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September 15, 2007
You Can't Spell "Stantis" Without "A-S-S"...or "T-A-I-N-T"
There are times, like CJo pointed out yesterday, that Stantis seems to "get it." Even today, with the first few panels, it's as if Stanis really does understand things and is poking fun at himself.
And then he goes and proves that nope, he really doesn't understand at all and is a completely unfunny hack who writes the worst comic strip in the world.
Everything starts off well enough. Winston/Winslow admits that his "joke" yesterday about Ted Kennedy was "ill-timed and dated" (no mention of it not being funny, but heck two out of three ain't bad for Stantis) and that the "liberal intelligentsia(?)" has abandoned him.
(Quick note here: yesterday it was brought up in the comments section that Winslow might not have been acting out of character since he's being portrayed as an idiot lately. So what's with the big word? Once again, no character continuity).
Then Carmen shows up and assures Winslow that he still has the "liberal un-intelligentsia" on his side. And what's the ultimate punchline that Stantis comes up with?
A Sean Penn reference.
Now I can pretty much guarantee that this is NOT a mobius strip of self-referential comedy here. Stantis did not choose Sean Penn because he realized it was yet ANOTHER ill-timed and dated joke, like with the Ted Kennedy thing. Nope, I'm almost positive that Stantis still thinks it's funny to bring up Sean Penn, Liberal. Even though nobody's really talked about Penn and his politics for months and months. And yet again let me point out that if Winslow really is a liberal, why would he make fun of Sean Penn? It's not like he's talking to the crowd now and going for an easy joke like he did with the Ted reference - this is something he's saying to Carmen without the mic on. Once again, out of character.
You really can't write stuff this bad, I'm telling you.
So there you have it: even when Stantis thinks he's being witty and clever and poking fun at himself, in doing so he reveals that nope - he isn't witty, he isn't clever, and the only poking being done is in the eyes of anyone who wastes their time reading his crap.
