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June 24, 2007
Stantis Still Can't Draw The Moon
TODAY'S ONE PANEL NON-POLITICAL STRIP
Dangit. Pellucid stopped by the comments section yesterday and got my hopes up by suggesting that there would be a hysterical payoff today to this week's lame, non-sensical storyline. I got all ready to laugh and instead got "coyote karaoke." So disappointing. But hey, Winslow in a powder blue tux is funny, right? Right?
Earlier in the year I criticized Stantis for not spending enough time actually discussing politics, and when he did it was for storylines that only lasted a day or two. Over the past few months he's made more of an effort to not only be more political, but also devote an entire week to a single political topic. Bravo. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean things have gotten any better.
We got a full week of Winslow at the Democratic debates (which he referred to as the Democrat debate, just like a Republican would). That gave us the bold insights "Hillary is a witch, Obama is shallow." Stantis spent a week with an elephant that had fallen over, with no real thoughts as to what exactly that means other than "the Republicans stand for something, but since they've failed at everything I don't want to stand for those things anymore." We got a week of Carmen floating in the air because she didn't know what she stood for anymore, which sounds awfully familiar to the elephant storyline. And this week Winslow went from unknown to frontrunner because the Prickly City caucus (note to Stantis: comedy "K" sounds, and caucus is a funnier word than primary) was moved up to next month.
In other words, meh.
Anyone else get the feeling that Stantis is just treading water with this strip? Is there nothing else political Stantis could have tackled? He's completely ignored the U.S. Attorney scandal. No mention of Scooter Libby's conviction. I don't think he's brought up the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan in months. And mysteriously enough one of Bush's biggest supporters hasn't gushed over Mr. 28% in ages.
What gives? Where's that daring political commentary that isn't necessarily Republican or conservative? Wondering why the Republicans are such monumental failures at governing (while offering no real jokes or insights while doing so) or a half-assed presidential run by Winslow makes it feel like Prickly City is a chore you have to do that you put off until the last minute, then scribble something down and hand it in just before the bell. Show a little pride, why dontcha?
Knowing this, dear readers, please offer up what you think Stantis will spend next week talking about. Will Winslow's campaign continue, or will Stantis drop it because he doesn't know where to go with it? Will Carmen spend another week complaining that this isn't Reagan's Republican party? Or will he dare venture into a topic he hasn't tackled yet, like Romney's flip-flops, Giuliani's habit of hiring felons, or Fred Thompson's phony red truck? The comments section awaits.
Comments
If you knew anything about comic strips, you'd realize that most cartoonists break storyline for Sunday strips because some papers only carry them on Sunday. For Better or For Worse does this, as did Calvin and Hobbes and almost every other noteworthy strip.
If there is no continuation of that strip tomorrow then I'll agree that Friday's strip was very lame as a one-shot, but pretty much every comic other than Calvin and Hobbes has its off-days.
Posted by: Pellucid at June 24, 2007 08:59 PM
*Saturday's, sorry.
Posted by: Pellucid at June 24, 2007 09:00 PM
I think this is Paris Hilton week, right? Wasn't it two weeks ago that she went to jail? So there will be no more talk of the Republic Party's malaise until next week.
Posted by: Annie at June 25, 2007 07:09 AM
