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October 16, 2007
At Least She Gets Winslow's Name Right
What a strange little strip today.
First off, we have the mysterious floating newspaper hanging over the heads of Carmen and Wilson. Not sure if that was originally going to be the headquarters of the building and Stantis was too lazy to draw it, or he liked the idea of an ominous newspaper dangling over their heads like the sword of damocles, but either way it looks silly.
Then we have Stantis/Carmen using the words of the liberal extremists, referring to their bosses as "corporate masters." I guess they're your bosses when you like them, and your corporate masters when they're going to fire you. Welcome to the left, Stantis!
Things get more bizarre when Carmen reveals that the corporate masters are asking Carmen and Winston to "cut the staff in half." Um, what? What does that even mean? This is one of Stantis's bizarre habits: every once in a while he acts like Carmen and Winslow are employed by the newspaper like he is, yet he still acts like they're just regular citizens of Prickly City. They're not talking to the audience directly, as if we the readers have to worry that one of them is going to be fired: they just act like some weird force is controlling them and can fire them at will. Strange.
It ends with what I think is Stantis looking into his own soul: Winslow points out that Carmen/Stantis is the one who doesn't want new friends. I guess that explains why there's never been a new character introduced into the strip: Stantis doesn't like change, like most conservatives. And I guess he doesn't want any new friends. Poor guy. The odd part: what does that have anything to do with one of them getting fired? The corporate masters are looking to cut one of them, not bring in a new character to replace the one that's leaving.
So let's sum up today's strip:
- The corporate masters want to fire one of the two characters in Prickly City.
- Winslow points out that Carmen doesn't want new friends.
If someone can make sense of that, let me know. Cuz that's some piss-poor writing if you ask me.
Comments
If I were the corporate master, I'd demand that Stantis cut Winston and Wilson. That would be a 50% headcount reduction, right there.
But I thought that conservatives were all about workforce flexibility. Scottie should just retrain for a computer job in San Jose! That's the way that free markets work!
Posted by: Annie at October 16, 2007 11:11 AM
If he mentions that the "corporate masters" are awarding themselves huge bonuses while they are cutting the workforce, I'll have to believe that Michael Moore is writing the strip this week.
My vote for cutting half the staff is to get rid of Carmen and Winslow, and just keep Dio and Scott, the diaper-wearing, ponytailed boomer.
Posted by: John at October 16, 2007 01:03 PM
I second the recommendation for more piss-rich writing.
Posted by: Sacki at October 16, 2007 03:28 PM
