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December 29, 2007
Prickly City Has Become Too Confused For Understanding
What gives, Stantis? Only one racist strip this week? Come on now, you can do better than that. Why stop at saying that all Hispanic people look alike to you? Saying Bill Richardson looks like Erik Estrada because they both have brown skin and black hair is just the tip of the iceberg! Here, I'll help you out.
Since I suck at photoshop I'll stop there, but I'm sure Stantis can come up with more hate-filled stereotyping on his own. But why stop at race? How about Ellen Degeneres and Hillary, since they're both dykes in your mind? Or one of the Village People and John Edwards since he's such a fag? I shudder to think what you'll do with Alan Keyes. Oh, wait, he's a Republican - nevermind. Too bad there aren't any Japanese or Indian candidates, since I'm sure they all look alike to you too.
Sorry to go off there, but I think since it was a Friday and during the holidays Stantis is going to get off easy for yesterday's strip. Yeah he was trying to be funny, but I don't see how what he did is any different from what's up above - an unfunny, racist, stereotypical comparison because two people happen to have the most basic of similarities. Yeah, like the entire Republican field (outside of Keyes) aren't all middle aged white men and the average person couldn't tell you which one was Brownback and which was Tancredo. Most people don't even realize that Richardson is Hispanic (and he doesn't exactly advertise it). So I'm not about to let Stantis get away with something that would give plenty of newspapers an excuse to drop a strip if it was done by somebody else.
As for today's strip, Mr. I Hate Technology AGAIN refers to the internet for his punchline. This time it's that bulldog who skateboards, and thanks to an appearance in an iPhone commercial got national television exposure. Does anybody honestly believe Stantis knew the dog's name was Tillman before he wrote this? And does anybody honestly believe that this somehow makes Old Man Stantis "hip" because he referenced something that was kitschy six months ago?
And let's check out that second panel for one of the worst uses of the English language yet. "Politics has become too confused for entertainment." What does that even mean??? The mainstream media already act like the presidential campaign is one big lame reality show for their amusement. Too confused? What's more confusing about it this year than last? Just a completely baffling statement. Then to top it off, Winslow says he's giving up on having a celebrity sidekick - then introduces 2007's version of Spuds McKenzie as his new sidekick. But because he's on the internet, that means he's not a part of the entertainment world like Oprah and Gary Coleman. What? What the f*** is he talking about?
If Stantis spent his Christmas wishing he could somehow become a worse comic strip writer, then Santa gave him exactly what he wanted. This is terrible, horrible, no good, and very bad in every way imaginable. And to think, he's going to get yet another year to torment those of us who actually think comic strips should be funny and well-drawn. 2008's gonna be a loooong year.
Comments
I think he meant to say something like "Politics has become too confused with entertainment", which is something of a legitimate complaint, but an odd one to hear from someone who tries to be political and entertaining. Stantis has become too confused for the comics page.
Posted by: Antenora at December 29, 2007 10:11 AM
I'm back from North Carolina, and I'm posting as usual again, starting today.
I have to agree with Antenora on today's strip. It wouldn't be a bad position to take if he didn't bungle it so bad by mixing up his prepositions.
Reading Friday's strip, I was also struck by how racist it seemed to be. Estrada and Richardson look nothing like one another. And what was with all the cheap shots? Not to mention the references to irrelevant '80s actors (Estrada, Coleman, Lewis)?
I think Stantis is striving to attract the internet generation. I mean, "@"? "LOL"? And now a "YouTube" celebrity?
His drawing has been awful over these past few days, also. Tillman looks nothing like a bulldog today.
http://tumbleweedtown.blogspot.com/2007/12/this-sidekick-business-or-three-strips.html
Posted by: Chris at December 29, 2007 07:37 PM
