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January 29, 2008
Hand Job
Before I hurt my brain and try to make heads or tails of what Stantis is doing this week, check out Winslow's paw/hand in panel 3. Not only is that the worst hand ever drawn (or maybe it's a rooster head, or a mini-turkey?), but it's got five fingers: meaning it IS a hand. Yet the entire strip this week is talking about how Winslow is a canine and a coyote, which means he has paws - which have four toes, not five.
Worst. Comic Strip. Ever.
As for the storyline, Stantis has lost me. Last summer Winslow was the frontrunner, winning the Prickly City primary. He skipped Iowa and got blown out. He spent one day in New Hampshire - to concede since he once again got blown out. He hasn't done anything since then other than take a vacation. But now suddenly Hillary is attacking him as if he's the frontrunner again?
I understand that this is a take off on the "Billary" racial comments. (Aside: at first I thought the media was blowing it out of proportion, but then Bubba had to get pissed at that reporter asking why it was taking two of them to beat Obama and he pulled the "well Jesse Jackson won in South Carolina twice" card and that was crossing the line in my book). But if Stantis is going to tackle these kinds of things, why did he spend so much time making Winslow look like a complete loser who has zero chance of winning?
This is part of Stantis' problem. He thinks so little of liberals and is so blinded by his man-crush on George W. Bush and the Republicans that he can't help but make Winslow look foolish every chance he can. But in doing so he makes him so lame as a character that nobody can buy stuff like this week's storyline. Maybe if Winslow really was competitive - because the entire Democratic field is so weak could be the Republican reasoning - then it would make sense to have Hillary attack him. But she does it because of some stupid punchline about Winslow biting her? Come on.
It's just more lame and lazy writing from Stantis. But I think it gives some keen insight into how messed up conservative thinking is. Liberals are so weak and ineffectual they can't win anything - yet how is it they beat the conservatives in 2006 and are on track to blow them out in 2008? Ah see, a real conservative comic strip writer with some balls would realize that the real comedy is making fun of how weak the Republican field is and actually offering something constructive and funny instead of trying to have it both ways when attacking the Democrats.
But not our Stantis. Just slap a podium up there and only draw half of Winslow's head (no need to show his screaming mouth then), throw up the worst hand ever, and end it with a play on words about dogs biting and call it a day. No wonder the country is in such bad shape - idiots like this have been running things for far too long.
Comments
To Stantis's credit, he seems to be avoiding the obvious "I'm a canine, but she's a bitch" line that might be expected.
Of course, tomorrow is another day . . .
Posted by: Annie at January 29, 2008 10:57 AM
wow this is rely funny a poliititcal blog about a comic strip you guys work real hard on this i can tell maybe liek 10 horus a week keep up the great work guys i.m. yore bigest fan!!
Posted by: Anonymous at January 29, 2008 02:17 PM
Yesterday, the editor of a comics-themed magazine (not the same one as the last magazine I wrote about) posted a comment at the Daily Cartoonist completely validating everything that we've always said about how conservative strips like PC are only in papers because they're conservative. Check it out:
http://tumbleweedtown.blogspot.com/2008/01/prickly-city-peccary-heintjes-slams.html
Posted by: Chris at January 29, 2008 07:51 PM
What happened to "anti-canite"? Has he given up on ripping off that Seinfeld joke?
Posted by: John at January 30, 2008 12:02 AM
