that butters his daily bread.
He actually has an interesting story to work with this week. A website no one really cares about called PasadenaNow.com is outsourcing local city council meeting coverage to Indian reporters...in India. I can see the old newspaper guard getting upset over this, and for good reason.
Now granted it's only Monday and we have, god forbid, four more strips in this series, but how does Stantis apply the concept of outsourcing local news coverage to reporters in India to his own strip?
By having Winslow disappear.
I can't even begin to understand the connection.
Maybe the gag is that the drawing in Prickly City has been outsourced to India. But, of course, had that been the case, instead of disappearing I imagine Winslow would look professionally drawn for once.
But, hey, I'll give Stantis credit for this much. He has created suspense. We breathlessly await tomorrow's strip so we can see how badly Stantis will botch it all up.
Comments
Knowing Stantis, I have a bad feeling Winslow will reappear tomorrow with a dot on his forehead wearing a turban and flying on a magic carpet. Or look like Apu. One of the two.
What's great is that from now on we can refer to the characters in Prickly City as "potty mouthed." I sure don't want my young children reading this kind of filthy dialogue when they open the comics section. What kind of great moral values are those, Stantis? Somebody needs to wash his mouth out with soap.
Posted by: The Furnace at June 4, 2007 08:48 AM
