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July 29, 2007
It's Been Done
The first time I remember seeing it was in "The Naked Gun." Then the Simpsons did it when Homer was wearing that motion-capture dog costume. Heck, that one CNN anchor even did it. But it's just par for the course for Scott Stantis, a guy who wouldn't know an original joke if it bit him on the butt (after swimming up the toilet from the sewer, of course).
And geez louise - check out the drawing in today's strip! Where to start? This is arguably Stantis's most ambitious drawing to date, and it goes to show that just because you've been doing something for years, it doesn't mean you're going to get any better at it.
First off, "who's" is short for "who is" - the possessive is "whose." Do they not spellcheck this crap?
The rest of the strip is scribbled just enough so we get an idea of what's happening, but it's really just one big mess. I personally love that because the rest of the strip isn't busy enough that Stantis puts "ZZ" on the blimp for no reason. I mean the whole thing isn't horrible, but compare that to this morning's "Opus" where an artist who prides himself on his work puts together something that looks great while Stantis can't be bothered to draw more than two or three heads that actually look like human beings.
A question: why exactly are all of these people coming to listen to Winslow speak? Because he's a local boy? Because of his awesome platform of "Free Paris and invade Canada?" Or are the people of Prickly City so stupid that they hear he's raised the most money so they'll listen to anything he says? Frustration, thy name is Stantis.
Finally this nightmare will be over on Tuesday. Winslow can lose this thing and we can move on. I can't believe it, but I'm actually looking forward to Grampa Stantis bitching about his obsession with blond teenage girls in thongs and his hate for technology. Anything will be better than a month-long storyline with so much potential that instead has become one big clusterf*ck.
