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July 18, 2007
I Saved 50 Cents But Lost My Mind
So I was up and about earlier this morning and I happened across a copy of my least-favorite local newspaper and noticed that it no longer featured Prickly City. I guess I forgot about that, but then again, it goes to show how often I read an actual print copy of the paper, but maybe that'll change, since they know what the people want, or don't want, as the case may be.
After not finding it in the paper, I turned to the website, which, of course, costs 50 cents less. What did I see when I got there? Winslow acting like a loony lefty, of course. Look at those first three panels: he could be any Democrat, the way he's acting shifty and sly - in fact, at first I mistook him for Obama.
In the second panel, it appeared that he was trying to copy the movements of the guy in the first panel but failing badly, leading me to conclude at that point that no, it wasn't Obama, but Biden. Definitely Biden.
The third panel came around and I felt silly once again; looking at the back of his head that HAD to be John Edwards. Okay, now I'm wondering "where is this going, how will this pay off?"
Finally, I recognize where this is going. It's Winslow doing his Bill Richardson impersonation. There's the inverted exclamation mark, the knowing what people want, the thought bubbles, the "v 2.0." Classic Bill Richardson.
I look forward to saving another 50 cents tomorrow and checking in on the free website to see what hilarity ensues tomorrow when Prickly City takes on Hillary, Dodd, Kucinich and Gravel.
Comments
Is there a joke anywhere in today's Prickly City? Because I can't find it.
(note I didn't say "funny joke" because I know those are never found in PC)
Posted by: The Furnace at July 18, 2007 11:27 AM
The joke's on those who spend money just to read the "funny" papers with PC in it.
Posted by: AtmanRyu at July 18, 2007 01:33 PM
I really thought that was supposed to be an upside down question mark because Winslow was upside down when he wrote it. But after re-reading it and trying to figure out why that was supposed to be funny, I think I figured out what the joke was supposed to be. It's a lower case "i". Remember about 2 or 3 weeks ago when the iPhone was big news and Stantis managed to have one timely comic strip? This is the long-awaited follow up.
Posted by: John at July 18, 2007 11:17 PM
and in related news: no new podcast for 3
months, 6 days. Is he on vacation? Given
that the the strip has always seemed out of date as far as topics, HOW WOULD WE KNOW?
Is it possible that Stantis just draws random
frames, saves them to his hard-drive and
has a randomizer insert 'comedy gold'? and if he
did do this, we would never know!
Our expectations are so low, we just shrug at
whatever he writes and make the shape of a 'L'
on our foreheads.
Posted by: Jeff at July 19, 2007 09:45 AM
