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November 25, 2007
Thanks-ripping off
I guess this is as close as we're going to get to a Thanksgiving strip at Prickly City, where Stantis admits that at times Winslow is drawn to be really fat. All you plump Americans ate too much turkey and now it's time to shame you into losing weight.
But hmm...something seems very familiar about this...one overweight character looking for a quick fix...another more sensible one saying the exact words "you could eat less and exercise more"...then the fat character coming up with all kinds of wacky ways to avoid doing that...
Oh that's right, I saw basically this same strip while reading Bloom County twenty years ago.* Oops. Tribute is one thing, Stantis - ripping off one of the more memorable Bloom County strips ever is pretty low even by your standards.
I immediately remembered Opus going over the list of fad diets he could try, while Milo pointed out he could just eat less and exercise more. If I remember correctly, the whole thing ends horribly with Opus having a vacuum cleaner stuck to his bum as one of the other cast members tries to suck the fat out of him in an attempt at a home liposuction procedure (just like Winslow suggests at the end of today's PC). Ah, yes - reading a comic strip that was actually funny. Those were the good ol' days.
It makes me want to give thanks - for other comic strips that can be funny and political at times. And that obviously does not include Prickly City.
*The Opus/Milo/weight loss storyline actually ran for 12 strips back in the 80s. Amazing that Stantis not only can't milk something with this much comedic potential for more than a single strip, but somehow make it unfunny. Didn't he learn anything about writing a comic strip in twenty freakin' years?
Comments
Wow, we drew the same parallel between an old "Bloom County" series and a PC strip...that just shows that Stantis is clearly ripping off Breathed in this case. Or maybe we're just big "Bloom County" fans. Either way, that was a very memorable series. I miss that strip. "Opus" is good but, I am sure you will agree, just not the same.
Posted by: Chris at November 25, 2007 12:50 PM
