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January 26, 2008
Two Characters/One Bad Comic Strip Writer
Who exactly is Stantis supposed to be making fun of this week? I still haven't figured it out. The crying stuff was Hillary - I get that. But the change stuff could have been any of the presidential candidates - they've all been saying it lately (although odds are Stantis was going after Obama, but if you've watched the debates all of the Republicans claimed they were really the change candidate - while endorsing almost all of Bush's policies).
Then there's today. Vulnerable/strong is probably another dig at Hillary. But two Americas/one country? Edwards is the one who's been talking about there being two Americas - and that's a BAD THING. He's not endorsing a rich/poor society, which seems to be what the Republicans are all in favor of having. Yet Winslow seems to be pushing for it for some bizarre reason. Then there's closed borders/open arms. This is a rip on the Republicans, right? They're the ones who want it both ways on immigration. I haven't heard any of the Democrats talk about closing the borders, and the Republicans are the ones who desperately tried to make this an issue. So is Stantis trying to make fun of both the Democrats and the Republicans, or is he just grabbing issues out of the air and trying to pin them all of the Dems? Probably the latter, but who knows when you're dealing with someone who would fail sixth grade English.
It still cracks me up that Stantis has Carmen go from demanding campaign manager to innocent bystander in the blink of an eye. Today she's the wise observer, telling us what we all already know - because she's just that brilliant. Ah yes, the innocence of a child - who was running a national campaign for president. God does Stantis suck.
Do politicians talk out of both sides of their mouths? Yup. And I guess this wouldn't be a bad strip if it made any sense to me. Don't set up Winslow as a Democrat running for office and then have him act like a Republican half the time. Either make Carmen run and have her say half the things Winslow is saying today and bring in a third person to point out the duplicity in what they're both saying, or just make fun of the Dems with Winslow. It's really not that hard if you actually make an effort to make sense, Stantis. Maybe you should actually try earning that paycheck instead of living off the wingnut welfare all of you conservatives are getting nowadays. Or we're going to have to sacrifice another liberal strip to get you off the comic pages.
Comments
Furnace,
I'm pretty sure the third panel is a dig at Rudy Giuliani. After all, he's always been a big proponent of illegal immigrants' rights, especially during his time as NYC mayor. Now he tries to get around that by saying he still favors giving illegal immigrants a path to citizenship and not deporting them...but we should still build a border fence and make them learn English. Self-contradictory positions, as is the theme of the strip today.
The dig at Hillary works (and is very true) but the attack on Edwards doesn't really work. Maybe Stantis's red-state target audience will not understand the concept and will just laugh at the fact that Edwards is saying there are two Americas...when there's really only one.
And you're right about how strange it is for Carmen to be trying to make Winslow look bad. After all, she is his campaign manager.
Posted by: Chris at January 26, 2008 12:01 PM
This is a little off-topic, but I've been wondering: Are talking animals like Winston a common, accepted occurence in the Prickly City universe? If so, what's their relation to human society and the rest of the animal kingdom? No one seems to comment much about the mere fact of a sentient coyote running for President, and there's a lot of untapped humor potential here-- such as coyote pundits wondering if Winston is "canine enough", and a furor erupting when he displays canine-esque signs of emotion(such as whimpering) on camera.
Posted by: Antenora at January 26, 2008 02:12 PM
